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Jake Lacy (born February 14, 1985) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of Casey Marion Davenport on the ABC sitcom Better with You and Pete Miller on the ninth and final season of The Office. He starred with Jenny Slate in the 2014 film Obvious Child and opposite Rooney Mara in Carol (2015). He plays Olivia Wilde's character's love interest in Love the Coopers in 2016. He also starred as Nick Beverly on the Showtime series I'm Dying Up Here.
Early life
Lacy was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts.[1] He grew up in Pittsford, Vermont, where he attended Otter Valley Union High School and Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center's Addison Repertory Theater pre-professional program. There, he took vocational theater classes and embarked in acting roles. In 2008, Lacy graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) in Winston-Salem. After graduation, he worked odd jobs in the state of New York. He worked as a gym receptionist, a bar-back at a club and a waiter, while going to auditions during the day, until being cast in the role of Casey in Better with You.[2]
Acting career
Lacy acted in high school and performed on professional stages in the productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream as Demetrius (in Hartford Stage's production), and Much Ado About Nothing as Conrad (in the Oberon Theater Ensemble's production).[1] Lacy played brief roles in a few episodes of Guiding Light before its cancellation.[2] In 2010, he had a lead role in the Columbia thesis film C'est moi.[3][4]
From 2010 to 2011, Lacy starred as Casey in the ABC sitcom Better with You.[5] He starred as Pete Miller, or "Plop", in the ninth and last season of The Office.[6] His next role was in the independent sports comedy Balls Out, where he played the lead Caleb Fuller who leads an intramural football team.[7] In 2014, he starred in the comedy-drama film Obvious Child opposite Jenny Slate.[4] He also appeared in the HBO comedy Girls as Fran, a love interest of Lena Dunham's protagonist Hannah. Lacy starred opposite Rooney Mara in Carol (2015), as Richard, her character's boyfriend.[8] In 2016, Lacy appeared in the WWII-set dramedy Their Finest, directed by Lone Scherfig,[9] which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival,[10] and Miss Sloane, a political thriller directed by John Madden, which had its world premiere at the AFI Fest.[11][12] In 2017, Lacy co-starred in I'm Dying Up Here, a comedy series on Showtime.[13]
Personal life
Lacy married long-time girlfriend Lauren Deleo on August 22, 2015 in Dorset, Vermont.[14]
Lacy endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for President in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.[15]
Early life
Lacy was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts.[1] He grew up in Pittsford, Vermont, where he attended Otter Valley Union High School and Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center's Addison Repertory Theater pre-professional program. There, he took vocational theater classes and embarked in acting roles. In 2008, Lacy graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) in Winston-Salem. After graduation, he worked odd jobs in the state of New York. He worked as a gym receptionist, a bar-back at a club and a waiter, while going to auditions during the day, until being cast in the role of Casey in Better with You.[2]
Acting career
Lacy acted in high school and performed on professional stages in the productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream as Demetrius (in Hartford Stage's production), and Much Ado About Nothing as Conrad (in the Oberon Theater Ensemble's production).[1] Lacy played brief roles in a few episodes of Guiding Light before its cancellation.[2] In 2010, he had a lead role in the Columbia thesis film C'est moi.[3][4]
From 2010 to 2011, Lacy starred as Casey in the ABC sitcom Better with You.[5] He starred as Pete Miller, or "Plop", in the ninth and last season of The Office.[6] His next role was in the independent sports comedy Balls Out, where he played the lead Caleb Fuller who leads an intramural football team.[7] In 2014, he starred in the comedy-drama film Obvious Child opposite Jenny Slate.[4] He also appeared in the HBO comedy Girls as Fran, a love interest of Lena Dunham's protagonist Hannah. Lacy starred opposite Rooney Mara in Carol (2015), as Richard, her character's boyfriend.[8] In 2016, Lacy appeared in the WWII-set dramedy Their Finest, directed by Lone Scherfig,[9] which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival,[10] and Miss Sloane, a political thriller directed by John Madden, which had its world premiere at the AFI Fest.[11][12] In 2017, Lacy co-starred in I'm Dying Up Here, a comedy series on Showtime.[13]
Personal life
Lacy married long-time girlfriend Lauren Deleo on August 22, 2015 in Dorset, Vermont.[14]
Lacy endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for President in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.[15]
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Jake Lacy Talks About New Showtime Series ‘I’m Dying Up Here’ | TODAY
“I’m Dying Up Here” is the name of a new comedy-drama series on Showtime about up-and-coming stand-up comedians in 1970s LA. One of them is played by “Girls”...
