Jed Bernard was born in Yuba City, California on July 28, 1979. He grew up playing Basketball and soccer,and graduated from Gridley Union High School, located in Gridley, California in 1997. The next year he was recruited to play Basketball by a local Junior College. He opted out of a future in sports, and instead took an academic scholarship to Amsterdam, Holland to study Dutch & International Business. After the year abroad in Europe, he then studied at the University of California, Santa Barbara to major in Political Science/International Relations. Realizing International politics wasn't for him, Jed then transfered universities and graduated in 2003 with a degree in Business Administration at California State Univeristy, Chico. He turned down a career as a model in New York, and headed south after college and turned to acting. As luck would have it, Jed landed a TV role on "24" (2001) and was cast as the Collegiate Dr. Troy character on the FX Hit "Nip/Tuck" (2003). After making his film debut in the independent flick, Adult Actors' School (2004) as the high energy character, Nervous Paul, Jed has commanded respect within the industry as a character actor as well as a young leading man. The future is looking bright, Jed needs to wear shades.

Lived in California, the Netherlands, Switzerland, & Mexico before graduating college.Aside from English, he is fluent in Dutch, German, & Spanish.He has an older sister, Greta (27) and a younger brother, Neal (21) (as at 2004).He plays the piano and the tenor saxophone.He has studied The Suzuki Method and Viewpoints at Steppenwolf West, as well as under the great Howard Fine, Lesly Kahn, and the Meisner Method at Playhouse West. He also loves Improv, after studying at The Groundlings.He is the Solider on the video game cover of "Call of Duty 3" and Medal of Honor: Heroes & Vanguard.April 11th, 2008, by the Commonwealth of Kentucky; Governor Steven L. Beshear commissioned Jed Boeger Bernard a Kentucky Colonel.