Jared Turner was born in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand on April 12, 1978. His family moved to Sydney, Australia, in 1980. Jared grew up living in the western suburbs of Sydney.
Jared graduated from Theatre Nepean, University of Western Sydney in 2000 at the age of 22.
He went on to act in numerous theatre productions, both in Australia and abroad, as well as local TV drama, All Saints (1998), before landing a lead role on the award-winning New Zealand feature film, Fracture (2004).
Upon returning to New Zealand, Jared was guest cast in acclaimed NZ comedy-drama, Outrageous Fortune (2005), followed by regular appearances in the TV series, Go Girls (2009).
Jared's international film career began with a series of small roles in productions such as 30 jours de nuit (2007) and Underworld 3 - Le soulèvement des Lycans (2009).
