Jake Lacy
{{short description|American actor (born 1985)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jake Lacy
| image = Jake Lacy at TCA 2010.jpg
| caption = Lacy at the 26th TCA Awards in 2010
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1985|02|14}}
| birth_place =
| education = University of North Carolina School of the Arts (BFA)
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2008–present
| children = 2
| spouse = {{marriage|Lauren Deleo|2015}}
}}
Jake Lacy (born February 14, 1985{{Cite web |last=Mike Rose |first=cleveland com |date=2024-02-14 |title=Famous birthdays list for February 14, 2024 includes celebrities Rob Thomas, Jake Lacy |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2024/02/famous-birthdays-list-for-february-14-2024-includes-celebrities-rob-thomas-jake-lacy.html |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=cleveland |language=en}}) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of Pete Miller on the ninth and final season of The Office, as Fran Parker in the fourth and fifth seasons of HBO's Girls, and Shane Patton on the HBO series The White Lotus, the latter of which earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. Other television roles include those in the ABC sitcom Better with You and the Showtime series I'm Dying Up Here. In addition, he played Robert Berchtold in the Peacock miniseries A Friend of the Family.
In film, he has starred in Obvious Child (2014), Carol (2015),
Love The Coopers (2015),
How to Be Single (2016), Christmas Inheritance (2017), Rampage (2018), Being the Ricardos (2021), and The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023).
Early life and education
Lacy grew up in Pittsford, Vermont,{{cite web |url=http://www.poptower.com/jake-lacy.htm |title=Jake Lacy profile |work=Pop Tower |access-date=July 28, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305235343/http://www.poptower.com/jake-lacy.htm |archive-date=March 5, 2012 }} and attended Otter Valley Union High School, graduating in 2004.{{cite news|url=https://www.rutlandherald.com/news/otter-valley-student-stars-in-new-television-sitcom/article_5b4ad9d8-eda7-5681-a73b-29bd9d5f487c.html|title=Otter Valley student stars in new television sitcom|date=September 20, 2010|work=Rutland Herald|access-date=August 3, 2021}}
In 2008, Lacy graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) in Winston-Salem. After graduation, he worked odd jobs in the state of New York. He worked as a gym receptionist, a bar-back at a club, and a waiter, while going to auditions during the day, until being cast in the role of Casey in Better with You.{{cite news |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/tv-radio/2010/09/26/Better-With-You-is-actor-Jake-Lacy-s-first-big-break/stories/201009260166 |title='Better With You' is actor Jake Lacy's first big break |first=Rob |last=Owen |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=September 26, 2010 |access-date=July 28, 2012}}
Career
Lacy acted in high school and performed on professional stages in the productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream as Demetrius (in Hartford Stage's production), and Much Ado About Nothing as Conrad (in the Oberon Theater Ensemble's production). Lacy played brief roles in a few episodes of Guiding Light before its cancellation. In 2010, he had a lead role in the Columbia thesis film C'est moi.{{cite web |url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id=003060&type=lacy |title=Jake Lacy: Casey on ABC's 'Better with You' |work=Abcmedianet.com |access-date=July 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919233315/http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id=003060&type=lacy |archive-date=September 19, 2012 |url-status=dead }}
From 2010 to 2011, Lacy starred as Casey in the ABC sitcom Better with You.{{cite web |url=http://today24news.com/entertainment/joanna-garcia-jake-lacy-play-couple-in-abc-family-drama-better-with-you-234690 |title=Joanna Garcia & Jake Lacy Play Couple In ABC Family Drama 'Better With You' |first=Vinay |last=Sojitra |date=September 23, 2010 |work=Today24news.com |access-date=July 28, 2012}} He starred as Pete Miller, or "Plop", in the ninth and last season of The Office.{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/21/showbiz/office-ends/index.html |first=Alan |last=Duke |title='The Office' shuts down after this year |work=CNN |date=August 21, 2012 |access-date=August 21, 2012}} His next role was in the independent sports comedy Balls Out, where he played the lead Caleb Fuller who leads an intramural football team.{{cite web |url=http://alcalde.texasexes.org/2013/10/almost-famous/|title=Almost Famous |last=Guerrero |first=Dorothy |work=The Alcalde |date=October 31, 2013 |access-date=January 7, 2014}} In 2014, he starred in the comedy-drama film Obvious Child opposite Jenny Slate.{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}} He also appeared in the HBO comedy Girls as Fran, a love interest of Lena Dunham's protagonist Hannah. Lacy starred opposite Rooney Mara in Carol (2015), as Richard, her character's boyfriend.{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/office-actor-joins-cate-blanchett-679229 |title='The Office' Actor Joins Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara in 'Carol' |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=February 11, 2014 |access-date=April 17, 2015}}
