What does Jake Goldberg do now? His Age, Parents, Net Worth

Who is Jake Goldberg?

American actor Jake Goldberg was born under the zodiac sign Aquarius on 7 February 1996, in New York City, USA. He has only 10 acting credits, and is perhaps known best for playing Greg Feder in the 2013 comedy movie “Grown Ups 2”, which starred Chris Rock, Kevin James and Adam Sandler, and was directed by Dennis Dugan. It follows the lives of married man Lenny, his wife, children and crazy friends – the film won five of its 20 award nominations.

Jake’s today quite active in the film industry, and is currently working on several upcoming projects.

Education and early life

Jake was raised in New York City by his mother Tsvia and father Norbert Goldberg but as he respects their privacy, not many details have been shared about them; it’s still believed that Jake’s father’s a businessman and his mother a homemaker. As he’s yet to talk about having siblings, Jake’s believed to have none.

He and his family spent five years living in Israel while he was growing up, and although he once knew a bit of Hebrew, Jake can no longer speak it, and can barely understand it. He was 10 when he made his debut film appearance, voicing Helmet Boy in the 2006 animated adventure comedy “The Ant Bully”, which starred Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage and Paul Giamatti, and was written and directed by John A. Davis. It follows Lucas Nickle who’s been shrunken to insect size now that he’s flooded an entire ant colony on purpose, and the film won one of its five award nominations.

Jake attended Greeley High School, and was into a couple of activities during his time there, as he practiced singing, dancing and creative writing,; he also enjoys playing soccer with his peers. He matriculated in 2014, and then enrolled at University of Colorado, Boulder, graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in 2018.

Jake was mostly focused on his education during his teenage years, which is why he doesn’t have many acting credits.

Roles in TV series

Jake’s debut TV series role was when cast to star as Pablo in 60 episodes (2006-2013) of the animated adventure comedy “The Backyardigans” (voice role), which was created by Janice Burgess and also starred Jonah Bobo, Sean Curley and LaShawn Jefferies. The series follows a group of friends as they’re playing in their shared backyard, it aired from 2001 through 2013, and won four of the 20 awards for which it was nominated.

Happy 25th Birthday to Jake Goldberg! The actor who played Greg Feder in Grown Ups and Grown Ups 2 and voiced the Helmet Boy & Red Teammate #1 in The Ant Bully and Pablo on The Backyardigans (Seasons 2-4). #JakeGoldberg pic.twitter.com/vcsqTIvQ1L

— Jake with the Ob (@mnralphie) February 8, 2021

In 2008, Jake played Adam Trembley in the episode “Unorthodox” of the crime mystery “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”, and the year 2009 saw him play Connor in the episode “Jackie Jormp-Jomp” of the comedy “30 Rock”, which starred Tracy Morgan, Alec Baldwin and Tina Fey, and was also created by Tina. It follows the life of screenwriter Liz Lemon, the series aired from 2006 through 2013 and won 91 of its 434 award nominations.

Jake’s only other TV series role has been playing Juror Karl Langford in the 2021 episode “To Save a Life” of the crime comedy “Bull”, which starred Jaime Lee Kirschner, Geneva Carr and Michael Weatherly, and was created by Phil McGraw and Paul Attanasio. It follows the life of psychologist Dr. Bull, the series aired from 2016 through 2022 and was nominated for two awards.

Roles in movies

In 2010, Jake played Greg Feder in the popular comedy “Grown Ups”, which starred Kevin James, Salma Hayek and Adam Sandler, and was directed by Dennis Dugan. It follows five friends who’ve reunited following the death of their high school basketball coach, and the movie won three of the seven awards for which it was nominated.

In 2011, Jake played Young Nathan Jones in the crime horror “Choose”, which starred Nicholas Tucci, Kevin Pollak and Katheryn Winnick, and was directed by Marcus Graves; it follows a journalism student as together with her detective father she’s trying to catch a killer.

Jake’s only other film role has been starring as Blake in the 2022 short drama “The Keys”, which also starred Len Bellezza and was directed by Saneesh Feisal. It follows a man who’s trying to retrieve the keys which he’s locked in his car; the movie won two awards.

Other credits

Jake voiced Pablo in the 2009 video game “The Backyardigans”.

Love life and relationships

Jake prefers not to speak about his love life in public, and we know about only one girl whom he’s been with.

Back in 2012, he began dating American non-celebrity girl Reid Birdoff, but it was only in 2014 that Jake revealed that they were together. He went on to feature Reid in many of his Instagram pictures and videos, and as Jake hasn’t spoken about his love life in interviews for a couple of years now, it remains unknown whether or not he and Reid are still together.

Jake might still be in a relationship with Reid Birdoff as of November 2023, he hasn’t married and doesn’t have children.

Interesting facts and hobbies

Jake’s quite active on Instagram and is today followed by more than 200,000 people on the network, while he’s posted over 450 pictures and videos; most of his content shows him during his everyday life, whether he’s making food, spending time with his mother or shooting for his movies and TV series.

He’s physically active as he works out at the gym nearly every day and often plays tennis and basketball with his friends.

Jake’s become passionate about travelling and has been to various US states to shoot for his movies and TV series.

He loves to prepare food, and often shows this off in his Instagram content.

Joaquin Phoenix is one of Jake’s favorite actors, and a couple of his favorite films include “Beau Is Afraid”, “Walk the Line” and “The Village”.

Height, age and net worth

Jake’s age is 27. He’s 5ft 9ins (1.75m) tall, weighs around 160lbs (72kgs) and has brown hair and eyes.

Jake’s net worth’s been estimated at over $500,000, as of November 2023.