Biography
Jef Jacobs is a Belgian actor. He grew up in Schaerbeek, Brussels, where Dutch is spoken at home; he is also comfortable in French. Through his parents he was introduced to the arts early and appeared in short films as a child, including Empire (2015) with his father.
He studied sciences and mathematics before training in film directing at RITCS in Brussels. His international screen debut came with La danse des renards (2025) and Young Mothers (2025), in which he played Dylan; both screened at Cannes. He appears as Jozef Stevens in Lukas Dhont’s Coward (2026).
Other credits include Nachtvlinders (2025) as Finley. Earlier short films were released under the name Jef Cuppens.
