Jake Weber — biography, films, roles and trivia

Biography

Jake T. Weber (born March 12, 1963) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Joe DuBois in the drama series Medium. He is also known for his roles as Owen Casserly in Those Who Wish Me Dead, Rear Admiral Raymond Spruance in Midway, Barry Walker in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why, Agent Hope in White House Down, John Campbell in the AMC series Hell on Wheels, Brett O'Keefe in the Showtime series Homeland, Michael in Dawn of the Dead, Jake Berman in the HBO series The Mind of the Married Man, Gordon Ramsey in The Cell, Lieutenant Hirsch in U-571, Drew in Meet Joe Black, Mr. Wright in Amistad, Dr. Matt Crow in the CBS series American Gothic, Richie Wainwright in the NBC sitcom Something Wild (starring Gene Wilder) and Curtis Morgan in The Pelican Brief.

He has had recurring roles in the Peacock series Departure, Star Trek: Discovery, The Following on FOX, The $treet on FOX and the PBS series Freedom!. He has had guest roles in NCIS: Hawai'i, The Blacklist, Elementary, House, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

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Filmography

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Interesting facts

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Jake Weber has a biological brother, Charlie.
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His father, whose real name is Thomas Ejnar Arknær, was born in Denmark. His paternal grandfather was Danish, and his paternal grandmother was English, whose surname Jake's father later took. His maternal grandfather was born in Morocco to a Sephardic Jewish family. His maternal grandmother Priscilla was English and was the daughter of politician Archibald Weigall and the granddaughter of business magnate Sir John Blundell Maple.