Jarret was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts and quickly moved to California with his family. Jarret started acting in church plays when he was very little and continued doing plays into High School and College at Azusa Pacific University. After college, he started acting in theater and film and after 5 years felt called to the ministry. As soon as he left Hollywood he was cast in his first lead role. Over the years he has been able to work in films and TV doing voice-over and audiobook narration while balancing his family first, ministry and career. He is married to Christina Lemaster and they have four sons Liam, Owen, Deacon, and Everett. He is known for his ability to act with dialects and has played a number of British, Irish, Scottish, and Russian characters.