Jake O'Flaherty
- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Jake O'Flaherty was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, because his F.B.I. father, Jack O'Flaherty was stationed there and later went to Incarnation grade school and Jesuit High school in Tampa, Florida. Jake went to college at Xavier University, where he received a bachelor's degree in Psychology & a Minor in Business. Jake has booked over 200 national commercials, voice-overs, and TV shows. In 2012, Jake started the Whitefire Theatre Company in Sherman Oaks with Artistic Director Bryan Rasmussen, and produced all the original productions of the "Shorts" series, along with creating the "Dead Pilots Society" and "Hollywood Shorts" & other various productions. Jake has been teaching at the Los Angeles Performing Arts Conservatory in Santa Monica in various classes since 1998, which led him to coaching actors and eventually celebrity clients like clients Ken Jeong etc. Recently, Jake wrote, produced, and starred in the web series "Failure To Parent" with Carolyn Hennesy, which has been optioned and is being shopped as a 1/2-hour comedy. He wrote his first full-length play with playwright Tom Misuraca called "Suicidal Blonde", directed by Candi Milo and starring Kimmy Robertson, which sold out for 6 weeks before the Covid-19 global pandemic hit. In "Red Pill", released in 2021, written/directed by actress/author/Tony winner Tonya Pinkins, he is starring alongside Ruben Blades, Kathryn Erbe, Luba Mason, Cathy Curtain, Colby Minifie, and Adesola Osakalumi. Jake graduated with an MFA in TV/Film/Scriptwriting in August 2022 and is now a Professor at Pepperdine University in the TV/Film department.