Jake Bongiovi

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Jake Bongiovi
Born
Jacob Hurley Bongiovi

(2002-05-07) May 7, 2002 (age 22)
New Jersey, U.S. [1]
Occupations
  • Model
  • actor
Years active2022–present
Spouse
​
(m. 2024)​
Father Jon Bon Jovi
Relatives Tony Bongiovi (first cousin once removed)

Jacob Hurley Bongiovi (born May 7, 2002) [2] is an American model and actor. He is the son of musician Jon Bon Jovi.

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Early life

Born in New Jersey, and raised in Middletown Township, New Jersey, [3] he is the son of musician Jon Bon Jovi and Dorothea Hurley. He has three siblings, Romeo, Stephanie, and Jesse. [4] He attended Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn. [5] Bongiovi attended The Pennington School, where he played on the football team. [6] He attended Syracuse University in 2020, but dropped out after his first year to pursue acting. [7]

Career

Bongiovi is expected to make his acting debut as part of the cast in the upcoming romantic comedy Sweethearts , from Jordan Weiss and New Line Cinema. He is cast alongside Charlie Hall, Kiernan Shipka, and Nico Hiraga, playing the role of Kellan. [8] Filming wrapped on the project in August 2022. [9] Filming locations reportedly included Jersey City, Cranford, and Ramapo College in Mahwah. [10] In February 2023, he was cast in the Todd Tucker musical film Rockbottom alongside McKaley Miller and Teala Dunn, which follows a fictitious 1980s hair metal band CougarSnake, centred around lead actor Tom Everett Scott. Bongiovi’s character Justin is a potential lead singer who must first overcome stage fright. [11]

As a model, Bongiovi is signed with William Morris Endeavor and IMG Models. [10]

Personal life

Since 2021, Bongiovi has been in a relationship with British actress Millie Bobby Brown. They made their red carpet debut together in March 2022 at the BAFTA Awards. [12] The couple announced their engagement in April 2023, with both making respective posts to their Instagram accounts. [13] [14] [15] News of the engagement was reported as going quickly viral by Newsweek in April 2023, [16] with broadsheet discussion of the relative young ages of Bongiovi (20) and Brown (19) at the time of the engagement. [17] [18] In May 2024, the couple married in a private ceremony. [19]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes works that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotes
2024 Rockbottom Justin
2024 Sweethearts †KellanIn post-production [20]

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