Jake McDorman
Encyclopedia
Jake McDorman is an American
film and television actor who is best known for playing Evan Chambers on the ABC Family
TV Series Greek
.
, the son of Deborah Gale (née
Stallings) and John Allen McDorman III. He has a younger sister, Morgan, and an older half-sister, Mandy. After dropping out of the Boy Scouts of America
to pursue his acting career, he booked his first job playing a Boy Scout in an industrial film about the importance of Scouting. McDorman studied acting at the Dallas Young Actors Studio and attended Richardson High School, Westwood Junior High and Northwood Hills Elementary in Texas
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United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
film and television actor who is best known for playing Evan Chambers on the ABC Family
ABC Family
ABC Family, stylized as abc family, is an American television network, owned by ABC Family Worldwide Inc., a subsidiary of the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company...
TV Series Greek
Greek (TV series)
Greek is an American comedy-drama television series, which follows students of the fictional Cyprus-Rhodes University , located in Ohio, who participate in the school's Greek system...
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Early life
McDorman was born John Allen McDorman IV in Dallas, TexasDallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
, the son of Deborah Gale (née
Married and maiden names
A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage. When a person assumes the family name of her spouse, the new name replaces the maiden name....
Stallings) and John Allen McDorman III. He has a younger sister, Morgan, and an older half-sister, Mandy. After dropping out of the Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America is one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with over 4.5 million youth members in its age-related divisions...
to pursue his acting career, he booked his first job playing a Boy Scout in an industrial film about the importance of Scouting. McDorman studied acting at the Dallas Young Actors Studio and attended Richardson High School, Westwood Junior High and Northwood Hills Elementary in Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
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Films
- Craigslist KillerCraigslist KillerCraigslist Killer is a name given by the media to individuals who were accused of murdering their victims after meeting the victims through Craigslist, a popular classified advertising website...
as Phillip Markoff (2010) - Live Free or Die HardLive Free or Die HardLive Free or Die Hard , is a 2007 American action film, and the fourth installment in the Die Hard series. The film was directed by Len Wiseman and stars Bruce Willis as John McClane. The name was adapted from the state motto of New Hampshire, "Live Free or Die"...
as Jim (2007) - Bring It On: All or NothingBring It On: All or NothingBring It On: All or Nothing is the third installment in the Bring it On series of films that revolves around high school cheerleading. Directed by Steve Rash, the movie was released direct-to-DVD on August 8, 2006 by Universal Pictures....
as Brad Warner (2006) - AquamarineAquamarine (film)Aquamarine is a 2006 Australian-American teen fantasy comedy film starring Sara Paxton, Emma Roberts, and Joanna "JoJo" Levesque . The film, which was made in both the United States and Australia, was released in North America on March 3, 2006...
as Raymond (2006) - Clark and MichaelClark and MichaelClark and Michael is a CBS Internet television series created by and starring Clark Duke and Michael Cera. The series takes the form of a mockumentary following Duke and Cera's ambitions to write and sell a pilot for a television series. Influences on the show include comedy group Stella, Arrested...
as Nate (2006) - Echoes of InnocenceEchoes of InnocenceEchoes of Innocence is a Suspense/Adventure independent film from studio, Lifesize Entertainment. On March 28, 2006 it was released on video.-Synopsis:...
as Dave (2005)
Television
| Year | Show | Role | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Run of the House Run of the House Run of the House is a sitcom on The WB, that aired between September 2003 and May 2004. 19 episodes were produced but only 16 were aired before the show was cancelled. The show was about a family of four siblings, whose parents moved from Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Arizona, because the weather... |
Scott Banks | "Pilot" "Kiss and Tell" |
| 2004-2005 | Quintuplets Quintuplets Quintuplets is an American sitcom that aired twenty-two episodes on FOX from June 16, 2004 through January 12, 2005. The program starred Andy Richter and Rebecca Creskoff as parents of a family of quintuplets and their various adventures in parenthood.... |
Parker Chase | |
| 2006 | House House (TV series) House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in... |
Dan | "Safe" |
| CSI: Miami CSI: Miami CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.... |
Carl Thornton | "Going, Going Gone" | |
| 2007 | Cold Case | Tanner | "Knuckle Up" |
| 2007–2011 | Greek Greek (TV series) Greek is an American comedy-drama television series, which follows students of the fictional Cyprus-Rhodes University , located in Ohio, who participate in the school's Greek system... |
Evan Chambers | |
| 2012 | Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea (TV series) Are You There, Chelsea? is an upcoming American television comedy created by Dottie Zicklin and Julie Ann Larson... |
Rick |