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name: "Jacob Ming-Trent"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jacob-ming-trent"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T13:12:00.262507+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Jacob Ming-Trent

Actor. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 76 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77283105, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2850805/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1481242

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Watchmen*](https://film.one/tv/watchmen-2019.md) (84)

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## Biography

Jacob Ming-Trent is an American actor. Born in Boston and raised in Pittsburgh, he began performing at the age of eleven. He trained at the Stella Adler Conservatory in New York City from the age of seventeen, and was the youngest person accepted into the Public Theater’s Shakespeare Lab and the American Conservatory Theater’s MFA programme.

He has appeared in several Broadway productions, including the original casts of *Shrek the Musical* (2008) and *Hands on a Hardbody* (2013), and the 2024 revival of *Gypsy*. Off-Broadway credits include *Father Comes Home from the Wars* by Suzan-Lori Parks, for which he won a Lucille Lortel Award. On screen he has played Panda in the HBO series *Watchmen* (2019), Lucien in *Only Murders in the Building* (2021), and roles in *The Possession of Hannah Grace* (2018) and *SuperFly* (2018).

*Sources: imdb.com, tvmaze.com, rottentomatoes.com, distractify.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Only Murders in the Building* (2021), Fi1m 76, as Lucien — [page](https://film.one/tv/only-murders-in-the-building.md)
- *Watchmen* (2019), Fi1m 84, as Panda — [page](https://film.one/tv/watchmen-2019.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Friendship* (2025), as Nathan
- *Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer* (2025), as Clint Foreman
- *Merry Wives* (2022), as Falstaff
- *The Snakes* (2021), as Timmy
- *Only Murders in the Building* (2021), series, as Lucien — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/only-murders-in-the-building.md)
- *R♥️J* (2021), as Lawrence
- *The Forty-Year-Old Version* (2020), as Lamont
- *Watchmen* (2019), series, as Panda — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/watchmen-2019.md)
- *Finding Julia* (2019), as Scott
- *The Possession of Hannah Grace* (2018), as Ernie
- *God Friended Me* (2018), series, as Justin Block
- *New Amsterdam* (2018), series, as Minister Reid
- *SuperFly* (2018), as Frederick "Fat Freddie" Davis
- *White Famous* (2017), series, as Ron Balls
- *Feed the Beast* (2016), series, as Mose
- *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (2014), as Tom Stout
- *Shrek the Musical* (2013), as Papa Ogre / Straw
- *Unforgettable* (2011), series, as Waiter
- *30 Rock* (2006), series, as Black Nerd — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Gerry Mitchell

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play 2015: Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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