Robert Jarvis Jr.

Tall, slender youthful actor featured in leading and supporting roles in feature length films and shorts. Robert Jarvis Jr. born in Norfolk, Virginia is the oldest of four children. After graduating from high school, Robert was awarded a football scholarship to William Penn University in Iowa where he planned on transferring from after two years to pursue training in Industrial Labor Relations. However, after auditioning for the first play of his life as a sophomore he was cast in the lead role. From here he would go on to star in or be featured in close to 20 stage productions before pursuing a career in journalism.He briefly studied acting at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco California as part of a summer program. During his time as a journalist he focused on telling narrative news magazine type stories running features on Olympic hopefuls and the 2008 presidential campaign. During this time period he would conduct one-on-one interviews with both John McCain and future president Barack Obama. As he believes God would have it, he was called back into the acting world while auditioning as a singer for a national talent search. During this time he was attending graduate school for a masters degree in marriage counseling, but these plans were put on hold as his professional career has started to take off. During the acting competition he was awarded a scholarship to the New York Film Academy. Show less «