Jacob Artist
Artist in December 2013
Born (1992-10-17) October 17, 1992 (age 31)
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Occupations
Years active2011–present

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]

Early life

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]

Career

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]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
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

Television

Year Title Role Notes
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

References

  1. ^ Ausiello, Michael (23 July 2012). "Glee Scoop: Meet the 'Freshman' Class (Including Love Interest For Rachel, Puck's Younger Bro)". TVLine. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Mitovich, Matt (September 11, 2015). "ABC's Quantico Recruits Glee Grad Jacob Artist for Recurring Role". TVLine. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Neville, Anne (September 11, 2012). "Amherst's Jacob Artist joins 'Glee' cast". Buffalo News. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  4. ^ "Q-and-A: Williamsville's Jacob Artist set to debut on 'Glee'". WNYPapers.com. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  5. ^ Aquino, Tara (May 9, 2013). "Personality Complex: Jacob Artist Is Good At Being Bad (Because He's Good At Everything)". Complex.
  6. ^ a b Slezak, Michael (September 1, 2012). "Glee Newcomer Jacob Artist on Dancing Dreams, Rap Nightmares and New-Girl Drama". TVLine. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  7. ^ "Q&A with Jacob Artist". Network Ten. November 7, 2013. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  8. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (July 23, 2012). "Two Newcomers Join 'Glee' For Season Four". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  9. ^ Petski, Denise (September 12, 2016). "'American Horror Story' Adds 'Glee' Alum Jacob Artist To Season 6 Cast". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on July 9, 2023. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
  10. ^ N'Duka, Amanda (December 6, 2016). "'Glee's Jacob Artist Joins John Cusack In 'Misfortune'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  11. ^ Petski, Denise (September 11, 2017). "'The Arrangement': 'Glee' Alum Jacob Artist Set To Recur In Season 2". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  12. ^ Petski, Denise (June 18, 2018). "'Now Apocalypse': Jacob Artist & Chris Aquilino Set To Recur On Starz Comedy Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  13. ^ Diderich, Joelle (July 5, 2015). "Kenzo Premieres Gregg Araki Short Film at Open-Air Theater". WWD. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  14. ^ Staff, TooFab (May 10, 2021). "Jacob Artist Explains Why 'The Get Together' Is a Great Escape (Exclusive)". TooFab. Retrieved June 22, 2021.

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