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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.
Jake Stormoen in 2018