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Jacob Berger (born December 24, 1984) is an American television and film actor best known for his work on Wonder Wheel (2017), Silicon Valley (2019), Power (2018), and Bull (2016). He recently became a guest star in the sitcom In the Cut, which is due to air in 2020. He is widely known on social media as the Instagram Cop.

Early life and education
Berger was born and raised in The Bronx. He began performing on stage at a young age with the well respected children's theater company, TADA! Youth Theater. Once he got to college, he shifted gears and began to pursue a life in the family business of working in mental health. After getting his Master of Social Work at Columbia University and working for a few years in the field, he was between jobs in 2011 and in his free time, created a comedic rap video for fun which ended up going viral on YouTube at the time. He had also begun getting back into the entertainment scene by working as a children's party MC and making other comedic YouTube content with his friends.

Career
Berger returned to acting in 2011. The industry really started to open up for him in 2014 when he won 1st prize in a short film contest conducted by the network Showtime for the show Shameless. He then began booking major Television/Film roles in 2014 and as time went, began making comedic internet content.

While working in TV/Film and making online content, Berger had a break out moment in January 2017 when he made a parody rap song to the Migos song "Bad and Boujee". He began to build a following on Instagram and within a year, had an even bigger online hit with the For The P Challenge Freestyle as an NYPD Cop which made him instantly known across the world. The video had several hundred million views across the world, and was featured on Tosh.0. Ever since then, he has been on a non-stop journey to make great content and continue to develop and rise as an actor. He recently booked a recurring guest star role on In The Cut, airing in 2020, and recently appeared in shows such as Silicon Valley, Pearson, Power, and several other major episodics and films.

Berger has trained at the William Esper Studio, Stella Adler Studio of Acting, McCaskill Studio, Tim Phillips Studio, and the Upright Citizens Brigade. People in the industry have compared his brand and type with actors such as Michael Rapaport, David Harbour, and Seth Rogen.

Personal life
Berger's great-aunt is Anna Berger, a longtime New York City actor who appeared in movies such as Crimes and Misdemeanors and You Don't Mess with the Zohan. His uncle James R. Rosenthal was a film producer and production manager, known for his work on The Virgin Suicides and Deep Freeze.

Berger currently resides in Los Angeles, California.