Jake Bongiovi

Jacob Hurley Bongiovi (born May 7, 2002) is an American actor and model. He is the son of Jon Bon Jovi.

Early life

Born in New Jersey, and raised in Middletown Township, New Jersey, he is the son of musician Jon Bon Jovi and his wife Dorothea. He has three siblings, Romeo, Stephanie, and Jesse. He attended Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn. Bongiovi attended The Pennington School, where he played on the football team. He attended Syracuse University in 2020. However, he reportedly did not return for his sophomore year.

Career

Bongiovi is expected to make his acting debut as part of the cast in the Jordan Weiss and New Line Cinema upcoming romantic comedy, Sweethearts. He is cast alongside Charlie Hall, Kiernan Shipka and Nico Hiraga, playing the role of Kellan. Filming was wrapped on the project in August 2022. Filming locations reportedly included Jersey City and Cranford and at Ramapo College in Mahwah. In February 2023 he was cast in the upcoming Todd Tucker musical film Rockbottom alongside McKaley Miller and Teala Dunn, which follows a fictitious 1980s hair metal band CougarSnake, centred around lead actor Tom Everett Scott. Bongiovi’s character Justin is a potential lead singer who must first overcome stage fright.

As a model, Bongiovi is signed with William Morris Endeavor and IMG Models.

Personal life

Since 2021, Bongiovi has been in a relationship with British actress Millie Bobby Brown. They made their red carpet debut together at the 2022 BAFTA Awards in March 2022. The couple announced their engagement in April 2023, with both making respective posts to their Instagram accounts. News of the engagement was reported as going quickly viral by Newsweek in April 2023, with broadsheet discussion of the relative young ages of Bongiovi (20, going on 21) and Brown (19) at the time of the engagement.

Filmography