Jarrad Paul (born 20 June 1976, Miami, Florida) is an American screenwriter, director, and actor. He grew up in Miami (which he jokingly called the “roughest Jewish suburban neighborhood — you best be watching your back”) and moved to Los Angeles after high school graduation, already having appeared on Star Search at age 10 (singing “Just a Gigolo”) and in the TV movie A Family for Joe (1990, as Chris Bankston, opposite Robert Mitchum).