Jacob Penn Cooper Hurwitz (born August 5, 1985) is an American comedian, writer, actor, and member of the comedy duo Jake and Amir.

[2] Hurwitz has cited the television series Arrested Development and comedian Mitch Hedberg as major influences in his comedy styling.

Pajiba's Dustin Rowles dismissed it as "a series of atrocious sketches haphazardly strung together",[10] while Liz Shannon Miller, editor for online streaming site Newteevee, criticized the show's sitcom format and wrote that she "would have preferred a stronger debut," but gave the premiere four stars out of a possible five.

[13] Tubefilter's Marc Hustvedt said of the season: "It's a bit of a shame to see the typically absurd Hurwitz stripped of any real comedy purpose and thrown into what is pretty squarely a young, fashion-loving women's chit-chat.

[13] Hurwitz received a digital camera as a birthday present from his father, and the two used it to make videos together,[13] which they uploaded to the video-sharing website Vimeo.

[16] Hurwitz thought Blumenfeld was "the funniest person in the office" and said "Amir and I were constantly joking around in different, strange characters, so it seemed natural that once I had a camera we began to record it.

"[13] Their first video was called "Quick Characters": it was unscripted, and involved either Hurwitz or Blumenfeld spontaneously pointing a camera at the other and instructing them to act in a certain way.

[3][16] Hurwitz summed up the writing process by saying "me and Amir sit in a room and we make each other laugh for an hour or two and somehow we leave with a script"—he also noted the series' increased production values, saying that he and Blumenfeld have become better at editing it over time.

"[18] On May 13, 2013, Hurwitz and Blumenfeld announced their first new project since Jake and Amir: a comedy audio podcast called If I Were You, in which they give advice to listeners who submit questions.

[22] Their first main campaign, in which Hurwitz played a human champion fighter named Hardwon Surefoot, began on February 8, 2018 and concluded on May 10, 2020.

Their second campaign, in which Hurwitz played Henry "Hank" Hogfish, a human echo knight fighter, aired from October 8, 2020 to November 20, 2021.