We had a great conversation with actor Gabriel Jarret on The Chris & Sandy Show. We talked about so many things on this episode from acting, he told some really amazing stories especially about the sacrifices it takes to make it as an actor plus a whole lot more!

Actor Gabriel Jarret recently co-starred as an auto repair shop owner and ambulance dispatcher, opposite Amy Smart, Thora Birch and Anne Heche, in writer/director Lindsay Gossling’s true tornado survival Quiver feature, 13 Minutes. He plays a man of the cloth opposite Tom Malloy, Briana Evigan, Jesse Kove and Joyce DeWitt the romantic the comedy Ask Me to Dance, and he’s Heckle, a 13th Century plague sanitizer in Bring On the Dancing Horses, a limited series that stars Kate Bosworth. In the latter, all of his dialogue is in American sign language.

A native of Westlake Village, California who grew up in Malibu, Gabe is the son of screenwriter Jeremy Joe Kronsberg who wrote Clint Eastwood’s celebrated comedy Every Which Way But Loose. At 11, Gabe’s first show business opportunity came when he picked up a copy of Daily Variety and spotted a talent audition ad. Taking the bus from Malibu to Hollywood, he was selected to play one of the background kids on Walt Disney’s Mousercise, an exercise show.

Graduating from high school, Gabe was accepted at UCLA but decided to pursue acting full time. He made his scripted television debut on Goodnight, Beantown, and appeared opposite Joe Pantoliano in the play Vampire Guts. Then his big break came when he won the lead opposite Val Kilmer in the comedy Real Genius, in which he played a fourteen-year-old whiz kid who goes to college. He has been a working actor ever since.

His feature credits include The Karate Kid Part III, Apollo 13, The American President, Las Days, Poseidon (as the helmsman), Frost/Nixon, Swing State and Limbo.

His television credits include 21 Jump Street, The Bronx Zoo, Freddy’s Nightmares, L.A. Law, Party of Five, The West Wing, The Game and Mystic Cosmic Patrol.

When Gabe isn’t acting, he’s an American sign language interpreter who works in many venues, including press conferences, cruise lines, theme parks and medical conventions.