An East Tennessee native, Jared Allman grew up on a 500-acre farm. He enrolled at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville for three years before moving his studies to a school in a quieter area. In 2007, he earned a bachelor's degree in business from Tusculum College, Greeneville, Tenn.Following graduation, Jared's first job was in the music business doing merchandise for a variety of touring artists. He later worked with WME, a major talent agency in Nashville. Allman relocated to Atlanta in 2012. Allman has had leading roles in the Matt Riddlehoover's recent titles, West Hollywood Motel and Scenes from a Gay Marriage -- both of which played to rave reviews on the film festival circuit. Allman is reprising his role as "Joe" in the sequel, More Scenes from a Gay Marriage, due out later this year. Allman has rounded out his 2014 co-starring in the feature film, Les Wolf, and the upcoming short film, King Simon, from director Richard Norman.In the TV world, Allman has appeared in several country music videos and docu-series on the Travel Channel and Disney Channel. He made his biggest small-screen splash as a key player in season two of the Sundance Channel's reality series, Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys: Nashville -- the highest-rated original series in the network's history.Allman is also in the final stages of turning his unique life story into a memoir, Kinda Good at Everything: Growing Up Southern, Mormon, and Gay. Show less «