Actor, recording artist, photographer Toronto

Jailen James

Still from Time, 2024, co-directed by Jailen.

Screen

Television and film work on productions shooting in Toronto, including Boston Blue for CBS and Reacher for Prime Video.

Based in
Toronto, Ontario
Stage name
Jailen James
Also performs
Rap, R&B and dancehall vocals
Behind camera
Stills photography, music video direction
Profile
IMDb
Jailen James at night in downtown Toronto in front of the Simply Spiked billboard he appears on
Simply Spiked campaign, Toronto, 2026
YearProductionRoleForNote
Television
2026Reacher, Season 5Role under wrapsPrime VideoIn production
2025Boston BlueThief #2CBS1 episode
Commercial
2026Simply SpikedFeatured talentBrand campaignDigital billboard, Toronto
Directing
2024Time, music videoCo-director, performerJAILENXJORDAN

Music

JAILENXJORDAN is Jailen and Jordan, a duo from the west end of Toronto making rap, R&B and dancehall since 2017. They write and perform their own records and release them on their own imprint, TRUSTWORLDWIDE.

Summer Somewhere cover art: a red sunset behind a line of palm trees, with the title in blackletter

Summer Somewhere

The new EP. Three tracks, produced by Catacomb Commons, released 17 October 2025.

  1. 1Rub Up
  2. 2Back Around
  3. 3Like U
Spotify Apple Music YouTube

Recent singles

  • Away cover art: a boat on green water seen from above
    Away2025
  • Time cover art: a clock tower at night
    Time2024
  • You cover art: two silhouettes back to back against orange light
    You2023
  • Lifetime cover art: two figures standing on the roof of a stone building
    Lifetime2023
  • Too Much cover art: white title on crumpled purple paper
    Too Much2022
  • Fo Real cover art: a pager clipped to a belt reading Fo Real
    Fo Real2021

Discography

Sixteen releases since 2019. Twenty-three videos. 16.2K monthly listeners on Spotify.

  1. 2025Summer SomewhereEP
  2. 2025AwaySingle
  3. 2024TimeSingle
  4. 2023YouSingle
  5. 2023LifetimeSingle
  6. 2022Too MuchSingle
  7. 2021Fo RealSingle
  8. 2021Find YaEP
  9. 2021Stick N MoveSingle
  10. 2021PressureSingle
  11. 2020DecemberSingle
  12. 2020DeepSingle
  13. 2020Come N' GoSingle
  14. 2020RealSingle
  15. 2020MurcielagoSingle
  16. 2019Coca WhiteSingle

Official videos

Photography

SHOT BY JLN is Jailen behind the camera. Portraits, nightlife and street work shot on film, in black and white and in saturated color, often lit with direct flash.

Open for commissions in Toronto. @shotbyjln on Instagram

Jailen James is an actor, recording artist and photographer from the west end of Toronto.

On screen he has appeared in Boston Blue for CBS and is now shooting Season 5 of Reacher for Prime Video. In 2026 he fronted a Simply Spiked campaign that ran on a digital billboard over downtown Toronto.

As one half of JAILENXJORDAN he has released sixteen records since 2019 on the duo's own imprint, TRUSTWORLDWIDE, and co-directed the video for Time. Behind the camera he works as SHOT BY JLN.

© 2026 Jailen James jailenjames.com Toronto, Canada