Jake Szymanski

{{short description|American actor}}

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Jake Szymanski is an actor, writer, director, and producer known for Funny or Die, SNL Digital Shorts, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016), 7 Days in Hell (2015), Tour de Pharmacy (2017), and The Package (2018).{{cite web|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-04-28/entertainment/ct-ent-0430-funny-or-die-jake-20120427_1_short-videos-gary-sanchez-productions-short-films|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228084936/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-04-28/entertainment/ct-ent-0430-funny-or-die-jake-20120427_1_short-videos-gary-sanchez-productions-short-films|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 28, 2015|title=Funny or Die's Jake Szymanski's improbably lucky rise as comedy site's first film student|author=|date=28 April 2012|website=chicagotribune.com|accessdate=9 July 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/funny-die-director-tackles-mike-730602|title=Funny or Die Director Tackles 'Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates' (Exclusive)|author=|date=5 September 2014|website=hollywoodreporter.com|accessdate=9 July 2017}}{{cite magazine|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2007406,00.html|title=Funny or Die: How the Web Is Changing Comedy|first=Richard|last=Zoglin|magazine=Time |date=9 August 2010|publisher=|accessdate=9 July 2017|via=content.time.com}}{{cite web|url=http://collider.com/tag/jake-szymanski/|title=Jake Szymanski Archives|author=|date=|website=Collider|accessdate=9 July 2017}}

Szymanski directed the 2023 television miniseries Jury Duty, which won a 2023 Peabody Award as an Entertainment Honoree.https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/jury-duty/