Jack Innanen (born April 7, 1999) is a Canadian comedian and actor. He is best known for playing Paul Baker on the FX comedy series Adults (2025–present).
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Early life
Innanen was born in Toronto on April 7, 1999, and raised in Cambridge, Ontario, where he attended Galt Collegiate Institute. As a teenager, he was a Minecraft YouTuber who also made song lyric videos.
While studying astrophysics at the University of Toronto, Innanen started posting one-man comedy sketches on TikTok.
Career
Innanen first came to prominence for creating TikTok videos, which earned him more than three million followers on the platform and became a full-time job in 2022. He later moved to New York City to pursue an acting career.
Innanen’s first television appearance was on Canadian sketch comedy series The Dessert (2023). He was also in Crave comedy series The Office Movers (2024).
He portrays Paul Baker in FX comedy series Adults, created by The Tonight Show writers Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw and executive produced by Nick Kroll, about five housemates in Queens, New York. His character was initially conceived as from Colorado but was re-written as Canadian. Adults was the second show he auditioned for after moving to the United States.
In August 2025, Innanen joined the cast of Netflix comedy series Big Mistakes, which premiered on April 9, 2026. In February 2026, he joined the cast of Purgatory, Lindsay Lanzillotta’s coming-of-age dramedy and feature directorial debut which is set to premiere in September 2026.
In 2024, photographer William Ferchichi collaborated with Innanen for an editorial spread in Numéro. Innanen modelled for Ralph Lauren Purple Label’s 2026 spring collection and Louis Vuitton's 2025 men's collection. He has also collaborated with Thom Browne, Acne Studios, Burberry, Coach New York, and Coors Light.
Personal life
As of June 2025, Innanen is in a relationship with fellow TikTok comedian Lauren Cantrell.
