Jon Jacobs

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English actor

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Field	Value
name	Jon Jacobs
image	Jon Jacobs, Gamelab 2017 (35483130361).jpg
caption	Jacobs in 2017
birth_date
birth_place	Derbyshire, England, UK
known_for	Lucinda's Spell
Hey DJ
occupation	Actor, entrepreneur, director, producer, writer
children	3
spouse	Cheri London (m. 3 August 2006)
partner	Tina Wiseman
( – 20 February 2005)
website
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|name = Jon Jacobs |image = Jon Jacobs, Gamelab 2017 (35483130361).jpg |caption = Jacobs in 2017 |birth_date = |birth_place = Derbyshire, England, UK |death_date = |death_place = |known_for = Lucinda's Spell Hey DJ |occupation = Actor, entrepreneur, director, producer, writer |children = 3 |spouse = Cheri London (m. 3 August 2006) |partner = Tina Wiseman ( – 20 February 2005) |website = Jon Jacobs (born 10 September 1966 in Derbyshire, England) is an English actor, entrepreneur, director, producer, writer, and creator of the avatar Neverdie from the virtual world Entropia Universe.

As a film actor, director, and producer, Jacobs is best known for films such as The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, Lucinda's Spell, Charlotte Sometimes, Hey DJ, and RevoLOUtion.

Biography

Jon Jacobs grew up in London. His mother, Jackie White, was Miss United Kingdom in 1962. His father, Adrian Jacobs, was an infamous 60s financier. Jacobs was expelled from the British stage school Sylvia Young's in 1981. In 1986 he made his screen debut in the short film Salette. Jon followed up by directing and acting in Metropolis Apocalypse and Moonlight Resurrection 1987, Metropolis Apocalypse was an official selection in the Semaine de' la critique at the Cannes Film Festival 1988. Jacobs's first lead role in a feature was Welcome Says the Angel. He played the lead in Johnny Famous, and Lucinda's Spell.

In 1992 Jacobs wrote and directed The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, which was executive produced by Cassian Elwes. In 1995 Jacobs wrote, directed, and starred in the micro-budget feature The Wooden Gun, a period black and white Western.

In 2002 Jacobs created the "Neverdie" avatar inside the Entropia Universe. In 2005 he co-directed and starred as DJ Hound Dog in the electronic dance movie Hey DJ!.

In 2005, Jacobs mortgaged his home to buy a virtual asteroid for US$100,000, being the most valuable virtual item ever sold at that time. In 2010 Jon Jacobs sold the Asteroid Space Resort to various other Entropia Universe participants for a total of US$635,000.

Jacobs's avatar subsequently appeared in The Discovery Channel documentaries Gamer Generation and I, Videogame, it also appeared in the Canal+ documentary La Vraie vie des mondes virtuels.

In 2008, Jacobs founded NEVERDIE Studios to create entertainment-driven virtual worlds on the Entropia Platform. Planets produced by NEVERDIE Studios have included Rocktropia and Next Island.

Also in 2011, NEVERDIE Studios started working with Universal Pictures; the first title to launch was Hunt The Thing, a film-length MMO inspired by both John Carpenter's 1982 version of The Thing and the 2011 prequel.

In 2015 NEVERDIE Studios announced the launch of a new virtual King Kong trilogy in collaboration with Universal Licensing and Partnerships, set in the ROCKtropia virtual world and based on the 2005 film King Kong, directed by Peter Jackson. The first title in the trilogy, Zombie King, features the tagline "King Kong is Back! ...From the Dead!"

In April 2016 Jon Jacobs revealed his plan to create three million jobs in virtual reality by 2030 through the privatization of teleportation, the primary public transport system in the MMO Entropia Universe.

In 2019 Jacobs acted in the role of Walt Warshaw in the psychological thriller Lost Angelas.

In 2023 Jon Jacobs won the "Seymour Cassel Award for Best Actor" at the Oldenburg International Film Festival for his portrayal of indie film producer Cassian Elwes in Elwes' directorial debut Passenger C.

References

Trevor Aaronson. (3 August 2006). "Megabyte Millionaire". Miami New Times.
Shavit, Vered. (22 July 2012). "Digital Dust: An interview with the gamer Jon "NEVERDIE" Jacobs".
Stephen Totilo. (2011-05-27). "In The Virtual World, His Fiancée Never Died". [[Kotaku]].
"Memorial Island – Entropia Universe 2015".
Hillis, Scott. (21 June 2007). "Real economy thrives in virtual world". [[Reuters]].
"Interview: Jon Jacobs: The Boy with the Hungry Eyes".
(10 September 1999). "'Lucinda's Spell': Wild Time in New Orleans, and It Sure Isn't Mardi Gras". The New York Times.
Catsoulis, Jeannette. (19 May 2006). "RevoLOUtion (2003)". The New York Times.
Chiang, Oliver. "Meet The Man Who Just Made A Half Million From The Sale Of Virtual Property".
(25 October 2005). "Gamer buys virtual space station". BBC News.
Domokos, John. (11 January 2008). "Making Money. Jon Jacobs Neverdie". The Guardian.
"And the Asteroid Goes To".
"Discovery Channel". Yourdiscovery.com.
Dean Takahashi. (11 May 2010). "Rocktropia virtual world for music lovers debuts". Venturebeat.com.
Dean Takahashi. (8 December 2010). "Next Island launches its time travelers virtual world". Venturebeat.com.
"Movie-Based MMOG Hunt The Thing Launches". News.mmosite.com.
(23 September 2011). "NEVERDIE Studios Announces the Launch of Movie-Based MMOG Hunt The Thing". Tentonhammer.com.
"Official Site of Zombie Kong".
"Gamers Loot $20,000 From King Kong Inside Entropia Universe 3D Virtual Reality World". PRNewswrie.com.
(3 May 2016). "President of Virtual Reality Unveils Plans to Create 3 Million Jobs with the Virtual Public Transport IPO".
(2019). "Method Fest". [[IMDb]].
LePire, Bobby. (29 March 2019). "Lost Angelas". [[Film Threat]].
(17 September 2023). "Ayse Polat's 'In the Blind Spot' Wins Oldenburg Film Festival German Independence Award".
(15 September 2023). "Oldenburg: Cassian Elwes on His Directorial Debut 'Passenger C'".

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