Jake McLaughlin Bio, Age, Height, Wife, Movies, Quantico, Instagram

Jake McLaughlin Biography.

Jacob Adam McLaughlin popularly known as Jake McLaughlin is an American soldier and actor. He is well known for playing Gordon Bonner in “In the Valley of Elah”. McLaughlin also starred as Tate in the 2014 series Believe. He also co-starred as Ryan Booth in the ABC thriller series Quantico.

Jake McLaughlin Age.

Jake was born on 7th October 1982. He is 36 years old as of 2019.

Jake McLaughlin Height.

He has a height of 1.85 meters and weighs 80kg.

Jake McLaughlin Networth.

The actor has an estimated networth of $12 million as of 2019.

Jake McLaughlin Wife/Children.

McLaughlin married Stephanie in 2004  Together they are blessed with four children, three girls, Rowan, Reagan, and Freya, and one son, Logan.

Jake McLaughlin Early Life.

McLaughlin is born to John P. McLaughlin, of Irish descent, and wife Rebecca Kay De Victoria, of Cheyenne and Irish descent. He attended Notre Dame Catholic School and Chico High School in Chico, Butte County, California. He moved to Southern California and obtained a GED from North Hollywood High,  Los Angeles, California. Jake joined the United States Army as a Dismount Infantry Squad Automatic Weapon Gunner in 2002.

He was part of the 3rd Infantry Division. His unit was one of the first to enter Baghdad. Jake served in Iraq and was critically injured. He was awarded the Army Commendation Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal and the Army Achievement Medal four times for his service during Operation Iraqi Freedom. but, despite having been critically wounded, he was so far never awarded the Purple Heart. The actor was featured in Soldier of Fortune magazine.

Jake McLaughlin Career.

McLaughlin worked on a crab boat in Oregon and as a security guard at Universal Studios. He was living in Chico, Butte County, California, doing concrete work and had only $200 in his checking account when he heard about the casting session for Paul Haggis’s In the Valley of Elah. Being a former Dismount Infantry S.A.W. Gunner in Iraq in real life, he thought he would read for the role after hearing that Haggis was auditioning actual vets for several parts.

After the achievement of his first movie, the actor made cameo appearances in movies such as The Day the Earth Stood Still and Cloverfield. He appeared in episodes of The Unit and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He got his first main role on TV in 2009, when he was cast in the television remake of the Oscar-winning film, Crash. In the following years, he made many appearances on television. He was cast in Warrior In 2011 which was followed by a supporting role in the Safe House.  

In February 2013, McLaughlin was cast as the male lead in Believe, a television pilot by Alfonso Cuarón which was picked to series on May 2013. The show premiered on NBC in March 2014. McLaughlin starred in the role of Ryan Booth on the television pilot, Quantico alongside Priyanka Chopra in March 2015, which was picked to series in May. The show premiered on September 2015.

Jake McLaughlin Movies and Tv Shows.

Movies

 
Year Title Role
2007 In the Valley of Elah Specialist Gordon Bonner
2008 Cloverfield Helicopter Pilot
2008 The Day The Earth Stood Still Soldier
2011 Super 8 Merrit
2011 Warrior Mark Bradford
2012 Safe House Miller
2012 Savages Doc
2013 Forever Tom

Television roles.

 
Year Title Role Appearance.
2007 The Unit Prison Guard 1 episode
2007 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Matt Bartley 1 episode
2012 CSI: Miami Sam Laughlin 1 episode
2008 Leverage Cpl. Robert Perry 1 episode
2008 Criminal Minds Officer Tom Kayser 1 episode
2008 Heroes Sligo 1 episode
2008 Criminal Minds Officer Tom Kayser 1 episode
2009 Cold Case James Addison 2 episodes
2009 Crash Bo Olinville Main role (season 2), 13 episodes
2009 Chasing a Dream John Van Horn TV movie
2010 NCIS: Los Angeles Keith Rush 1 episode
2010 Grey’s Anatomy Aaron Karev 1 episode
2011 The Mentalist Rowdy Merriman 1 episode
2011 In Plain Sight John Shears/John Stills 1 episode
2012 The Frontier Cooper Hale TV Pilot
2014 Believe Tate Main role, 13 episodes
2014 Scorpion Lt. James Corbett 1 episode
2015–2018 Quantico Ryan Booth Main role

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