Acting

Jake McDorman

Born 1986-07-08 · Dallas, Texas, USA

John Allen 'Jake' McDorman IV (born July 8, 1986) is an American actor best known for the 2014 film American Sniper and starring on television shows such as CBS' Limitless (2015–2016) and the Disney+ historical drama The Right Stuff as Alan Shepard. He is also well known for his roles on the ABC Family comedy-drama Greek (2007–2011), the fourth season of the Showtime comedy-drama Shameless (2014), the revival of the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown (2018), and FX's What We Do in the Shadows.

Credits

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Night Always Comes
as Jack
2025
Class of '09
as Murphy
2023
Mrs. Davis
as Preston Wiley
2023
Jerry & Marge Go Large
as Doug
2022
Dopesick
as John Brownlee
2021
Happiest Season
as Connor
2020
The Right Stuff
as Alan Shephard
2020
Watchmen
as Nelson Gardner
2019
What We Do in the Shadows
as Jeff Suckler
2019
Unlovable
as Jesse
2018
Murphy Brown
as Avery Brown
2018
Ideal Home
as Beau
2018
The Escape of Prisoner 614
as Thurman Hayford
2018
Lady Bird
as Mr. Bruno
2017
Me Him Her
as Griffin
2016
Limitless
as Brian Finch
2015
See You In Valhalla
as Magnus Burwood
2015
Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story
as Charlie MacNeel
2015
American Sniper
as Biggles
2014
Manhattan Love Story
as Peter
2014
The Newsroom
as Tate Brady
2012
Are You There, Chelsea?
as Rick Miller
2012
Shameless
as Mike Pratt
2011
The Craigslist Killer
as Phillip Markoff
2011
Greek
as Evan Chambers
2007
Live Free or Die Hard
as Jim
2007
Bring It On: All or Nothing
as Brad Warner
2006
Aquamarine
as Raymond
2006
Echoes of Innocence
as Dave
2005
House
as Dan
2004
Quintuplets
as Parker Chase
2004
Cold Case
as Tanner
2003
CSI: Miami
as Carl Thornton
2002
Spring Bloom
as Chef
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One Last Round
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