Jayk Gallagher

Jacob Gallagher is a Talent Manager and Senior Partner at Calliope West Artist Management. Under his creative moniker of Jayk Gallagher, he is a writer/director as well as a retired, former actor. Recent Series Regular Bookings at Calliope West include Tyler Perry's Ruthless, Showtime's Work In Progress which was nominated for a GLAAD Award, as well as Crypt TV's Stereoscope. Recent Studio Feature Bookings include Godzilla: King of Monsters, Seberg opp Kristen Stewart & Zazie Beats, Little opp Issa Rae, Stuber opp Kumail Nanjiani, The Way Back opp Ben Affleck, I Am Woman opp Evan Peters, Clint Eastwood's Richard Jewell opp Sam Rockwell, Horse Girl opp Allison Brie and more. E85 clients starred in Oscar winning film SKIN and the eponymous feature opp Danielle McDonald & Jamie Bell. Jacob reps the star of Seinfeld, Family Feud, and Dancing with the Stars-- John O'Hurley, plus 5 time Series Regular Mauricio Mendoza, star of SHOWTIME's award-winning drama Resurrection Boulevard, 2 Season Series Regular Yvonne Senat Jones, 2 Season Series Regular Celeste Pechous, Latin American Celebrity Marlene Favela, 3 time Series Regular Allie Gonino of IFTV's The Red Road, The Lying Game, and 10 Things I Hate About You, Elizabeth Rice who played Margaret Sterling on Mad Men for 7 seasons, Allan McLeod who played Jimmy on You're the Worst for 5 seasons, and Lassie's original Timmy, Jon Provost. Our clients are recent Recurring Guest Stars on Mindhunter, All American, Family Reunion, Grey's Anatomy, Bless This Mess, Filthy Rich, Big Bang Theory, Longmire, Game Shakers, Dear White People, Adam Ruins Everything, etc. Director, Writer, Producer Bio: Sundance Screenwriters Lab and Sloan Commissioning Grant Finalist, and 2019 Montana Film Commission Big Sky Grant for Feature Film Recipient Jayk Gallagher started out writing, producing and directing (WPD) episodic series for Fremantle Media, Current TV, and Sun Microsystems, plus music videos called "a kick to the gut" by SPIN Magazine, and "breathtaking" by Huffington Post, praised by Stereogum and Flaunt. Gallagher cast and Associate Produced "Hajji" with Snowfort Pictures (XX), starring Dayo Okeniyi (The Hunger Games) and Ross Marquand (The Walking Dead), then WPDed LA noir sci fi short and episodic proof of concept "Chronopath", which won Directors' Choice Award at Sci-On! IFF 2019, debuted at MCNIFF, and has played at Juggernaut FF, First Contact FF, Atlanta Horror FF and WMMIFF among others. It was nominated for the "Out of this World Award" at the Official Latino FF, and won Best Actress in a Sci Fi for lead Lynette Coll. VFX by George Loucas (Beatriz at Dinner, Burning Sands). 2020 saw Jayk's film "Drunk Girl Therapist" debut at the 22nd San Francisco Black Film Festival and the HBO Women in Film festival. 2019, Jayk WPDed "Idyll", debuted NY Latino Film Festival presented by HBO, starring Sundance Alum Andrea Sixtos (Series Regular CW's Arrow, Hulu's East Los High) & Vanessa Garcia (SWAT, MacGuyver), just won 2019 Grand Jury Prize Best Narrative Short at Awareness FF, as well as Best Actress in a Drama tied for both leading ladies at the Official Latino Film Festival, plus the film played at Philadelphia Latino FF, North Carolina Gay & Lesbian FF, Oaxaca FF, San Francisco Latino FF, Seattle Latino FF, Silver State FF, Marina Del Rey IFF, and many others. 2019, Jayk cast and pre-produced MLB Feature Film RAGE starring Marci Miller (Days of Our Lives Series Reg) and Mykel Shannon Jenkins (Series Regular Bold & The Beautiful) 2016, Jayk WPed short "Synching" starring Sundance Alum Adam Gifford (Longmire, Wristcutters: A Love Story). Jayk is in pre-production for his feature film The Apprehension of Dr. Kaczysnki, for which he received the Big Sky Grant in 2019. Acting, Music, Promotion Background: Jayk's final acting role was "John Corbin" on HBO's Emmy award winning "Veep", but he's best known for his role in the film "The Social Network". He also appeared in the Coen Brothers' "Hail Cesar!" as well as on CBS, TNT, MTV, ABC Family, Comedy Central, E!, The Disney Channel, and other networks in shows like CSI: NY, SouthLAnd, Crash and Bernstein and many others. He stars as Brandon Dedd in the feature "Dedd Brothers" now available on Amazon and Netflix. He was seen as "Handsome" in the feature "Western Wonderland" written and directed by Sundance alum Reza Safai, and in promos for Jack Reacher 2 directed by Head of Worldwide Creative Content at Paramount, Marcus Perry. Jayk appeared in over 45 national commercials. Jayk performed stand-up comedy regularly at The Comedy Store, The Improv Hollywood, The Ha Ha Comedy Club etc. Gallagher's grunge band Hobart W Fink was called " "Imposing" by SPIN Magazine, and "Mosh-worthy" by CMJ. The band has debuted two singles on KROQ' s Rodney on the ROQ, and played on over 100 stations nationwide. Songs have been placed in such cult hits as "Sharknado 2" and "Three Headed Shark Attack". Hobart W Fink's last two releases were recorded by Chris Kasych (Wavves, Phantogram, Vampire Weekend, P!nk, Santigold) and mastered by Alex DeYoung (Macy Gray, NOFX, Pennywise). The most recent EP features guest vocals from Rachel Fox, former star of Desperate Housewives and current wunderkind futures trader. Hobart W Fink performed six shows at South By Southwest 2016, and has headlined festivals like Echo Park Rising, Make Music Pasadena, Venice Music Crawl, Buzzbands.la Chinatown Nights, plus rocked every indie venue in LA and most states in the country. Before the band started in 2012, Jayk released four rap EPs over two years. He participated in national battle league Grind Time, garnering over 100,000 views on YouTube videos of his intense battles in front of thousands of live spectators. Jayk directed plays in Los Angeles with needtheater and Brimmer Street Theater Company, and in Boston with Circle Theater Group. Jayk was a show promoter, running a band booking company and record label called All Scene Eye. ASE artists have played in heavy rotation on KCRW, KPFK, KROQ, KEDG and more top stations. ASE was frequently contracted to book stages for major nationwide festivals, and consistently books talent at many LA venues. You could hear Jayk every other Sunday on AM1630 KCHUNG playing local bands on All Scene Eye Radio, and in years past on Skidrow Radio and OG Huskey Radio.