Thank you, my friend TSgt Joe C. for honoring American actor Jake Lacy who was born on February 14, 1985 in Greenfield, Massachusetts. "He is known for his portrayal of Casey Marion Davenport on the ABC sitcom Better with You and Pete Miller on the ninth and final season of The Office. He starred with Jenny Slate in the 2014 film Obvious Child and opposite Rooney Mara in Carol (2015). He plays Olivia Wilde's character's love interest in Love the Coopers in 2016. He also starred as Nick Beverly on the Showtime series I'm Dying Up Here."
Jake Lacy Talks About New Showtime Series ‘I’m Dying Up Here’ | TODAY
"“I’m Dying Up Here” is the name of a new comedy-drama series on Showtime about up-and-coming stand-up comedians in 1970s LA. One of them is played by “Girls” actor Jake Lacy, who tells TODAY about researching the role at a roller-skating rink (and getting unwanted attention)."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqJJgOpTvvA
Background from ew.com/article/2016/02/18/jake-lacey-girls-interview/
"Jake Lacy is the one you want to bring home to Mom — unless, of course, you’re worried about your mom going home with him. Over the past two years, the clean-cut cutup has steadily racked up a résumé of romantic roles, appearing opposite Jenny Slate in Obvious Child, Olivia Wilde in Love the Coopers, Rooney Mara in Carol, and Lena Dunham in Girls. So it’s not terribly surprising that in person, the 30-year-old exudes charisma and sincerity, a combination that makes it easy to explain his rise as Hollywood’s go-to beau.
“I almost don’t understand it. I haven’t cultivated that image,” says Lacy. “There’s no part of me that’s like, ‘I’m turning down that offer because it’s not boyfriend enough.’ “
This month, Lacy delivers more of his signature boy-next-door appeal in big-screen comedy How to Be Single, starring as a law-fiirm receptionist named Ken who emerges as the perfect mate for a midlife-crisis-laden Leslie Mann. And in his return as an affable teacher on HBO’s Girls, his unruffled calm is the perfect antidote to Hannah’s angst — making him less of a rebound than the stuff of which real relationships are made.
“I love characters that have a real sense of decency and hope,” says Lacy, the son of a forest-service archaeologist and an elementary-school teacher, who, yes, is married. “There’s a part of me that really enjoys playing these roles of good husbands or boyfriend material, because that’s the type of person I hope exists in the world.”
As a teen, though, the Vermont native was more inspired by the guys he saw in Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas. “At the time, I wanted to be Ray Liotta,” he says. “That movie and those performances opened a whole new idea to me of what acting and what narrative could be.”
A self-described “stubborn individual,” Lacy opted for a vocational acting program — think Fame — in lieu of the traditional high school experience and set his sights on NYU. That is, until a night of partying derailed his all-important audition to be accepted into their drama school.
“I woke up a little worse for the wear and had no idea how the city was laid out,” Lacy recalls, laughing. “After 20 minutes of walking around and refusing to ask directions because I didn’t know how to help myself, I just went back to my friend’s dorm like an idiot.”
Instead, he enrolled in the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and after graduating in 2008, he moved to New York, where he juggled jobs as a cycling-studio receptionist and barback between auditions. A few small TV roles and a lead on the short-lived ABC series Better With You earned him a spot in the final season of his favorite show, The Office. His arc as Pete (a.k.a. Plop), a slightly awkward customer-service rep who tries to romance Ellie Kemper‘s character, caught the attention of Obvious Child‘s filmmakers — and just like that, he booked the first in a series of roles as the guy who dates the cool, smart girl. Fans of the indie hit will remember him as much for his tenderly comedic turn opposite costar Jenny Slate as for his extended dance number in little more than a pair of boxer shorts. There is one thing he managed to not reveal, though: In real life, he’s actually covered with body art. “They’re all pro-feminist tattoos,” jokes Lacy of his collection, which includes a pair of swallows on his back and a group of islands above his pelvis.
