Jake Thomas

Jake Thomas (born January 30, 1990)[1] is an American actor, voice actor and photographer, perhaps best known for his role as Matt McGuire, the title character's younger brother, in the Disney Channel show Lizzie McGuire (2001–04). In 2002, he won a Young Artist Award for supporting actor for his performance in A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001). He also appeared in Cory in the House (2007–08), playing the role of Jason Stickler.

For the Canadian football defensive tackle, see Jake Thomas (Canadian football).

Jake Thomas
Thomas at the 2014 VidCon
Born (1990-01-30) January 30, 1990
Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActor, photographer
Years active1999–present
Websitewww.jakethomas.com/index

Biography

Thomas was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, the son of Kim Simms Thomas, a television reporter and writer, and Bob Thomas, a radio personality, actor and writer.[2] The youngest of three children, he has two older siblings, Chad and Brooke. Thomas attended Farragut High School, and graduated from California State University, Northridge with a degree in screenwriting and Japanese.

He is best known for his role as Matt McGuire, the younger brother on Lizzie McGuire, which ran from 2001 to 2004 on Disney Channel. He is set to reprise the role in the series’ continuation on Disney+.[3]

Thomas has appeared in numerous television shows and movies, including playing Eric Miller in the Without a Trace episode "Wannabe", a young Hugh Hefner in the television movie Hefner: Unauthorized, 3rd Rock from the Sun and had a recurring role in Cory in the House as Jason Stickler. Thomas also works as a commercial entertainment photographer.

Thomas travels between Los Angeles and Knoxville, Tennessee

Filmography
Year Film Role Notes
1999 3rd Rock from the Sun Kid 1 episode, Y2dicK
1999 Touched by an Angel Thomas
1999 Hefner: Unauthorized (TV) Young Hef (Age 9) a.k.a. Hugh Hefner: The True Story
1999 The Man Show Jake Bad Old Days
2000 If Tomorrow Comes Young Adam
2000 The Cell Young Carl Rudolph Stargher
2001–04, 2020 Lizzie McGuire Matthew "Matt" McGuire 65 episodes, Main role
2001–05 Express Yourself Himself Interstitial series
2001 A.I. Artificial Intelligence Martin Swinton a.k.a. Artificial Intelligence: A.I.
2002 Body & Soul Raymond White 1 episode, Shadow Boxing
2003 The Lizzie McGuire Movie Matthew "Matt" McGuire
2003 Sixteen to Life (TV) Mike
2003 National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure (TV) Clark 'Third' Johnson
2003–07 The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy Nigel Planter Voice role; 4 episodes
2004 Without a Trace Eric Miller 1 episode, Wannabe
2004 DinoCroc Michael Banning Decapitated in film
2004 Soccer Dog: European Cup Zach Connolly
2005 Center of the Universe Waylon 1 episode, The New Neighbours
2005 Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer (VG) Brave Video game, voice
2006 Trick or Treat Isaac Ackerman
2007–08 Cory in the House Jason Stickler 11 episodes
2008 Aces 'N' Eights (TV) Noah
2008 ER Nick 1 episode, As the day she was born
2008 Cold Case Hugh Mastersen '78 1 episode, Roller girl
2009 Lie to Me James Cole 1 episode, Pilot
2009 Eleventh Hour Brian Dahl 1 episode, Eternal
2009 House Ryan 1 episode, Unfaithful
2009 Trust Me Steve 1 episode, Odd Man Out
2009 CSI: Miami Lucas Galinetti 1 episode, Chip/Tuck
2009 Rules of Engagement Toby 1 episode, Twice
2009 Ghost Whisperer Andrew Carlin 1 episode, Endless Love
2010 Criminal Minds Scott Kagan 1 episode, Middle Man
2010 Maternal Obsession Kevin Lifetime Movie
2011 Secret Life of the American Teenager Boy Dancing 1 episode: "And Circumstance"
2011 Betrayed at 17 Shane Ross Lead role
2012 NCIS Alec Dell 1 episode: "Namesake"
2012 CSI: NY Steve Davis 1 episode: "Clue: CSI"
2013–14 Storytellers Finn Avery 6 episodes (Main role)
2014 Taken Away Lucas a.k.a. Ambivalence
2015 Romantically Speaking Martin
2018 Baja Bryan Johnson
2018 The Unwilling Darren
2019 S.W.A.T Bayo 1 episode: "Encore"
gollark: You could have some sort of blitting functionality.
gollark: ↑ fear boxes
gollark: https://cliport.github.io/media/videos/7_reading.mp4
gollark: They apparently have lots of digital signal processing processors which allegedly have some form of isolation, but I bet it's very poorly tested/has holes.
gollark: Fun idea: write malware for mobile phone DSP hardware somehow.

References
  1. Jake Thomas Official website ("Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 8, 2009. Retrieved June 15, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link))
  2. Jake Thomas Biography (1990–)
  3. Disney+ [@disneyplus] (October 24, 2019). "A picture perfect fam! Hallie Todd, Robert Carradine, and Jake Thomas will reprise their roles as Jo, Sam, and Matt McGuire with @HilaryDuff in #LizzieMcGuire, an all-new #DisneyPlus series coming soon" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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