Jordan Jacobo
American actor and screenwriter
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Jordan Jacobo is an American actor, screenwriter and film director who wrote the film Fletcher and Jenks (2016), wrote the series Jordan Loves (2017) and Sides (2021), and appeared in the films Expect a Miracle: Finding Light in the Darkness of a Pandemic (2020) and Long Live Xander the Great (2023).
- Actor
- screenwriter
- film director
- Jordan Loves
- Long Live Xander the Great
- Sides
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Early life
Jacobo was raised in San Ysidro, San Diego, and resides in Imperial Beach, California.[1][2] His father was part of the National Guard.[3]
Career
In 2017, Jacobo created Jordan Loves on KPBS, a series that covers areas throughout San Diego such as the Coronado Bridge. He had previously made the web series Jordan Hates and wanted to create a show that expressed his cheerful side.[4] In 2018, Jacobo adapted a story from postal carrier Ryan Bradford into a short film called 92115 produced by Mark Atkinson.[5] By 2020, he was co-host of the podcast You're Gonna Die Alone and his play Transit Stop was selected for Old Globe Theatre's Powers New Voices Festival.[6]
Jacobo co-wrote a series called Sides with Michael Lewis Foster in 2021,[7] based on sitcoms from the 1980s and 1990s, that screened at the San Diego Latino Film Festival.[8] In 2023, filmmaker Devin Scott directed the film Long Live Xander the Great, which was loosely based on Jacobo's childhood, and with Jacobo cast as the narrator.[9] The film screened in 2024 at the GI Film Festival San Diego.[10]
Jacobo screened a retrospective film at Digital Gym Cinema in 2024.[11] In 2025, he wrote a screenplay called Quality Trauma Bonding for the 48 Hour Film Project. Jacobo expressed support for the SDC Film Initiative to help the film industry return to San Diego County.[12]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Actor | Writer | Director | Role | Notes |
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| 2016 | Fletcher and Jenks | Yes | Yes | No | Detective | |
| 2017 | Jordan Hates the Writing | Yes | Yes | No | Jordan | The Shining parody |
| Jordan Loves | Yes | Yes | Yes | Himself | Host, 7 episodes[4][13] | |
| 2018 | 92115 | No | Co-adapted | No | N/a | [5] |
| To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This | Yes | No | No | Pizza Delivery Guy | ||
| 2019 | The Mayflower | Yes | No | No | Cesar | [14] |
| 2020 | Expect a Miracle: Finding Light in the Darkness of a Pandemic | Voice | No | No | N/a | [15] |
| Panic at Parq | Yes | Lead | No | Jordan | [16][17] | |
| Leave em' Laughing | Yes | No | No | Wake Up Man | ||
| 2021 | Shooters | Yes | N/a | No | Jordan | 7 episodes |
| Sides | Yes | Yes | No | Jordan | 10 episodes[8][7] | |
| Soon Enough / Ya Pronto | No | Yes | Yes | N/a | [18] | |
| 2022 | Why the Nativity? | Yes | No | No | Adult Yoram | [19] |
| 2023 | Last Chance | Yes | No | No | Detective Diaz | [16] |
| The Buck Stop | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/a | Produced by Shannon Taylor, screened at San Diego Latino Film Festival[20][21] | |
| Long Live Xander the Great | Yes | N/a | No | Narrator | Voice, fictional work based on Jacobo[3][9][10][22] |
Accolades
| Festival | Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
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| 48 Hour Film Project, San Diego | 2016 | Fletcher and Jenks | Best Writing | Nominated | |
| Migrant Voices | 2021 | Soon Enough / Ya Pronto | Emerging Filmmaker | Finalist | [18] |
| Professional Filmmaker | Finalist |
You're Gonna Die Alone podcast
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| Language | English |
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| Production | Allie Lennox |
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| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 45 |
| Original release | July 2018 – April 2020 |
| Provider | Libsyn |
From 2018 to 2020, Jacobo and Cristyn Chandler hosted a podcast called You're Gonna Die Alone that focused primarily on relationship disasters.[6][23][24]