In 2016, Lacy appeared in the WWII-set dramedy Their Finest, directed by Lone Scherfig,{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2015/09/jack-huston-jake-lacy-their-finest-hour-and-a-half-photo-1201520504/ |title=Jack Huston, Jake Lacy Join 'Their Finest Hour And A Half' – First Look Photo |website=Deadline Hollywood |first=Nancy |last=Tartaglione |date=September 10, 2015 |access-date=November 24, 2016}} which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival,{{cite web |url=http://tiff.net/films/their-finest/ |title=Their Finest |website=Toronto International Film Festival |access-date=November 24, 2016}} and Miss Sloane, a political thriller directed by John Madden, which had its world premiere at the AFI Fest.{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/carols-jake-lacy-joins-jessica-chastain-in-gun-control-thriller-miss-sloane-exclusive/ |title='Carol's' Jake Lacy Joins Jessica Chastain in Gun Control Movie 'Miss Sloane' |work=The Hollywood Reporter |first=Jeff |last=Sneider |date=January 7, 2016 |access-date=November 24, 2016}}{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/miss-sloane-afi-fest-jessica-chastain-1201898710/ |title='Miss Sloane' to World Premiere at AFI Fest |website=Variety |first=Brent |last=Lang |date=October 24, 2016 |access-date=November 24, 2016}} In 2017, Lacy co-starred in I'm Dying Up Here, a comedy series on Showtime.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/jake-lacy-cast-jim-carrey-produced-im-dying-up-here-showtime-1201759775/ |title=Jake Lacy Joins Jim Carrey-Produced 'I'm Dying Up Here' on Showtime |website=Deadline Hollywood |first=Denise |last=Petski |date=May 19, 2016 |access-date=November 24, 2016}} In 2019, he appeared as a love interest of Gwen Verdon, played by Michelle Williams, in Fosse/Verdon, on FX.
Personal life
Lacy married longtime girlfriend Lauren Deleo on August 22, 2015, in Dorset, Vermont.{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/article/girls-star-jakelacy-is-married |title=Girls Star Jake Lacy Reveals He Was Secretly Married in August |work=People |first=Jessica |last=Fecteau |date=February 11, 2016 |access-date=May 4, 2016}} The couple have two sons.{{Cite interview |last1=Lacy |first1=Jake |interviewer=Amanda Whiting |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/jake-lacy-interview-a-friend-of-the-family-b2196208.html |title=Jake Lacy – from nice guy to the man the viewers hate |date=October 6, 2022 |work=The Independent |language=en}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable"
|+Key | style="background:#FFFFCC;" | {{dagger|alt=Projects that have not yet been released}} |Denotes projects that have not yet been released |
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| rowspan="2" | 2014
| Max | Film debut |
| Balls Out
| Caleb Fuller | |
| rowspan="2" | 2015
| Carol | Richard Semco | |
| Love the Coopers
| Joe | |
| rowspan="3" | 2016
| Ken | |
| Their Finest
| Carl Lundbeck / Brannigan | |
| Miss Sloane
| Forde | |
| 2017
| Jake Collins | |
| rowspan="3" | 2018
| Rampage | Brett Wyden | |
| Diane
| Brian | |
| Johnny English Strikes Again
|Jason Volta | |
| rowspan="2" | 2019
| Cooper | |
| Otherhood
| Paul Halston-Myers | |
| 2021
| |
| 2022
| Harry | |
| 2023
| The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial | Lt. Stephen Maryk | |
=== Television ===
= Theatre =
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Venue ! class="unsortable" | Ref. | ||||
| 2009 | Much Ado About Nothing | Claudio | Samuel Becket Theatre, Off-Broadway | {{cite web|url= https://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/339224-jake-lacy|title= Jake Lacy Theatre Credits|website= Abouttheartists|accessdate= May 12, 2024}} |
Awards and nominations
References
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External links
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Category:21st-century American male actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male stage actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:Male actors from Vermont
Category:People from Pittsford, Vermont
Category:University of North Carolina School of the Arts alumni