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Jake Steinfeld

Jake Steinfeld (born February 21, 1958) is an American actor, fitness personality, and entrepreneur, known for his Body by Jake brand. He is the uncle of singer Hailee Steinfeld.

Born in the Sea Gate neighborhood of Brooklyn in western Coney Island, Steinfeld grew up in Baldwin, New York which is near Queens on Long Island. He attended the State University of New York at Cortland, dropped out, and moved to Los Angeles.

Steinfeld develops brands and businesses as chairman and CEO of Body by Jake. Before that, Steinfeld created FitTV, a 24-hour fitness lifestyle network, which he later sold to News Corp.

After the sale of FitTV, Steinfeld launched ExerciseTV, a fitness on-demand television network, with partners Comcast, New Balance, and Time Warner. He co-founded Major League Lacrosse (MLL), the first professional outdoor lacrosse league in 2001. MLL had six franchises in North America; the championship trophy was named the Steinfeld Cup. In 2020, the MLL merged with the Premier Lacrosse League. He is the founder of the World Series of Youth Lacrosse which provides (U13) youth players a lacrosse experience like that of a professional. The event features teams from the U.S., Europe, Canada, Israel, Iroquois Nation, and others competing to play in the championship game aired live on ESPN2 on the Fourth of July. Teaming with Universal Music Enterprises (UMe), a division of Universal Music Group, Steinfeld formed a music label called Body by Jake Music.

Steinfeld became chairman of the California Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports under Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2006 and served until 2011 under Governor Jerry Brown. He was named chairman of the National Foundation for Governors' Fitness Councils in 2012. Through the cooperation of public and private partnerships, the NFGFC rewards "Don't Quit" fitness centers to elementary and middle schools who show innovative ways to promote fitness and nutrition in their schools and communities across the United States.

Steinfeld was an official Olympic torch bearer for the 2012 Summer Olympics. He served as the honorary mayor of Pacific Palisades from 2013 to 2016.

Steinfeld began as a personal trainer with clients including Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford, whom he trained for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Later he starred on a sitcom on the Family Channel called Big Brother Jake.

Other television credits include King of the Hill, Movin' Mountains, Dream On, The Tracey Ullman Show, Shaping Up, and Simon & Simon. In addition, he appeared in the fourteenth season of Hell's Kitchen as a guest in episode 12's dinner service. He made his film debut in the 1979 film Americathon. He acted in the lead role of the killer in the early slasher film Home Sweet Home (1981). Other film roles include Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980), Into the Night (1985), The Money Pit (1986), and Coming to America (1988). He supplied the voice of Git, a lab rat in the Disney animated feature Ratatouille and was the voice of the Fish Seller in the 2011 English version of From Up On Poppy Hill.

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