Avesta Entertainment Signs Actor Kevin Miles

EXCLUSIVE: Avesta Entertainment’s Christina Shams has signed actor Kevin Miles for management with an eye towards expanding his presence in film and TV and beyond.

Hailing from the south side of Chicago, Miles is best known as the face of “Jake from State Farm,” a role that has made him one of the most recognizable figures in commercial advertising. Since 2020, he’s starred in a series of State Farm & Superbowl campaigns alongside a wide array of iconic athletes and entertainers — among them, Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, Aaron Rodgers, Ben Stiller, Adam Scott, Paul Rudd, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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A graduate of the Chicago Academy for the Arts and Webster University’s Conservatory of Theatre Arts, Miles has theatrically performed for Shakespeare in Park, Almost Maine, TopDog Underdog, and Noises Off. He’s also been seen on series like S.W.A.T., Criminal Minds, Innocent and iCarly, and will next be seen opposite Owen Wilson and Matt Rife in Rolling Loud, the upcoming comedy from Live Nation Productions and American High.

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