Jacob Artist (born October 17, 1992) is an American actor, singer, and dancer. He is best known for his roles as Jake Puckerman on the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee and as Brandon Fletcher on the ABC drama-thriller series Quantico.[1][2]
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Born | (1992-10-17) October 17, 1992 (age 29) Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
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Years active | 2011–present |
Artist was born in Buffalo, New York to Darrell and Judith Artist, and grew up in Williamsville, New York.[3][4] His father is African American, while his mother is of Polish descent.[5] He has a younger sister named Jenna. He took lessons through the Community Music School in Buffalo, New York.[3]
In 2010, Artist graduated from Williamsville South High School a semester early,[6] and was accepted into the Juilliard School for dance. However, he turned Juilliard down to pursue an acting career.[7]
After high school graduation, Artist moved to Los Angeles, where he appeared in an episode of Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures and in the television film Blue Lagoon: The Awakening.[6] In July 2012, he was cast in the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee as Jake Puckerman, the younger half-brother of Noah "Puck" Puckerman. He began appearing in the fourth season premiere, and was upgraded to the main cast for the fifth season.[8] At the series' conclusion in 2015, he had featured in 36 episodes.
In 2015, Artist joined the ABC drama-thriller series Quantico, playing the role of Brandon Fletcher, an FBI recruit at the training academy in Quantico, Virginia.[2] Artist guest starred as Todd Connors in the ninth episode of the FX horror anthology series American Horror Story: Roanoke.[9] He then starred alongside John Cusack and Ellar Coltrane in the thriller film Blood Money.[10] Artist has a recurring role in the second season of The Arrangement as Wes Blaker.[11]
In 2019, Artist appeared in a recurring role as Isaac in the Starz surreal comedy series Now Apocalypse from pioneering New Queer Cinema filmmaker Gregg Araki.[12] This was the third collaboration between Artist and Araki following his 2014 appearance in Araki's White Bird in a Blizzard as well as the 2015 short film Here Now.[13] He then starred alongside former Quantico co-star Johanna Braddy in the 2020 coming-of-age comedy The Get Together.[14]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2013 | A Man Walks Into a Bar | Barman | Short film |
2013 | After the Dark | Parker | |
2014 | White Bird in a Blizzard | Oliver | |
2015 | Here Now | Cowboy | Short film |
2017 | Blood Money | Jeff | |
2018 | Haunting on Fraternity Row | Jason | |
2020 | The Get Together | Damien |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2011 | Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures | Jimmy | Episode: "Epic Babysitters" |
2012 | How to Rock | Dean Hollis | 2 episodes |
2012 | Blue Lagoon: The Awakening | Stephen Sullivan | Television film |
2012 | Melissa and Joey | Cameron | Episode: "Wherefore Art Thou Lennox" |
2012–15 | Glee | Jake Puckerman | Recurring role (season 4); main role (season 5); Guest star (season 6) 37 episodes |
2015–16 | Quantico | Brandon Fletcher | Recurring role (season 1); 14 episodes |
2016 | American Horror Story: Roanoke | Todd Connors | Episode: "Chapter 9" |
2018 | The Arrangement | Wes Blaker | Season 2 (recurring) |
2019 | Now Apocalypse | Isaac | Recurring role, 4 episodes |
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