Jake Paltrow


Jacob Danner Paltrow is an American film director, screenwriter and actor. Coming from a family of actors, he is the younger brother of Gwyneth Paltrow and the son of Bruce Paltrow and Blythe Danner.

Personal life

Paltrow was born in Los Angeles, California, to film director Bruce Paltrow and actress Blythe Danner. Their ancestry is Polish-Jewish, Belarusian-Jewish, English, and Pennsylvania Dutch. He had a Bar Mitzvah when he turned 13. He and his sister are second cousins of former US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.
Paltrow met photographer and artist Taryn Simon in 1999 and married in 2010; they have two children together.

Career

Paltrow's most prominent job was directing some NYPD Blue episodes, such as: Andy Appleseed, Brothers Under Arms and Big Bang Theory, following in his father's footsteps as a television director.
In 2006, he made his debut as a film director with the movie The Good Night, which featured his sister Gwyneth. The movie was released at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Paltrow has produced short films about actors for the New York Times. In 2014, he wrote, directed and produced the dystopian sci-fi Western Young Ones.

Filmography

YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes
1997–2004NYPD BlueTen episodes
2013–2014Boardwalk EmpireTwo episodes