Iake Eissinmann was born in 1962 in Houston, Texas. His first acting role was as a guest star appearance in Gunsmoke in 1972.  He also played two further parts on this show in 1973 and 1974. Other early appearances included episodes of Mannix, Kung Fu, Emergency!, S.W.A.T. and Doc Elliot.

It was in 1975 that Iake made a huge impact with Disney's Escape to Witch Mountain, where he played Tony Malone, a role he was to reprise in the 1978 sequel Return to Witch Mountain. He starred alongside screen icons Ray Milland, Donald Pleasence, Christopher Lee and Bette Davis in these films.

There were three other roles for Iake within The Wonderful World of Disney, including The Skys The Limit, Kit Carson and The Mountain Men and Shadow of Fear.

Star Trek fans will also remember Iake who appeared in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan as Peter Preston, Scotty's ill-fated nephew.

Iake was also one of the stars of the cult television series, The Fantastic Journey, playing Scott Jordan. The show is a fondly-remembered series that also featured Jared Martin (Harrison Blackwood from the TV series version of War of the Worlds), the stunning Katie Saylor and cult icon Roddy McDowell.

Other TV roles for Eissinmann have included Doctors Hospital, Little House on the Prairie, Police Woman, Eight Is Enough, CHiPs, The New Adventures of Wonder Woman, Fantasy Island, The Jeffersons, TJ Hooker, Enos, Buchanan High and Voyagers!  He was also the voice of Cub Jones in Ring Raiders, as well as Nick in Challenge of The GoBots, and provided various voices for Dino Riders.

TV movies featuring Iake include My Dad Lives in a Downtown Hotel, The Kansas City Massacre, The Amazing Cosmic Awareness of Duffy Moon, Banjo Hackett: Roamin Free, The Winged Colt, The Bastard, Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell, The Revenge of the Savage Bees, A Special Gift, Dreams Don't Die and the 1978 TV mini-series Black Beauty.

Other big screen movie appearances include The Sky's The Limit, The Formula, Cross Creek, Tom and Huck and Some Kind of Wonderful.

Though acting is no longer his primary vocation, Iake is still involved in the film and TV industry. Since 1987 he has moved behind the camera and is primarily a producer, sound designer and vocal performer, working on such films as Man of the House, While You Were Sleeping, Powder, American Beauty, Shrek, and Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion.

One of Iake's recent projects has been The Blair Witch Mountain Project, a spoof of the Blair Witch Project, and Tugger, an animated children's cartoon, as well as providing a commentary for the DVD release of the "Witch Mountain" films.

Iake met and married his wife Alex, in 1993. She is a writer from Palm Springs, California, and worked with Iake on the script and production of a short film called Single Family Dwelling, which premiered in 1999.

Iake is currently in production behind the scenes on several major projects and operates as Chief Executive at Mighty Mojo Studios. Some of Iake's upcoming credits include directing the "The Mystery of ..." a children's series to be released in the Summer of 2008. Iake is Co-Producer of Cartoon Galaxy and Director/Co-Producer on Finder's Keepers, an animated feature to be released in 2009.

Iake will be making a guest star appearance in the Race to Witch Mountain, starring  Dwayne Johnson, who is best known as "The Rock" to be released in 2009.