Born and raised in Seattle, Jared came to New York in 2016 to get his BFA in Acting from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Getting his degree at the start of the pandemic, he studied method acting at The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institution, as well as several classes through the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Training Center.

Basically, I’ve got the charm and the intensity of Black Santa Claus, and the edge and the bad-boy appeal of White Santa Claus, if that makes sense. Does that make sense? See Figure 1 below.