Jeff Knite was born and raised in Bronx, New York. He began acting in his early 20's, and immediately landed a big role in the film Boricua's Bond (2000), co-starring with legendary rapper Big Pun. He then got cast in Manito (2002), a film that went on to win best film at the Tribeca Film Festival and Special Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. The following year he snagged a role in the critically acclaimed film Raising Victor Vargas (2003), which was shown at Sundance, Cannes and Toronto Film Festivals, just to name a few. Jeff Knite eventually moved on to filmmaking. He's produced 10 short films that were shown in various film festivals, including Some Wounds (2004), which premiered at Urbanworld Film Festival, in front of the Tom Cruise/Jamie Foxx film Collateral (2004). It also appeared at the New York International Latino Film Festival that same year, sponsored by HBO. Since then, Jeff Knite has directed three short films, 6 Doritos Commercials, a feature film entitled American Pirates (2017) and the documentary film Waiting For Howard Stern (2018).

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Ivan Baltos