Jake McLaughlin Biography

Jacob Adam "Jake" McLaughlin (born October 7, 1982) is an American actor. He is most famous for playing Gordon Bonner in Paul Haggis's In the Valley of Elah. McLaughlin starred as Tate in the short lived spring 2014 NBC series Believe. He is currently co-starring as Ryan Booth in the ABC thriller Quantico.

Early life

Jake McLaughlin is the son of John P. McLaughlin and Rebecca Kay De Victoria. He attended Notre Dame Catholic School and Chico High School in Chico, California. He moved to Southern California and obtained a GED from North Hollywood High.

McLaughlin joined the U.S. Army in 2002. He was part of the 3rd Infantry Division. His unit was one of the first to enter Baghdad. NBC reporter David Bloom died while embedded with McLaughlin's unit. He served in Iraq for four years but was critically injured. For his efforts, 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 fourtimes for his service during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was featured in Soldier of Fortune magazine. He is mentioned in David Zucchino's 2004 book Thunder Run.

Acting career

After leaving the military, McLaughlin worked on a crab boat in Oregon and as a security guard at Universal Studios. He was living in Chico, 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 success of his first movie, McLaughlin 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 major 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. In 2011, he was cast in Warrior which was followed by a supporting role in Safe House.

In February 2013, McLaughlin was cast as the male lead in Believe, a television pilot by Alfonso Cuarn which was picked to series in May 2013. The show premiered on NBC in March 2014.

In March 2015, he was cast in the television pilot, Quantico which was picked to series in May.

Personal life

In 2004, McLaughlin married Stephanie McLaughlin. They have four children.

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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
2013	Savages	Doc
2013	Forever	Tom

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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-present	Quantico	Ryan Booth	Main role