Bertrand was born in Los Angeles, California, and has three siblings.[citation needed] He is half Mexican.[5] He said in an interview that he studied four years of taekwondo at a strip mall and got up to purple belt, then when he was cast in Cobra Kai, he trained with taekwondo grandmaster Simon Rhee.[6]
Career
Prior to his work for Disney, Bertrand had several roles in Nickelodeon productions. He was a regular on the sitcom Marvin Marvin,[3][7] voiced the main character Gil in Season 2 of the animated series Bubble Guppies,[3] appeared as a minor character on the teen sitcom iCarly,[7] and co-starred as Charlie on the fantasy-comedy film Jinxed.[8] Since 2018 he has appeared in the YouTube Premium/Netflix television series Cobra Kai.[9]
With Xolo Maridueña, Bertrand co-hosts the Lone Lobos podcast, which debuted in September 2021.[10] Since 2022, Bertrand has voiced the lead character Bam in the animated children's show Batwheels.[11] In November 2022, Bertrand and two friends started Three Floating, a YouTube channel dedicated to the trading card game Flesh and Blood.[12]
Personal life
Bertrand is in a relationship with Peyton List, his co-star in Cobra Kai.[13]
^Kimberly Potts (May 2, 2018). "Ralph Macchio and William Zabka on Cobra Kai and Stepping Back Into the Karate Kid Dojo". Vulture. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-06-07. ...and breakout performances from young cast members like Parenthood's Xolo Maridueña, Nichole Brown, Kirby Buckets star Jacob Bertrand, and Designated Survivor's Tanner Buchanan to draw a new generation of viewers.
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