Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, as a child, Jarrod showed a love for entertaining and music from an early age. Jarrod would often put on a puppet show, dance, play an instrument, anything to capture someone’s attention and entertain them. During his primary and middle school years he began perfecting his stage presence and holding his audience’s attention by becoming the class clown. He would often participate in talent shows & plays at school & church; he would later go on to join his church’s youth choir. Whether with friends, at school, or church, Jarrod loved to entertain.
Landing in Austin, Texas in 2003 his passion for entertaining & music continued to grow strong. Jarrod recorded and released an underground rap single, joined Island / Def Jam Music Group & Trill Entertainment’s Street Teams, & eventually launched his own entertainment company, B.E. Media Group. In 2014, during Austin’s annual South by Southwest Music Festival, B.E. Media Group was called upon to book talent for a couple of local venues. Through the success of this opportunity, B.E. Media Group was able to establish a relationship with and support from the South by Southwest Committee & to date continue to host, co-host coordinate Official and Unofficial showcases and book talent during the annual festival.
In the summer of 2015 Jarrod stepped into his next role and began acting, no pun intended. Starting out as a ‘Background Extra’ on the second season of the HBO series The Leftovers & season two of American Crime, he found his love for acting as well as much success. Jarrod became a ‘Featured Extra’ and appeared heavily in three of the six episodes he shot & would be later be asked back and featured in episode one of season three. After wrapping The Leftovers & American Crime Jarrod would go on to do more extra roles and hone is acting skills by appearing in a commercial for ‘Mike’s Hard Lemonade’ & on the YouTube Red series ‘Day 5’. In 2016 Jarrod would have his breakout roles by being cast alongside Lily James & Tessa Thompson in the movie Little Woods and on the web series ‘Million Dollars But…’. Later that fall he would be cast in the James Cameron & Robert Rodriguez film ‘Alita: Battle Angel’.
Currently he is the Stumpy’s Munchies, EFFEN Vodka (Texas), & I Am Kickz brand ambassador and can be seen in a commercial for Shiner Bock & the BleacherReport.com / Gatorade football spoof ‘Football, Texas’. This spring and summer look for Jarrod in multiple movies & television shows that will be released throughout 2018.
