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Actor

2000-03-06 · Male

9 series in the catalog

Jacob Scott Thomas Bertrand (born March 6, 2000) is an American actor. From 2018 to 2025, Bertrand played the series regular role of Eli "Hawk" Moskowitz in the Netflix series Cobra Kai. He is also known for the voice of Bam in Batwheels, portraying the titular character in Disney XD's Kirby Buckets and playing Jack Malloy in the 2016 Disney Channel Original Movie, The Swap.

Early life

Bertrand was born in Los Angeles, California, and has three siblings. He is half Mexican. He said in an interview that he studied four years of taekwondo at a strip mall and got up to purple belt, then when he was cast in Cobra Kai, he trained with taekwondo grandmaster Simon Rhee.

Career

Prior to his work for Disney, Bertrand had several roles in Nickelodeon productions. He was a regular on the sitcom Marvin Marvin, voiced the main character Gil in Seasons 2 and 3 of the animated series Bubble Guppies, appeared as a minor character on the teen sitcom iCarly, and co-starred as Charlie in the fantasy-comedy film Jinxed. Since 2018 he has appeared in the YouTube Premium/Netflix television series Cobra Kai.

With Xolo Maridueña, Bertrand co-hosts the Lone Lobos podcast, which debuted in September 2021. Since 2022, Bertrand has voiced the lead character Bam in the animated children's show Batwheels. In November 2022, Bertrand and two friends started Three Floating, a YouTube channel dedicated to the trading card game Flesh and Blood.

Personal life

Bertrand is currently in relationship with Peyton List, his co-star in Cobra Kai. The two met in 2015 while filming the Disney channel original movie The Swap, and confirmed that they were dating in March 2022.

Video games

Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues (2020), as Eli "Hawk" Moskowitz (voice role)

Cobra Kai 2: Dojos Rising (2022), as Eli "Hawk" Moskowitz (voice role)