Jacob Bertrand

Intro

Jacob Bertrand is an American actor whose work connects children's television, voice performance and the martial-arts drama Cobra Kai. He played the title character in Kirby Buckets before becoming widely recognizable as Eli "Hawk" Moskowitz. These roles place him in very different kinds of stories about young people discovering who they want to become.

Career snapshot

His early television credits include Marvin Marvin and voice work on Bubble Guppies. Kirby Buckets gave him a central live-action role in a Disney XD comedy that mixed everyday adventures with animation. As Kirby, an aspiring animator, Bertrand played a character whose imaginative creations were part of the visual language of the series.

The entry point

Cobra Kai is a useful starting point for his later work. Introduced as Eli, his character adopts the name Hawk and a conspicuous new appearance after joining the dojo. What begins as a search for confidence becomes a more difficult story about aggression, friendship and the consequences of following a mentor without questioning him.

Screen identity and style

Bertrand's performance has to connect those changes across the continuing series. Hawk can be intimidating in one scene and painfully uncertain in another. His friendship with Demetri and his relationships with fellow students give the action sequences a personal context; the fights matter because the characters carry their arguments and loyalties into them.

Collaborations and patterns

The Swap, released in 2016, paired Bertrand with Peyton List in a Disney Channel body-switch comedy. He played Jack Malloy, a young hockey player. The film offers a lighter comparison with Cobra Kai and brings another future member of that ensemble into his earlier screen career.

Era reflection

Voice acting remains another part of his work. WarnerMedia announced him as Bam, the Batmobile, in Batwheels, alongside Ethan Hawke as Batman. The preschool series turns familiar vehicles into characters with personalities of their own, requiring a vocal performance suited to teamwork, humor and adventures for a younger audience.

Legacy and rediscovery

For a compact viewing path, compare Kirby Buckets with Cobra Kai and then sample Batwheels. Together they show the different demands of a fantasy-tinged sitcom, a continuing ensemble drama and animation. The photographs here document a 2014 Kirby Buckets set visit and a 2024 convention appearance, ten years apart, with their individual credits preserved.

Selected roles

• Kirby Buckets: Kirby Buckets — 2014-2017
• The Swap: Jack Malloy — 2016
• Cobra Kai: Eli "Hawk" Moskowitz — 2018-2025
• Batwheels: Bam (voice) — From 2022

A career in pictures

A set visit and a convention portrait document two distinct periods of Jacob Bertrand's career.

Kirby Buckets set visit (2014)

Jacob Bertrand

Bertrand photographed during Red Carpet Report coverage of the Disney XD series.

GalaxyCon Raleigh (2024)

Jacob Bertrand

A convention portrait by Super Festivals.