A native New Yorker who hails from a family full of actors, Smollett began his career as a baby diaper-model. He got his scripted start on the series Hanging with Mr. Cooper before starring alongside his five brothers and sisters in their ABC sitcom, On Our Own. Smollett also starred in the critically acclaimed feature film Eve's Bayou, directed by Kasi Lemmons.Aside from acting, Jake is a Ford model and long time supporter of Artists for a New South Africa (ANSA), a nonprofit organization working in the US and South Africa to combat HIV/AIDS, assist children orphaned by AIDS, advance human and civil
rights, safeguard voting rights, and educate and empower the youth.Jake Smollett portrays Noser, Wendy and Lacey's eccentric
neighbor in ABC Family's The Middleman. A musician who is continuously working on a "concept album", he is an oasis of calm in Wendy and Lacey's turbulent world...
