Jordan Robert Farmar is a guard with the Los Angeles Lakers, who selected him in the 2006 NBA Draft out of UCLA. Farmar has spent his entire basketball career in Los Angeles, where he was born, attending college at UCLA and playing three seasons with the Lakers. Farmar is listed at 6-feet, 2-inches tall and 180 pounds.

Farmar played at Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, CA before transferring to Taft High School in Woodland Hills, CA for his sophomore season. As a junior, Farmar averaged 28.5 points, 8 rebounds and 5.9 assists for Taft. During his senior season, he led Taft to its first-ever Los Angeles City title, averaging 27.5 PPG and 6.5 APG.

Farmar was a McDonald's All-America selection in 2004 and earned Los Angeles Times Player of the Year honors. He was also a second-team All-America selection by PARADE Magazine and a USA Today Super 25 selection. Rivals.com ranked him as the No. 22 overall player and No. 3 point guard in the Class of 2004, and he signed with UCLA, after committing to the Bruins prior to his senior season.

Farmar earned Pac-10 Freshman of the Year honors in 2004-05 and was named the national freshman of the year by Rivals.com. He averaged 13.2 PPG while leading all Pac-10 freshmen in scoring, assists, free-throw percentage and minutes. Farmar helped UCLA reach the NCAA Tournament, where the Bruins lost to Texas Tech in the first round.

As a sophomore, Farmar earned first-team All-Pac 10 honors and was a finalist for the Wooden Award while leading the Bruins to the finals of the NCAA Tournament. Farmar averaged 13.5 PPG and 5.1 APG. He led UCLA in scoring 13 times in 37 games and scored 18 points in the national championship game loss to Florida. After the 2006 NCAA Tournament, Farmar chose to forgo his final two seasons of eligibility and enter the 2006 NBA Draft.

Jordan Farmar was selected with the 26th overall pick in the 2006 NBA Draft, which the Lakers acquired from the Miami Heat as part of the 2004 trade that sent Shaquille O'Neal to Miami. Farmar spent most of his rookie season as a reserve behind Smush Parker, playing in 72 games. Farmar was assigned to the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the D-League on March 31, 2007 and made NBA history the next day, playing in a game for the D-Fenders (against Anaheim) and the Lakers (against Sacramento) in the same day. He scored 18 points in the D-League game and four points in eight minutes against the Kings. Farmar replaced Parker in the starting lineup late in the season and started all five playoff games for the Lakers in 2007 against the Phoenix Suns.

Parker left the Lakers before the '07-08 season but was replaced by Derek Fisher, leaving Farmar in a reserve role once again. His minutes increased significantly from his rookie season, and he more than doubled his scoring averaging, finishing with 9.9 PPG in 82 games in 2008. Farmar played 21 games for the Lakers in the playoffs, averaging 7.0 PPG in six games against the Boston Celtics in the 2008 NBA Finals.

Farmar was again serving as the Lakers primary backup at point guard in 2008-09, before suffering a torn lateral meniscus in his left knee, forcing him to miss a month of the season. He scored 14 points in 17 minutes against the Spurs in his first game back from the injury. He finished the season averaging 6.4 PPG and 2.4 APG while shooting a career-low 39.1% from the field. He made one start during the postseason, in Game 3 of the Conference Semifinals against the Rockets, while playing in a reserve role as the Lakers beat the Magic in the 2009 NBA Finals.

Jordan Farmar was born in 1986 in Los Angeles to Damon Farmar and Melinda Kolani. His godfather is former MLB player Eric Davis. Farmar's father, Damon, was drafted in the second round of the 1981 and 1982 MLB Drafts and played seven seasons of minor league baseball.

Farmar's parents divorced when he was two years old, and his mother married Yehuda Kolani. Both Farmar's mother and step-father are Jewish and Farmar was raised Jewish. Farmar has contributed to multiple Jewish and Israeli causes, including spending a week in Israel in 2008 conducting a basketball camp for Israeli and Palestinian children.