Jake Robards

Jake O'Neill Robards is the youngest son of two-time, Oscar-winning actor Jason Robards and producer Lois (O'Connor) Robards and the grandson of silent film actor, Jason Robards, Sr. Jake was raised in Southport, Connecticut far from Hollywood but close to New York's Broadway where during Sunday matinees he would watch from the wings as his father performed revivals of The Iceman Cometh, You Can't Take it with You, and Long Day's Journey Into Night. Jake was educated at The Greenwich Country Day School and Greens Farms Academy, where, in 8th grade, he met his future wife - Rachel. At The Hotchkiss School he was twice class president and captain of two varsity sports - soccer and sailing where they were national champions. Initially, Robards had his sights set on law school and a future in government, but his senior year at Georgetown University, where he received a BA in International Relations and a minor in French, his French professor required students to act out parts in Moliere'