Jake McDorman

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.

Acting credits

American Sniper poster
7.4

U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. Despite grave danger and his struggle to be a good husband and father to his family back in the States, Kyle serves four tours of duty in Iraq. However, when he finally returns home, he finds that he cannot leave the war behind.

American Sniper

2014

Live Free or Die Hard poster
6.6

John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer infrastructure.

Live Free or Die Hard

2007

Lady Bird poster
7.2

Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to college.

Lady Bird

2017

Happiest Season poster
7.1

A young woman's plans to propose to her girlfriend while at her family's annual holiday party are upended when she discovers her partner hasn't yet come out to her conservative parents.

Happiest Season

2020

Jerry & Marge Go Large poster
7.4

The remarkable true story of how retiree Jerry Selbee discovers a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery and, with the help of his wife, Marge, wins $27 million dollars and uses the money to revive their small Michigan town.

Jerry & Marge Go Large

2022

Aquamarine poster
6.5

Two teenage girls discover that mermaids really do exist after a violent storm washes one ashore. The mermaid, a sassy creature named Aquamarine, is determined to prove to her father that real love exists, and enlists the girls' help in winning the heart of a handsome lifeguard.

Aquamarine

2006

Night Always Comes poster
6.1

Facing eviction in a city her family can no longer afford, a woman plunges into a desperate and increasingly dangerous all-night search to raise $25,000.

Night Always Comes

2025

Ideal Home poster
6.4

A couple is going through marital troubles made worse when a previously unknown grandson shows up.

Ideal Home

2018

The Craigslist Killer poster
5.2

Based on a true story, seemingly flawless Philip Markoff, a charismatic and popular medical student at Boston University, leads a double life and starts to descend into a twisted world of gambling, crime, battery, and eventually murder, all while meeting his victims via Craigslist. 

The Craigslist Killer

2011

Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story poster
5.1

A small town news team discovers a box of videotapes wherein a faceless figure, dressed in a dark suit, haunts and torments a family...slowly driving them insane. Soon after, they realize that the 'Operator' has begun to stalk them as well.

Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story

2015

Unlovable poster
5.6

A sex and love addicted woman learns what real intimacy is when she starts making music with a reclusive man.

Unlovable

2018

Me Him Her poster
4.8

Three very different people in their twenties try to figure out love, sex, identity and friendship in Los Angeles.

Me Him Her

2016

Bring It On: All or Nothing poster
6.8

A transfer student at a rough high school tries joining the cheer-leading squad and finds that she not only has to face off against the head cheerleader, but also against her former school in preparation for a cheer-off competition.

Bring It On: All or Nothing

2006

The Escape of Prisoner 614 poster
4.9

Two inept, small-town Sheriff's Deputies catch an escaped prisoner that they believe was wrongly convicted.

The Escape of Prisoner 614

2018

See You In Valhalla poster
5.2

After the bizarre death of her brother, Johana Burwood must return home after four years, to face her strange siblings, her out of touch father and her very touchy past.

See You In Valhalla

2015

Echoes of Innocence poster
6.7

A contemporary high school girl hears voices and sees visions like Joan of Arc. She is torn between her commitment to a long-lost first love and her growing feelings for another.

Echoes of Innocence

2005

One Last Round poster
NR

When Renee receives the devastating news of her terminal illness, she and her husband Don debate an impossible decision.

One Last Round

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NR

Spring Bloom is a complex romance that unfolds at a gourmet restaurant between a brilliant but troubled chef (McDorman) and a mercurial younger man on the run from his past (Lettau).

Spring Bloom