Jake Michaels (born 23 November 1981; age 43) is a Libyan-born Canadian actor who portrayed Ithor the Orion in the Star Trek: Discovery third season episode "That Hope Is You, Part 1".
Michaels starred as Will Ryan in the short-lived drama series In the Rough in 2011. Between 2012 and 2013 he guest-starred as James Caldwell in twelve episodes of the Polish medical drama series Na dobre i na zle.
Among his television work are featured and guest roles in episodes of Urban Legends (2009), Cold Blood (2010), Forensic Factor (2010), Mayday (2011), Combat Hospital (2011, with Dwain Murphy), Flashpoint (2011), Transporter: The Series (2012, with Jonathan Whittaker), Nikita (2013, with Melinda Clarke), Lost Girl (2014, with Tig Fong), Beauty & the Beast (2015), 11.22.63 (2016), Suits (2016), Killjoys (2016), Conviction (2017, with Merrin Dungey and Mark Moses), Saving Hope (2017, with Milton Barnes), Designated Survivor (2017, with Zoe McLellan), Condor (2018, with Jamie McShane), Titans (2018, with Dwain Murphy), and October Faction (2020, with Stephen McHattie).
Michaels' film work includes the crime comedy Buck Wild (2009), the short fantasy comedy Patch Town (2011), the television drama Stay with Me (2011, with Hannah Cheesman), Nurse 3-D (2013, with Patrick Kwok-Choon), Patch Town (2014, with Scott Thompson), Third Date (2014), the short comedy Arranged (2014, with Crystal Leger), the horror film Antisocial 2 (2015), Poor Richard's Almanack (2016, with Barbara Eve Harris), the crime thriller Tainted (2020, with John Rhys-Davies, Alan van Sprang, and Simon Northwood), Dark Web: Cicada 3301 (2020, with Hanneke Talbot and Avaah Blackwell), and the drama The Wishing Tree (2020).
In 2013, Michaels starred in, co-wrote and worked as executive producer on the short drama Mr. West. In 2015 he starred in, wrote, and produced the short crime drama Fifth Street (2015). In 2017 he made his debut as director on the short drama Wouldn't It Be Nice? on which he also worked as writer and lead actor.