Drew Van Acker
Born (1986-04-02) April 2, 1986 (age 38)
New York, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actor
  • model
  • producer
Years active2009–present

Drew Van Acker (born April 2, 1986[1]) is an American actor, model and producer. He is known for playing Jason DiLaurentis, the older brother of Alison DiLaurentis (Sasha Pieterse), on Freeform's Pretty Little Liars (2010–2017) and Ian Archer in Cartoon Network's Tower Prep (2010). He has also starred as Remi Delatour on Lifetime's Devious Maids (2013–2015), and as Detective Tommy Campbell on the 2017 CBS police drama Training Day.

Early life

Van Acker was born in New York, but lived in Medford, New Jersey his entire life. He attended Shawnee High School,[2] where he began acting in their high school drama classes, where he also played on his school's soccer and lacrosse teams. His soccer abilities led him to receive a soccer scholarship to Towson University in Maryland.[2] While attending Towson, Van Acker took a number of theater courses in order to refocus on acting. He then made the decision to move to New York City, followed by a move to Los Angeles.[2]

Career

Van Acker's acting credits include Castle and ABC Family's Greek as well co-starring in the TheWB.com series The Lake.[citation needed]

In 2010, Van Acker starred in the short-lived Cartoon Network live-action series Tower Prep.[citation needed] In June 2011, it was announced he had joined the cast of Pretty Little Liars as Jason DiLaurentis for the second season.[3] Van Acker next appeared on Lifetime's Devious Maids as Remi Delatour.[4][5] In 2017, he joined the CBS police drama Training Day as Detective Tommy Campbell. In 2019, Van Acker appeared as Garth/Aqualad in the DC Universe series Titans.[6][7]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Fortress 2nd Lt Bob Tremaine Direct-to-video; also known as Flying Fortress
2014 Camouflage Tim Lounge
2019 Life Like James
2020 Spy Intervention Corey Gage Also executive producer
2022 Last Survivors Jake Also executive producer
TBA Crimson Blues Broussard Pre-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Castle Donny Kendall Episode: "Hedge Fund Homeboys"
2009 Greek Parker Episode: "High and Dry"
2010 Tower Prep Ian Archer Main role; 13 episodes
2011–2016 Pretty Little Liars Jason DiLaurentis Recurring role (seasons 2–3, 5–6), guest role (seasons 4, 7); 35 episodes
2013–2015 Devious Maids Remi Delatour Main role (seasons 1–2), guest role (season 3); 28 episodes
2017 Training Day Detective Tommy Campbell Main role; 13 episodes
2019 Hell's Kitchen Himself Guest diner; Episode: "An Episode of Firsts"
2019 Titans Garth / Aqualad Guest role; 3 episodes

Web

Year Title Role Notes
2009 The Lake Ryan Welling Main role; 12 episodes
2012 Pretty Dirty Secrets Jason DiLaurentis Episode: "A Reunion"

Music videos

Year Title Artist(s) Role Ref.
2018 "Give Me Your Hand" Shannon K Himself [8]

References

  1. ^ "ABC Family Live Chat". ABC Family. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
  2. ^ a b c "Drew Van Acker at Poptower.com". Archived from the original on 2017-07-08. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
  3. ^ "Drew Van Acker officially returning to Pretty Little Liars season 7". Entertainment Weekly.
  4. ^ "Devious Maids Renewed for Second Season at Lifetime". The Hollywood Reporter. 13 August 2013.
  5. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (April 11, 2015). "Devious Maids Trims Regular Cast For Season 3".
  6. ^ Burlingame, Russ (June 14, 2019). "Titans Casts Drew Van Acker as Aqualad". Comicbook.com. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  7. ^ Abbate, Jake (June 14, 2019). "Drew Van Acker Joins Titans Season 2 as Aqualad". SuperHeroHype. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  8. ^ "Shannon K – Give Me Your Hand". YouTube. November 2, 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.

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