Audiences may know State Farm's khaki-wearing representative as “Jake from State Farm,” but in real life, his name is Kevin Miles. Miles, whose birth name is Kevin Mimm, began starring in the insurance company's commercials in 2020, replacing Jake Stone who played the character in the now-infamous ad from 2011.

actor Kevin Miles Jake is portrayed by actor Kevin Miles (also credited as Kevin Mimm). The Chicago native studied at Chicago Academy for the Arts and Webster University's Conservatory of Theatre Arts in St. Louis before moving to L.A. He has starred in State Farm commercials since 2020, but you've likely seen him in other roles.

Travis Kelce joins Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes in forthcoming State Farm commercial. State Farm debuted two new commercials during the Chiefs' game Thursday against the Detroit Lions. Both star Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, and coach Andy Reid is in one of those spots.

The Jake from State Farm character was rebooted in 2020 for a new campaign with a new actor in the role (Kevin Mimms, aka Kevin Miles), years after the original campaign featuring the famous “Uh … khakis” tagline. The “SNL” send-up featured host Michael B. Jordan playing Jake from State Farm.

Jake failed to read the new party on the line the call recording disclosure. "This line may be monitored and recorded" is required to be stated any time a new party joins the line. This resulted in a compliance and quality fail for Jake which ultimately lead to his termination.

But when State Farm decided to make more of the commercials featuring “Jake”, they hired a real actor who could deliver a lot more than just two words. The actor happened to be black, and was also very popular once the campaign began. It didn't hurt that the new “Jake” was pretty fit.

Who Are the Actors in the State Farm Commercial

• Jake Stone – “Jake from State Farm”
• Kevin Mimms – The New Jake.
• Oscar Nunez – “Agent Cole Perez”
• Melanie Paxson – “The State Farm Wife”
• Dennis Haysbert – The Voiceover.
• Patrick Mahomes – NFL Star.
• Aaron Rodgers – NFL Star.

DeAndre Jordan is a super tall blonde woman in State Farm commercial.

The original Jake from State Farm wasn't an actor. He was an actual State Farm employee. The commercial blew up and repaired again and again and again. State Farm wanted to bring back the ad campaign, so they hired an actor this time around.

The original Jake from State Farm was an actual employee from the Bloomington, IL office. He left the company for a while and came back, so the bare bones answer is he went back to work for State Farm. The longer answer is State Farm felt they needed an actor if “Jake" was going to say any more than Um, khakis.

Arike Ogunbowale ' Yes, it's Arike Ogunbowale. Arike Ogunbowale leans back in a chair and kicks a pair of Nike Air Force 1s covered in Swarovski crystals onto a desk with Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban standing in front of her. She sports sunglasses and two chains with gleaming diamond pendants - one encrusted with her No. 24.

The tall guy in the "What If Not Tall?" State Farm commercial is Boban Marjanovic. Marjanovic is an NBA center who has made a secondary career out of appearing in commercials.