Jake Graf is an international award winning director, writer and actor based in London known for his roles in ’The Danish Girl' and ‘Colette’ and for films ‘Headspace’, ‘Dawn’ and ‘Dusk’. Jake uses the medium of film to elicit positive change, giving representation to rarely seen characters and stories with a view to promoting acceptance and understanding. Jake's first feature film 'Lavender' is currently in development with MisFits Entertainment ('Alleycats'/'McQueen') and Ardimages ('God's Own Country') and his next short film ‘Stone’ with Wychwood Pictures. In November 2021 he wrote and directed a series of branched narrative films for Verizon Media, using groundbreaking Morphcast technology. All of his films are used as educational tools in universities, schools, prisons and media events internationally. Recent acting roles include ‘Colette’ directed by Wash Westmoreland (‘Still Alice’), BBC Doctors and ITV’s ‘Butterfly’. Using his platform to give a voice to the trans male community, Jake is widely considered to be one of the most visible trans men in the UK. He has appeared on Lorraine, Sky News, Good Morning Britain, Channel 5 News and London Tonight and has written for The Evening Standard, Cosmopolitan, GNI Magazine, BOYZ and Gay Star News. He and wife Hannah Graf MBE were the subjects of 2020's hit Channel 4 documentary 'Our Baby: A Modern Miracle', following their journey to becoming parents to daughter Millie (produced by Parable Works). The film has screened globally to great acclaim. Jake has spoken internationally on trans issues, particularly in relation to film and media. In 2015 he was a panelist as part of the first trans specific event at The White House, and the following year was invited to present in Speaker’s House, Westminster. In July 2017, his short film about legislative change was launched in The Houses of Parliament. Jake was listed in OUT Magazine’s OUT100 List, The Independent’s Rainbow List and The Guardian’s Pride Power List. He is a patron of the Mermaids Charity, The Albert Kennedy Trust, an ambassador for Age UK and a judge for The National Diversity Awards, The European Diversity Awards and The Rainbow Honours.

Jake Graf is an international multi award winning director, writer and actor based in London known for his roles in ’The Danish Girl' and ‘Colette’, and for viral hit ‘Headspace’. Transitioning in 2008, and after a lifetime of searching for positive representations of trans people onscreen, Jake wrote, directed and starred in first film ‘XWHY’. The award winning film launched Jake onto the international film festival circuit and garnered much critical praise. He followed up with ‘Brace’, an online viral hit, and festival favourites ‘Chance’, ‘Dawn’ and ‘Dusk’ and quickly became known as one of the most prolific and visible trans male directors internationally. Jake uses the medium of films to elicit positive change, giving representation to rarely seen characters and stories and promoting acceptance and understanding. All are used as educational tools in universities, schools, prisons and media events internationally. Using his platform to give a voice to the trans male community, Jake is now widely considered to be one of the most visible trans men in the UK. He has appeared on Lorraine, Sky News, Good Morning Britain, Channel 5 News, ITV News and London Tonight and has written for The Evening Standard, Cosmopolitan, GNI Magazine, BOYZ and Gay Star News. In 2014 Jake appeared as the first British man on the cover of FTM Magazine and covers for Attitude Magazine, Diva, GNI, QX, Vanity Hype and LGBT Weekly followed. Jake's first feature film 'Lavender' is in development with MisFits Entertainment ('Alleycats'/'McQueen') and Ardimages (God's Own Country) and his next short film with Wychwood Pictures. Recent acting roles include ‘Colette’ directed by Wash Westmoreland (‘Still Alice’), and ITV’s ‘Butterfly’ and he and Hannah recently starred in hit Channel 4 documentary 'Our Baby: A Modern Miracle'. Jake speaks internationally on trans issues, particularly in relation to film and media. In 2015 he was invited to the first trans specific event at The White House, and the following year was invited to present in Speaker’s House, Westminster. In July 2017, his short film about legislative change was launched in The Houses of Parliament. Jake was listed in OUT Magazine’s OUT100 List, The Independent’s Rainbow List, The Independent’s Pride Power List and The Guardian’s LGBT Power List. He is a patron of the Mermaids Charity, The Albert Kennedy Trust and the Ditch The Label anti-bullying project, and an ambassador and judge for The National Diversity Awards, The Rainbow Honours and the European Diversity Awards.

Jake Graf is a London based actor, writer and director whose first nine award winning films have screened at over 100 festivals worldwide. His first feature film ‘Lavender’ is in development with BAFTA nominated MisFits Entertainment (‘McQueen’), and he is currently working on two television drama pilots. Jake uses the medium of films to elicit positive change, giving representation to rarely seen characters and stories and promoting acceptance and understanding. All are used as educational tools in universities, schools, prisons and media events internationally. Recent roles include ITV’s Butterfly, DBO’s ‘Different For Girls’ and opposite Keira Knightley in feature film ‘Colette’. He is a patron for Mermaids, akt and Ditch The Label and a judge for the European Diversity Awards, The Rainbow Honours, The Iris Prize Film Festival and The National Diversity Awards. Inspiring, compelling and engaging speakers, Jake and his partner Hannah share passionate talks on gender, equality, and diversity. They have presented keynote speeches, fireside chats and Q&As both in person and virtually and are best known for their documentary ‘Our Baby: A Modern Miracle’ which was on Channel 4 following their journey on starting a family through surrogacy. Whether you’d like to book them together or individually, they share their personal accounts and unique perspective demonstrating the importance of supporting trans and LGBTQ colleagues within the workplace and beyond. Jake’s background in film, acting and writing means he is equally assured when speaking on all manner of topics including the importance of positive representation, the media, and LGBTQ relationships, travel and inclusion. Jake and Hannah Graf have spoken at events for companies including: Warner Brothers, Herbert Smith Freehills, Stonewall Workplace Conference, Army LGBT Conference, NBC Universal, InterComms, InterMedia, InterBank, InterLaw, Pride in London Gala, BNP Paribas, Barclay’s , Lloyds, Citi Bank, Allen and Overy, HSBC, BP, PWC, P&G and TTG.