Jake Johnson: biography, career, personal life

The publication is dedicated to the talented and successful American actor and comedian Jake Johnson, best known for the TV series "Novyaya."

Biography

Jake Mark Johnson was born on May 20, 1978 in Evaston, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The boy was named after his maternal uncle Mark Johnson.

Now the actor is thirty-nine years old. Has an Irish descent. His mother, Eva Johnson, worked as an artist, decorated stained-glass windows, had Irish, English and Polish roots. Father, a Jew, Ken Weinberger, owned a showroom. When Jake Johnson was two years old, his parents divorced. The boy with his brother Dan and his sister Rachel was brought up by her mother. Studying at the New Tyr Middle School in Winnetka, the teenager took the mother's surname. At the age of twenty he first saw his father, now they communicate very well.

After graduation, the future actor entered the University of Iowa, where he studied for two years, and then moved to New York, and later to Los Angeles to continue acting. In addition, he often appeared in comedy shows.

Filmography

In total there are about two dozen films with Jake Johnson of different genres. On television first appeared in 2006, starting to work in various television projects. Including participated as a guest in the filming of the series "Deceive me," "Die your enthusiasm" and "Remember what will happen."

In 2009, Jake Johnson was in the cast of the film "Paper Heart", which brought success to the young actor. After this picture, Jake was noticed and invited to the cinema. The audience could see it in such films as "The Slaughtered Christmas of Harold and Kumar," "Wedding," "Escape from Vegas", where he plays secondary roles.

In 2011, Johnson appeared in the romantic comedy Ivan Reitmen "More than sex." In this film, famous Hollywood stars Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher starred. At the same time he received the lead role of Nick Miller in the television series "New" on the channel "Fox", which is still being filmed.

In the next year he starred in two comedies "Safety is not guaranteed" and "Macho and Botan" with Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill.

The year 2014 was quite successful for the actor. He starred in three films - "Pretty," Type of cops "and" Neighbors. On the Path of War. "

A year later came a fantastic thriller "The World of the Jurassic Period" and the drama "In Search of Fire" with the participation of Jake Johnson.

In 2017 on the screens came the adventure thriller "Mummy" with Johnson, as well as Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe.

Personal life and interesting facts

Jake is married to Erin Pine, who is an artist. Spouses are currently living in Los Angeles. Photo Jake Johnson and his wife can be seen on social networks, as well as on sites where articles about him or his wife are posted.

In addition to his acting career, Johnson is very fond of tennis and basketball. He is a member of five tennis associations and two basketball leagues.

Participated in the voice acting of the cartoon "Smurfs: The Lost Village", released in this year's 2017, as well as the cartoon "Lego" (2014).

A young and talented actor has proved himself quite well in Hollywood and has already achieved certain results. We hope that he has many roles ahead of him.