Jacob Bertrand
American actor
Jacob Scott Thomas Bertrand (born March 6, 2000) is an American actor. From 2018 to 2025, Bertrand played the series regular role of Eli "Hawk" Moskowitz in the Netflix series Cobra Kai. He is also known for the voice of Bam in Batwheels, portraying the titular character in Disney XD's Kirby Buckets and playing Jack Malloy in the 2016 Disney Channel Original Movie, The Swap.
Early life
Bertrand was born in Los Angeles, California, and has three siblings. He is half Mexican. He said in an interview that he studied four years of taekwondo at a strip mall and got up to purple belt, then when he was cast in Cobra Kai, he trained with taekwondo grandmaster Simon Rhee.
Career
Prior to his work for Disney, Bertrand had several roles in Nickelodeon productions. He was a regular on the sitcom Marvin Marvin, voiced the main character Gil in Seasons 2 and 3 of the animated series Bubble Guppies, appeared as a minor character on the teen sitcom iCarly, and co-starred as Charlie in the fantasy-comedy film Jinxed. Since 2018 he has appeared in the YouTube Premium/Netflix television series Cobra Kai.
With Xolo Maridueña, Bertrand co-hosts the Lone Lobos podcast, which debuted in September 2021.
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