Jake Weary

Jacob Weary (born February 14, 1990) is an American actor, musician, singer-songwriter and music producer. He is known for his role as Luke Snyder in the CBS soap opera As the World Turns, Vince Keeler in NBC's action-drama series Chicago Fire, and for his role as Kevin in Fred: The Movie (2010), its two sequels, and the television adaptation, Nickelodeon's Fred: The Show.[1] He currently stars as Deran Cody in the TNT drama series Animal Kingdom, based on the Australian film of the same name.

Jake Weary
Born	Jacob Weary (1990-02-14) February 14, 1990 Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
Other names	Agendas
Occupation	Actor, musician, music producer, singer-songwriter
Years active	2004–present
Spouse(s)	Vera Bulder ( m. 2019)
Parent(s)	A.C. Weary Kim Zimmer

Career

Acting

Weary initially made a guest appearance on the long-running CBS soap opera Guiding Light in 2002, in which his mother, actress Kim Zimmer, portrayed Reva Shayne. After guest appearances on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Listen Up!,[2] he was cast as Luke Snyder on another of CBS's long-running soaps, As the World Turns.[3] He would remain with the show until December 2005, when actor Van Hansis stepped into the role after Weary left to focus on his schoolwork.[4]

After making his film debut as a hall monitor in Assassination of a High School President in 2008, Weary was cast as Kevin, a central antagonist in the films Fred: The Movie (2010), Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred (2011), Fred 3: Camp Fred (2012), and the Nickelodeon television adaptation, Fred: The Show. Weary has since appeared as Sal in Kaare Anderson's 2010 film Altitude and Hugh in the 2015 horror-thriller It Follows.[5]

Weary currently stars as Deran Cody in the TNT criminal drama Animal Kingdom, based on the 2010 Australian film of the same name.

Music

In addition to his acting career, Weary has been writing, producing and recording his own music since the age of 12. Under the pseudonym "Agendas," he released a self-titled EP in July 2011, followed by a sophomore effort titled Tones on June 16, 2012. He now currently produces music under his name, with an untitled new album due out in summer 2016.

Personal life

Weary was born in Trenton, New Jersey, and is the son of noted Daytime Emmy Award-winning actress Kim Zimmer and actor and director Allen Cudney "A.C." Weary.[6] He married his long time girlfriend Vera Bulder in October 2019.[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Assassination of a High School President	Hall Monitor
2010	Altitude	Sal
2013	Glove	James	Short
2014	Zombeavers	Tommy
	The Deal	Bryce	Short
	It Follows	Hugh / Jeff
2016	Message from the King	Bill
2017	Tomato Red	Sammy
	Smartass	Mickey
2019	Finding Steve McQueen	Tommy Barber
	It Chapter Two	John "Webby" Garton
TBA	Leave Not One Alive	Curtis	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Shane Madden	Episode: "Head"
	Listen Up!	Slacker Kid	Episode: "Grandmaster of the Wolfhunt"
2005	As the World Turns	Luke Snyder	58 episodes
	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Tim Stenton	Episode: "In the Wee Small Hours"
	Testing Bob	Harris	Made-for-television movie
	Party Planner with David Tutera	Himself	Episode: "Meet the Soap Stars"
2009	Three Rivers	T.J. Russo	Episode: "Where We Lie"
2010	Fred: The Movie	Kevin	Made-for-television movie
2011	Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred	Kevin	Made-for-television movie
2012	Fred 3: Camp Fred	Kevin	Made-for-television movie
	Fred: The Show	Kevin	Main cast (17 episodes)
2013	Escape from Polygamy	Micah	Made-for-television movie
2014	Chicago Fire	Vince Keeler	Episodes: "Keep Your Mouth Shut", "Virgin Skin", "Tonight's the Night"
	Stalker	Bobby Hughes	Episode: "The Haunting"
2014–2015	Pretty Little Liars	Cyrus Petrillo	Recurring role (season 5; 4 episodes)
2015	A Deadly Adoption	Dwayne Tisdale	Made-for-television movie
2016–present	Animal Kingdom	Deran Cody	Main cast (49 episodes)

Discography

EPs

Year	Title	Notes
2011	Agendas
2012	Tones
2016	Untitled

References

1. Moore, Debi (27 February 2015). "Follow this Pair of UK TV Spots for It Follows". Dread Central. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
2. "Best in class video content in one place". AOL Video. 2006. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
3. Hazelton, John (21 May 2010). "Anchor Bay gains Altitude for US, UK, Australia". Screen Daily. Media Business Insight Limited. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
4. McGarry, Mark. "Kim Zimmer Interview". Soap Opera Digest. Archived from the original on 18 February 2008. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
5. Barton, Steve (18 December 2014). "It Follows - Official U.S. Trailer Premiere". Dread Central. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
6. TV.com. "Jake Weary".
7. "Vera Bulder on Instagram: "Who's mans is this 😎mine"". Instagram.

External links

• Jake Weary on IMDb