Jeff Knite was born and raised in Bronx, New York. He began acting in his early 20's. He immediately landed a big role in the film Boricua's Bond (2000), co-starring with legendary rapper Big Pun. He then got cast in Manito (2002), a film that went on to win best film at the Tribeca Film Festival and Special Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. The following year he snagged a role in the critically acclaimed film Raising Victor Vargas (2003), which was shown at Sundance, Cannes and Toronto Film Festivals, just to name a few. Jeff Knite eventually moved on to filmmaking. He's produced 10 short films that were shown in various film festivals, including Some Wounds (2004), which premiered at Urbanworld in front of the Tom Cruise/Jamie Foxx film Collateral (2004). It also appeared at the New York International Latino Film Festival that same year, sponsored by HBO. From 2010 to 2011 he produced and directed 6 Doritos Commercials. Jeff Knite also produced a feature film entitled The Businessman (2014), and has directed three short films. American Pirates (2017) was the first feature film he directed, and Waiting For Howard Stern (2018) is his second. He has just completed post production on The Covid Killer, a crime horror thriller film, which he also directed and produced.