[4] He graduated from Perrysburg High School in 1995 and in 1999, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree at Otterbein College.

[2][7][8] Jaeger started his acting career while still in college, with a small guest role in New York-based TV series Law & Order (1990).

His career gained speed when he managed to get roles in well-known feature films as Traffic (2000) and Behind Enemy Lines (2001).

After that he appeared alongside Bruce Willis and Colin Farrell in Hart's War (2002) as Captain R. G. Sisk.

In 2009, Jaeger landed the role of Joel Graham in the NBC television drama Parenthood, which premiered in 2010.