Jake J. Meniani
Acting
Biography
Born in Italy and grew up in Africa, France and England Jake J Meniani is a multi cultural artist. As an actor he had a role in the Cannes Film Festival 2013 Award Winner film "Salvo" and recently he played "Federico", a mafia gangster, next to Adrien Brody in the really well known tv serie "Peaky Blinders". With passion of writing in 2011 he wrote and directed an 1 act comedy that it has been selected and produced in famous venues in Paris as La Cartoucherie. He recently founded Excalibur Productions, a film and documentary production company ltd based in the UK and its first short film has been selected at the international MobileFilmFestival for the Human Rights and reached 30.000 views in just one week. Highly skilled in martial art and horse riding.
Known For
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
Peaky Blinders
Comedy about the life and times of William Shakespeare as he starts to make a name for himself in London, whilst also trying to balance life as a husband and father for his family in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Upstart Crow
He came. He saw. He conquered. The tale of an ambitious power-grab that turned to tyranny. How Julius Caesar dismantled five centuries of ancient Roman democracy in just 16 years.
Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator
A daring dream to scale the world's most challenging trio of mountains soon turns into a terrifying nightmare for a group of friends when a deadly storm traps the climbers near the summit and cuts off all hope of rescue. With the odds stacked against them, the friends are forced to trust each other to save themselves by any means necessary.
Summit Fever
France is in turmoil and a new, naive King finds himself manipulated by the evil Cardinal Richelieu. With a corrupt commander of the royal guard by his side the Cardinal employs the expertise of the devious and wicked Milady de Winter in a plot to bring down the monarchy and drag the country into war. As France burns the Cardinal will take control. All that stands between them and victory are the remnants of an elite group who wore loyalty to crown and country. Above all else The Musketeers will stand against the odds to foil this deadly plot.
The Three Musketeers
Salvo, a ruthless Sicilian Mafia hit man, changes his priorities after being involved in a bloody ambush.
Salvo
Occupied France, 1940. A Nazi Commander discovers one of his prisoners, Danny is a champion boxer. He forces him to fight for his company's entertainment. But the POWs realise they can use these contests, as cover for an audacious breakout, before they re sent to Germany, where escape will be almost impossible. Their fate and freedom may all come down to how long Danny can keep fighting.
Behind the Line: Escape to Dunkirk
Xavier Durmont young deputy newly elected, is charged by a representative of the Court of Auditors to investigate a dubious case of waste disposal involving a minister. He becomes then the target of slander orchestrated by the agency of a mysterious Armand.