Despite the fact that Silbermann identifies as straight, when asked if he was worried about playing a gay man in his first high-profile gig, Silbermann responded: "I didn't hesitate for a second."[7]
Prior to joining the cast of As the World Turns, he appeared in a national television ad campaign for Gillette Fusion Power.[8]
Career
As the World Turns
Silbermann joined the CBSsoap operaAs the World Turns as Noah Mayer, on June 1, 2007, which was also his 24th birthday. With Luke Snyder (played by Van Hansis), Silbermann's character was part of a pairing hailed as the first gay male soap opera supercouple despite controversy about their storyline.
Primetime appearances
On April 28, 2008, Silbermann appeared on an episode of Gossip Girl, "Desperately Seeking Serena".
On April 29, 2012, he appeared in an episode of The Good Wife, "Affairs of State" as Jared Buck, a college wrestler whose ex-girlfriend has been raped.
On November 18, 2014, he appeared in an episode of Person of Interest, "Point of Origin" under the role of Phil Cain, a young officer of the NYPD.
On December 5, 2018, he appeared in episodes five and six of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, "Midnight at the Concord" and "Let's face the music and dance" as Marv Feinberg.
On February 11, 2019, he appeared in an episode of Bull, "Leave it All Behind" as Chris Fields.
In July 2023, he appeared in the last three episodes of the series finale of The Blacklist, "Arthur Hudson", "Raymond Reddington (No.00): Pt. 1" and "Raymond Reddington (No.00): Good Night"
Jake Silbermann made his debut on a television commercial for Gillette in the 2006 "Gillette Fusion Power" commercial that was featured internationally.[9]
Silbermann signed in 2008 with Robyn Ziegler Management, DNA Model Management in New York City.[10]
Silbermann appeared in a 2009 AT&T commercial.[11]
He also appeared in a 2011 Canon commercial, the Canon Cinema EOS "Coffee Shop".[12]
In December 2016, Silbermann co-starred in a commercial for the BMW brand that was directed by Elle Ginter, called "Retrospect".[13]
Jake Silbermann made his TV debut on the daytime soap opera Guiding Light as Porter in April 2007.
Silbermann produced and wrote the script for StufferArchived 2011-02-08 at the Wayback Machine, a short film that was shown at 22 film festivals throughout America and won 5 awards.
In 2011, he co-founded his own theatre production company "The Camisade Theatre Company" which produced his first play Derby Day.
In April 2013, he made his Broadway acting debut in Richard Greenberg's play, The Assembled Parties.
Silbermann was committed to make a full-length film about homophobia in the South by Samuel Brett Williams, The Revival, based on the Off-Broadway production. The last day of shooting was in December 2015. Jake was involved during the whole process even though he is no longer part of the cast and neither is the Camisade Theatre Company.
In 2016, he co-wrote a short film called Consciousness with his good friend Nathan Crooker, who directed his first short film Stuffer.
Jake is also involved in two more projects with his pal Nathan Crooker: Midnight Delivery, a horror/suspense short film that premiered on Dances with Films festival in June 2018 and Lucas, another short film.
He provided the voice and motion capture of Captain Lyndon Monroe in the video game Red Dead Redemption 2 that was released in October 2018.
In January 2024, he co-founded "Secret Beach Productions LLC". A a full-service film, video, and theatrical production house based in Brooklyn, NY.
