Jacob Keith Watson is an Actor/Singer/Teacher, Arkansas native, avid Notre Dame football fan, pretend woodworker, garden lover and BBQ elitist. On the Broadway stage Jacob has performed in Tony-nominated/winning revivals of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (Mr. Spencer/Joe u/s), CAROUSEL (Enoch Snow), HELLO, DOLLY! and VIOLET as well as The PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Joseph Buquet) and AMELIE (World Premiere and Original Broadway Cast). In NYC Jacob was seen in the Encores! productions of WONDERFUL TOWN, 1776 (Robert Livingston), MACK & MABEL (Harry, etc) and OLIVER. Upcoming, JKW will be reprising his role as Willie Conklin in the Broadway revival of RAGTIME at the iconic Vivian Beaumont Theatre at Lincoln Center.

On screen, Jacob has been seen as Mr. Bundles in NBC’s live production of “Annie”, as John Dixon on HBO’s “The Gilded Age” and as Tom Holder in "Law & Order: SVU". He also toured nationally and internationally as Mister Cellophane himself, Amos Hart in Chicago the Musical. Regionally, JKW performed in Seussical (Horton), Into the Woods (The Baker), Shrek the Musical (Shrek), Come from Away (Oz), The Music Man (Marcellus) the world premiere of the new musical by the Avett Brothers Swept Away, Benny & Joon (Waldo), Chicago (Amos), As You Like It (Corin), Twelfth Night (Feste), The Doctor in Spite of Himself, La Boheme (Rodolfo), Rigoletto (Matteo Borsa) Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Count Almaviva cover), Pagliacci (Beppe).

As a soloist, Jacob has performed in numerous concerts including a 3 city tour in Germany of the concert New York, New York featured at the Kurt Weill Festival, Kurt Weill on Broadway (Symphony Space) both under Maestro James Holmes. Jacob is also a past winner of the prestigious Lotte Lenya Competition, the NATS National Music Theatre Competition and a regional finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.