This could mean it’s about time we see a wilder, more brooding side of the talented Mr. Lacy, who later this year will play a platinum-haired fighter pilot in WWII period piece Their Finest Hour and a Half. He’s also been tapped to star as an escort who seduces Jessica Chastain in the John Madden-directed drama Miss Sloane. “I’m getting to a place now where I can go in for stuff that I wouldn’t have before,” he says thoughtfully, then smiles. “But I’m still waiting for the day when Ray Liotta will hire me for something.”
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Jake Lacy Talks About New Showtime Series ‘I’m Dying Up Here’ | TODAY
"“I’m Dying Up Here” is the name of a new comedy-drama series on Showtime about up-and-coming stand-up comedians in 1970s LA. One of them is played by “Girls” actor Jake Lacy, who tells TODAY about researching the role at a roller-skating rink (and getting unwanted attention)."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqJJgOpTvvA
Background from ew.com/article/2016/02/18/jake-lacey-girls-interview/
"Jake Lacy is the one you want to bring home to Mom — unless, of course, you’re worried about your mom going home with him. Over the past two years, the clean-cut cutup has steadily racked up a résumé of romantic roles, appearing opposite Jenny Slate in Obvious Child, Olivia Wilde in Love the Coopers, Rooney Mara in Carol, and Lena Dunham in Girls. So it’s not terribly surprising that in person, the 30-year-old exudes charisma and sincerity, a combination that makes it easy to explain his rise as Hollywood’s go-to beau.
“I almost don’t understand it. I haven’t cultivated that image,” says Lacy. “There’s no part of me that’s like, ‘I’m turning down that offer because it’s not boyfriend enough.’ “
This month, Lacy delivers more of his signature boy-next-door appeal in big-screen comedy How to Be Single, starring as a law-fiirm receptionist named Ken who emerges as the perfect mate for a midlife-crisis-laden Leslie Mann. And in his return as an affable teacher on HBO’s Girls, his unruffled calm is the perfect antidote to Hannah’s angst — making him less of a rebound than the stuff of which real relationships are made.
“I love characters that have a real sense of decency and hope,” says Lacy, the son of a forest-service archaeologist and an elementary-school teacher, who, yes, is married. “There’s a part of me that really enjoys playing these roles of good husbands or boyfriend material, because that’s the type of person I hope exists in the world.”
As a teen, though, the Vermont native was more inspired by the guys he saw in Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas. “At the time, I wanted to be Ray Liotta,” he says. “That movie and those performances opened a whole new idea to me of what acting and what narrative could be.”
A self-described “stubborn individual,” Lacy opted for a vocational acting program — think Fame — in lieu of the traditional high school experience and set his sights on NYU. That is, until a night of partying derailed his all-important audition to be accepted into their drama school.
“I woke up a little worse for the wear and had no idea how the city was laid out,” Lacy recalls, laughing. “After 20 minutes of walking around and refusing to ask directions because I didn’t know how to help myself, I just went back to my friend’s dorm like an idiot.”
Instead, he enrolled in the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and after graduating in 2008, he moved to New York, where he juggled jobs as a cycling-studio receptionist and barback between auditions. A few small TV roles and a lead on the short-lived ABC series Better With You earned him a spot in the final season of his favorite show, The Office. His arc as Pete (a.k.a. Plop), a slightly awkward customer-service rep who tries to romance Ellie Kemper‘s character, caught the attention of Obvious Child‘s filmmakers — and just like that, he booked the first in a series of roles as the guy who dates the cool, smart girl. Fans of the indie hit will remember him as much for his tenderly comedic turn opposite costar Jenny Slate as for his extended dance number in little more than a pair of boxer shorts. There is one thing he managed to not reveal, though: In real life, he’s actually covered with body art. “They’re all pro-feminist tattoos,” jokes Lacy of his collection, which includes a pair of swallows on his back and a group of islands above his pelvis.
This could mean it’s about time we see a wilder, more brooding side of the talented Mr. Lacy, who later this year will play a platinum-haired fighter pilot in WWII period piece Their Finest Hour and a Half. He’s also been tapped to star as an escort who seduces Jessica Chastain in the John Madden-directed drama Miss Sloane. “I’m getting to a place now where I can go in for stuff that I wouldn’t have before,” he says thoughtfully, then smiles. “But I’m still waiting for the day when Ray Liotta will hire me for something.”
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Good "red" evening TSgt Joe C.!!! In my view, the last paragraph told me all I need to know about him... His brain is fried...
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