Meet Jacob Murphy, YPB Member

Jacob Murphy, YPB Member

Jacob's heart is purple for his grandmother, Perle Cole, who taught him all the worthwhile things he knows about loving life.  "She gave me a ring while she was quite sick, and I have yet to take off to this day."

During her illness, Jacob remembers his grandmother buying a small rotisserie oven for her bedroom to cook chicken.  According to Jacob, "It wasn’t that she had a particular thing for chicken (she actually didn't like to cook too much), but she just saw the oven on an infomercial, observed she’d never bought anything from an infomercial, and decided that that was something she Just Had To Do – for fun.  She didn’t want to be (and wasn’t) ruled by her illness. She never stopped finding joy in the little things, and thought it would be a laugh to cook some chickens, because hey – why not?"

Now, for some fun facts about Jacob...

Jacob's favorite quote is:  "This makes no sense, and so do I." - Daffy Duck

When asked about his favorite sports team, Jacob replied, "If the Bulls and the Bears could somehow join forces, that... would be awesome."

Currently, one of Jacob's interesting hobbies is "Filling out Facebook surveys. They're always very interesting."

Jacob has several favorite restaurants in Chicago.  "Longman & Eagle, Violet Hour, Big Star, Elizabeth, Billy Sunday, Slurping Turtle, Sunda Fountainhead, Girl & the Goat ... I'm a sucker for food. And drinks."

Jacob is inspired by "My mother. My father. Edward Albee. The Beatles. Bob Dylan. John Steinbeck. Superman. Anyone who gets out of bed in the morning and accomplishes a good day’s work."

When asked what he aspired to be as a child, Jacob responded, "It was a tossup between Michael Jordan and Batman... I still aspire to be Batman."

Jacob's favorite summer activities are "Grilling burgers on a deck with good friends and cold beer."  As for his favorite winter activities, "Shoveling snow. Shivering. Layering."

Jacob is a Chicago native and currently lives in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood.  He graduated with a BFA in Theater and Film from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU.  He is an actor, writer, and man about town with a particular interest in bookstores and local coffee shops.