Ken Jacobson, one of many pioneers of expertise administration, died on Thursday after greater than three a long time as a supervisor. I hear he was discovered unresponsive in his house after struggling an damage throughout the previous week.
For 20 years, Jacobson was a founding companion of administration agency James/Levy/Jacobson. Working alongside his companions, Jacobson was concerned in launching the careers of such actors as James and Dave Franco, Jennie Garth, Jaimie Alexander, Michelle Williams, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Mena Suvari and Erika Christensen. He signed Hilary Swank when she was 15, represented her for 10 years and helped her get Boys Don’t Cry, which earned her an Oscar. He additionally signed Ben Foster on the age of 12 and repped him for 20 years.
Jacobson’s profession began in 1975 as an actor. For 10 years he appeared in theater in New York, together with enjoying the position of David within the 1983 Tony Award-winning play Torch Song Trilogy.
After leaving performing, Jacobson labored for a short while in ABC Primetime casting in New York earlier than transferring to Los Angeles to start a profession in expertise administration, co-founding James/Levy/Jacobson in 1986.
After 20 years on the firm, in 2006, Jacobson left to launch his personal firm, Ken Jacobson Management.
In addition to being a supervisor, Jacobson additionally produced a number of movies, together with Zack And Reba, with Brittany Murphy, Thomas Jane and Debbie Reynolds, Kounterfeit, starring Hilary Swank, Ben Foster, and Mark Paul Gosselaar, and James Franco’s first directing effort, the quick movie Kyle.
