Biography

Jeff Grace got his career in writing/directing/producing/acting started on the stages of Second City and ImprovOlympic, while working days as an ad-man on the Altoids campaign at Leo Burnett in Chicago. He left advertising and moved to Los Angeles to write for IFC's The Henry Rollins Show. As an actor, you may have seen him opposite Jon Hamm on the Emmy Award-winning Mad Men in addition his roles on Narcos, How I Met Your Mother, Castle, Fresh Off The Boat and Silicon Valley. Jeff has produced and starred in several award-winning feature films -- It's A Disaster (Julia Stiles, David Cross), Mothers & Daughters (Susan Sarandon, Christina Ricci), The Scenesters and Folk Hero & Funny Guy (Alex Karpovsky, Wyatt Russell, Melanie Lynskey) -- all of which received theatrical distribution through Oscilloscope, Screen Media, Monterey Media and Gravitas Ventures respectively. For his directorial debut (Folk Hero & Funny Guy) IndieWire listed Grace as "a filmmaker to watch," Screen Anarchy called him "a remarkable filmmaking talent whose progress will be well worth watching" and Rotten Tomatoes gave it the film 80% "Certified Fresh." Jeff just finished shooting a scripted comedy pilot he co-created for E! Networks called Glam Squad through Adam Sandler's RecRoom. As a stand-up comedian, Jeff released his first stand-up comedy special (Live In Los Angeles) through Amazon Prime Video. Coming full circle with has advertising roots, Jeff is part of the creative team at 20th Century Fox's branded content agency All City, working on campaigns for such brands as Google, AirBNB, Mars, Lays and Samsung. You can keep up with Jeff on Twitter or Instagram at jeffgrace.
- IMDb mini biography by: Jeff Grace