Jake McDorman

Acting

Born July 8, 1986, 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.

Filmography

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