Jake Stormoen is an American actor known for his role as Dagen in the Mythica film series and as Captain Garret Spears in the fantasy-adventure drama television series The Outpost.
Early life and career Jacob Leif Stormoen was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US. to parents of Norwegian descent. Stormoen grew up in Minneapolis along with his younger sister Anna Stormoen. After graduating from high school in the U.S, he enrolled at the University of Southern Queensland in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, where he obtained a Bsc Arts in Creative Media. After being a waiter for 6 months, he returned to the United States, to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career in acting. Stormoen is friends with Kristian Nairn, the actor who plays Hodor in Game of Thrones, the friendship developed online whilst in High school, playing World of Warcraft (WoW). Stormoen later co-starred with Nairn in the Kurt Knight horror thriller film The Appearance in 2018. In 2015, Stormoen won the 'Best Supporting Actor' award at the Utah Film Festival for his performance as Airk in the fantasy film The Christmas Dragon. Apart from acting, he has also worked as a writer and associate producer in a couple of short films.
In 2014, Stormoen landed his first “major” role as Dagen in the Arrowstorm fantasy-adventure drama film Mythica: A Quest for Heroes, a franchise where he starred in 4 more films, Mythica: The Necromancer and Mythica: The Darkspore in 2015, then Mythica: The Godslayer and Mythica: The Iron Crown in 2016. Stormoen's inherent love for and being a life-long fan of fantasy and science fiction, is the main reason why he enjoys working for the Utah-based production company, Arrowstorm Entertainment, because they specialise in that genre.
In 2018, Stormoen continued his success with Arrowstorm Entertainment in a lead role as Captain Garret Spears in The CW's fantasy-adventure drama television series The Outpost, alongside Jessica Green and Anand Desai-Barochia. The CW announced that series 3 of The Outpost will be extended by a further 13 episodes in 2020. In 2023, he directed Mythica: Stormbound, the sixth film in the Mythica (film series).
Filmography
Film Year Title Role 2008 Step Up 2: The StreetsDan 2012 Mood (Short)Michael 2013 Compossibility Theory (Short)Stan2014 Mythica: A Quest for HeroesDagen 2014 Mochila: A Pony Express Adventure (Short)Sheriff 2015 Mythica: The Necromancer Dagen 2015 Miracle Maker Thomas Keating 2015 Mythica: The Darkspore Dagen 2015 War Pigs Frenchy 2015 Be My Frankenstein (Short)Charles 2016 Mythica: The GodslayerDagen 2016 Kiss the Devil in the Dark (Short)Edgar 2016 Grace Note (Short)Dominic 2016 Triple Wong Dare You (Short)Hot Tod 2016 Nocturne Gabe 2016 Mythica: The Iron CrownDagen 2016 Cyborg X Lieutenant Wizkowski (Wiz) 2018 The Appearance Mateho 2019 Phoenix Blue (Short) Jason2020 Bookworm and the Beast Grant Beiste 2020 Her Deadly Reflections Logan 2022 Quest For Love Ethan/Shane 2024 Mythica: Stormbound Director
Television Year Title Role Notes 2012 Lucky Days (TV series) Alfred1 episode - Pizza, Pizza! 2012 My Gimpy Life (TV series) Waiter #11 episode - Crowded 2013 Zombie Break Room (TV series) Joey 1 episode 2014 The Christmas Dragon Airk TV film 2015Pen & Paper & Laser Guns (TV series) ZacEpisodes #1.1 and #1.2 2017Relationship Status (TV series) Marcus 1 episode - Mate 2017 Extinct Duncan9 episodes 2018 Christmas Wonderland Matt SampsonTV movie 2018Devil's Got My BackRecorderTV movie 2018–2021 The Outpost Captain Garret Spears36 episodes2021Love, Lost & FoundJoey BufalinoTV movie 2026 Seeking Persephone Adam TV Mini series
Video games Year Title Role 2021 The Elder Scrolls Online Destron Brolus, the Adoring Admirer
Video Year Title Role 2006 Deadbolt (Video short)Ethan Banks 2007 Absolute (Video)Brandon Woods 2017 Carthage (Video)Dan Jones
Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2015 Utah Film Awards Best Supporting Actor The Christmas Dragon
References
External links
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