Trivia

Co-founded Actability, an acting school on Broadway in New York City in the year 2000.

Like Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese, Brian De Palma, and Francis Ford Coppola, Jack got his break from "The King of the B's", legendary producer Roger Corman. Jack landed his first film role as the mutant "Gargoyle" in Roger Corman's The Terror Within (1989) (where he was billed under the pseudonym "Roren Sumner").

Studied "The Method" style of acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and "The Meisner Technique" at Playhouse West under the direction of Jeff Goldblum and Robert Carnegie.

Studied acting with Bruce Glover , father of actor Crispin Glover.

Studied Aikido at the dojos of both Steven Seagal and Toshishiro Obata. He also studied Hapkido with Grandmaster Kwang Sik Myung.

Has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Visual Arts (with a concentration in sculpture and printmaking).

Great-grandmother was a hands-on healer.

Mother was a CRNA and a hypnotherapist, with a gift for hands-on healing.

Learned Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Transcendental Meditation technique in the early 90's.

Worked as a Shiatsu practitioner.

Learned energy-based bodywork from Grand Master DoAnn T. Kaneko at the Tao Healing Arts Center and the Institute of Psycho-Structural Balancing.

Has a background in a variety of integrative healing practices and was an instructor of the Quantum-Touch® energy healing method for ten years.

Certified by the National Academy of Sports Medicine® as a Personal Trainer, Fitness Nutrition Specialist, Mixed-Martial Arts Conditioning Specialist, Performance Enhancement Specialist, Corrective Exercise Specialist, and Behavior Change Specialist.

Certified as both a Master Time Line Therapy® Trainer and Time Line Therapy Master Practitioner by Dr. Tad James PhD (the creator of Time Line Therapy®) and the Time Line Therapy® Association.

Traveled to Australia to become Board Certified as a NLP Trainer by Dr. Tad James PhD (the second Master NLP Trainer certified by NLP's co-founder, Richard Bandler) and the American Board of Neuro-Linguistic Programming.

Board Certified as both a Hypnotherapist and Instructor of Hypnotherapy by the American Board of Hypnotherapy.

Honors Graduate of the Hypnosis Motivation Institute's nationally accredited College of Hypnotherapy (founded in 1968), where he received the Director's Award for exceptional professional achievement during his clinical residency. He was also an Instructor at the College.

Board Certified as a Coach Trainer by the Coaching Division of the American Board of Neuro-Linguistic Programming.

Founder and Director of the Center for Advanced Life Skills in Los Angeles. The Center is a Board Approved School of Hypnosis (American Board of Hypnotherapy), a Board Approved Institute of NLP and Coaching (American Board of NLP), and an Approved Institute of Time Line Therapy® (Time Line Therapy Association) and offers internationally-recognized certification training in using Hypnotherapy, NLP, Time Line Therapy®/Creating Your Future® Coaching and Advanced Life Coaching(TM) to work with the subconscious mind in both a holistic and practical way.

Published songwriter and recording artist (guitarist, bassist, keyboardist, singer).

In his private practice as a clinical hypnotherapist and mind coach, he specializes in stress reduction, habit control and self-improvement-with additional expertise in men's issues, personal breakthroughs, life transitions, and the release of fear and anxiety.

Has clinical certification in Biofeedback for stress, anxiety and self-regulation.

Has incorporated strength training and bio-hacking into life regularly since 1980, and is a self-created health advocate.