Jake Weary Biography
Jacob Weary (born February 14, 1990) is an American actor. He is known for starring as Deran Cody in the TNT drama series Animal Kingdom. Other notable roles include his run as Luke Snyder in the CBS soap opera As the World Turns, Vince Keeler in NBC's action-drama series Chicago Fire, and in horror films It Follows (2014) and It Chapter Two (2019).
Career
Acting
Weary's first acting roles included a guest appearance on the long-running CBS soap opera Guiding Light in 2002, in which his mother, actress Kim Zimmer, portrayed Reva Shayne. After guest appearances on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Listen Up, he was cast as Luke Snyder on another of CBS's long-running soaps, As the World Turns. He would remain with the show until December 2005, when actor Van Hansis stepped into the role after Weary left to focus on his schoolwork.
After making his film debut as a hall monitor in **ination of a High School President in 2008, Weary has since appeared as Sal in Kaare Anderson's 2010 film Al*ude and Hugh in the 2015 horror-thriller It Follows.
Weary starred as Deran Cody in the TNT criminal drama Animal Kingdom, based on the 2010 Australian film of the same name.
Personal life
Weary was born in Trenton, New Jersey, to Daytime Emmy Award-winning actress Kim Zimmer and actor and director Allen Cudney "A.C." Weary. He married his longtime girlfriend Vera Bulder in October 2019. The couple have one child together.
He is an avid fan of the New York Jets.
Filmography
Film
Television
Web
References
External links
- Jake Weary at IMDb
