Jordan Jacobo is an American actor, screenwriter and film director who wrote the film Fletcher and Jenks (2016), wrote the series Jordan Loves (2017) and Sides (2021), and appeared in the films Expect a Miracle: Finding Light in the Darkness of a Pandemic (2020) and Long Live Xander the Great (2023).
Early life Jacobo was raised in San Ysidro, San Diego, and resides in Imperial Beach, California. His father was part of the National Guard.
Career In 2017, Jacobo created Jordan Loves on KPBS, a series that covers areas throughout San Diego such as the Coronado Bridge. He had previously made the web series Jordan Hates and wanted to create a show that expressed his cheerful side. In 2018, Jacobo adapted a story from postal carrier Ryan Bradford into a short film called 92115 produced by Mark Atkinson. By 2020, he was co-host of the podcast You're Gonna Die Alone and his play Transit Stop was selected for Old Globe Theatre's Powers New Voices Festival.
Jacobo co-wrote a series called Sides with Michael Lewis Foster in 2021, based on sitcoms from the 1980s and 1990s, that screened at the San Diego Latino Film Festival. In 2023, filmmaker Devin Scott directed the film Long Live Xander the Great, which was loosely based on Jacobo's childhood, and with Jacobo cast as the narrator. The film screened in 2024 at the GI Film Festival San Diego.
Jacobo screened a retrospective film at Digital Gym Cinema in 2024. In 2025, he wrote a screenplay called Quality Trauma Bonding for the 48 Hour Film Project. Jacobo expressed support for the SDC Film Initiative to help the film industry return to San Diego County.
Filmography YearTitleActorWriterDirectorRoleNotes2016Fletcher and JenksDetective2017Jordan Hates the WritingJordanThe Shining parodyJordan LovesHimselfHost, 7 episodes201892115To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do ThisPizza Delivery Guy2019The MayflowerCesar2020Expect a Miracle: Finding Light in the Darkness of a PandemicPanic at ParqJordanLeave em' LaughingWake Up Man2021ShootersJordan7 episodesSidesJordan10 episodesSoon Enough / Ya Pronto2022Why the Nativity?Adult Yoram2023Last ChanceDetective DiazThe Buck StopProduced by Shannon Taylor, screened at San Diego Latino Film FestivalLong Live Xander the GreatNarratorVoice, fictional work based on Jacobo
Accolades FestivalYearTitleAwardResultRef.48 Hour Film Project, San Diego2016Fletcher and JenksBest WritingMigrant Voices2021Soon Enough / Ya ProntoEmerging FilmmakerProfessional Filmmaker
You're Gonna Die Alone podcast
From 2018 to 2020, Jacobo and Cristyn Chandler hosted a podcast called You're Gonna Die Alone that focused primarily on relationship disasters.
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SDVoyager Interview Interview at The Faces of San Diego Jordan Loves at KPBS Opinion at The San Diego Union-Tribune via Wayback Machine