Jon Jacobs was born in Derbyshire England but was raised in London His mother Jackie White was Miss United Kingdom in 1961 his father Adrian Jacobs was an infamous 60s financier He left school at age 10 to study acting full time at drama school His teenage pals included starlet Charlotte Lewis The Golden Child 1986 and New Wave pop star Anabella of Bow Wow Wow He was expelled from the Famous British stage school Sylvia Youngs in 1981 In 1986 he started making his own films to act in with Salette followed by Metropolis Apocalypse and Moonlight Resurrection 1987 Metropolis Apocalypse was an official selection at the Cannes film Festival in 1988 He moved to LA in 1991 and has been prolific in the indie underground