Jakel pronounced (Ja Quel) is an up and coming force from the Magnolia State. His performing roots started from youth in Biloxi, Mississippi. He had his first major film experience on the Oscar nominated film "The Help" in 2011. From that point on he knew nothing could stand in his way. The following year he had the opportunity of a lifetime with a role in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained" as a house servant for Calvin Candie, where he received his first film credit.Then "American Horror Story: Coven" sliced him opened with a cringing scene alongside Kathy Bates. His love of films and acting helped him behind the camera too, as a stand - in on Lee Daniel's The Butler and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and a freelance photographer.