Jake Lacy
Jake Lacy (born February 14, 1985 in Greenfield , Massachusetts ) is an American actor .
life and career
Jake Lacy was born in Massachusetts, but grew up in the small town of Pittsford , Vermont . While still at school, he gained his first acting experience in the theater. He made in 2008 at the School of the Arts of the University of North Carolina graduated. He received his first major role from 2010 in the short-lived sitcom Better with You . He then played the role of employee Pete "Plop" Miller in the ninth and final season of The Office series . In the television series Girls he played the character of Fran Parker , who acts as a date for Lena Dunham's main character, for 12 episodes .
Since the romantic comedy Obvious Child from 2014, in which he appeared as partner of Jenny Slate , Lacy has increasingly focused on cinema roles. Then his career got a boost, among other things he played in Todd Haynes ' drama Carol, the friend of the leading actress Rooney Mara , whose marriage proposals are rejected. The following year he appeared in supporting roles in the political thriller The Invention of Truth and the romantic comedy How to Be Single . However, Lacy continues to take on television appearances, so he has had one of the leading roles in the sitcom I'm Dying Up Here on the US TV channel Showtime since 2017 . In 2018 he took on the role of villain in the third part of the Johnny English film series with Rowan Atkinson , Johnny English - You Only Live Three Times.
In August 2015, he married longtime girlfriend Lauren Deleo.
Filmography (selection)
- 2008: Springfield Story (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2010–2011: Better with You (TV series, 22 episodes)
- 2012: Royal Pains (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2012–2013: Das Büro ( The Office ; TV series, 21 episodes)
- 2014: Obvious Child
- 2015: Carol
- 2015: Every year again - Christmas with the Coopers (Love the Coopers)
- 2015–2016: Girls (TV series, 12 episodes)
- 2016: Your best hour (Their Finest)
- 2016: How to Be Single
- 2016: The Invention of Truth (Miss Sloane)
- 2017: The Christmas Card ( Christmas Inheritance ; TV movie)
- 2017-2018: I'm Dying Up Here (TV series, 19 episodes)
- 2018: Rampage - Big Meets Bigger (Rampage)
- 2018: Johnny English You Only Live Three Times (Johnny English Strikes Again)
- 2019: Ode to Joy
- 2019: Fosse / Verdon (TV miniseries, 5 episodes)
- 2019: Otherhood
Web links
- Jake Lacy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 'The Office' scoop: 'Better With You' actor joins season 9 . In: EW.com . ( ew.com [accessed August 20, 2018]).
- ↑ Andrea Cuttler: Jake Lacy on His Crazy, Breakthrough Year . In: HWD . ( vanityfair.com [accessed August 20, 2018]).
- ^ Johnny English Strikes Again. Retrieved August 20, 2018 .
- ↑ Girls Star Jake Lacy Reveals He Was Secretly Married in August . In: PEOPLE.com . ( people.com [accessed August 20, 2018]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lacy, Jake |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greenfield , Massachusetts , United States |