Jeffrey A. Yarbrough

Jeffrey A. Yarbrough is an American Actor born in Cleveland, Ohio. While attending Miami University (OH) and pursuing a degree in Aeronautics he was challenged by two friends to take an intro acting class. He not only accepted the challenge but also embraced the class as well as the whole acting journey. In 1996, Jeffrey moved to Los Angeles and was immediately cast for the role of Kevin Bass, a recurring role on NBC's Hangtime. During this time he continued to study classical theater under the instruction of Robert and Peter Ellenstein at the Los Angeles Repetory Theater Company. He enjoys taking on challenging versatile roles such as Puck in A Midsummer's Night Dream and Prince Morocco in The Merchant Of Venice. After making continued strides he was cast in two McDonald's commercials and a Discovery Card commercial in 1998 and a Tanqueray Gin commercial in 2003. Jeffrey also had guest roles in the TV shows: The Power Rangers Turbo, The Smart Guy, In The House in 1998 as well as a special appearance in the movie Battle Night: Krump Wars in 2005. After taking some time away from acting Jeffrey opened his own Martial Arts Dojo called The Katana Martial Arts Fitness Center. It was here were he developed and taught his own style of Martial Arts called Street Science Self-Defense. In 2015 Jeffrey dove back into acting and was soon cast in After The Blast as the press secretary (Vince). This movie was directed by Sam Saldivar. He was also cast in The Ghetto in 2015 as the gang member instigator (Roy). This movie was directed by Manzie Jones and Kevin Clark. A Doritos commercial followed in 2016. Finally in 2016 Jeffrey was able to bring his Martial Arts to the screen as Kamar , the villainous thug, in the short film called Take It and this was directed by Mark Newton. This was followed by a role of a drug enforcer in the movie Too Far Gone which was also directed by Mark Newton in 2017. Lastly, Jeffrey is also the producer, director, actor and choreographer in a play he wrote called Between Heaven And Earth. Jeffrey also enjoys competing in Open Karate tournaments, running marathons, riding horses and flying single engine airplanes.