Jon Jacobs

Jon "NEVERDIE" Jacobs is an award-winning actor and filmmaker whose work spans cult noirs, high-art festival films, and genre-bending indies. His features have screened at top festivals including Cannes, Oldenburg, and São Paulo. Jon's directorial debut Metropolis Apocalypse premiered at Cannes, and Welcome Says the Angel was hailed as "the best of no-budget American cinema" by The Stranger. Praised by Los Angeles Times critic Kevin Thomas for his acting, and described by the late film historian F.X. Feeney as "an artist very much worth discovering," Jon has earned accolades worldwide, including Best Picture at Hungarian Film Week (Johnny Famous), Best New Western from The Washington Times (The Wooden Gun), and Outstanding Performance at Method Fest (Lost Angelas). In 2023, he won the Seymour Cassel Award for Best Actor at Oldenburg for his portrayal of Cassian Elwes in Passenger C. Beyond film, Jon is also known as NEVERDIE - a pioneering figure in virtual culture whose digital persona has been the subject of global media, academic study, and online debate.