Born in England and trained in New York, this dependable supporting player has made a career out of blending into the background. Handsome, but not strikingly so, and adept at myriad accents and characters, he honed his talents on stage before launching a career in film and TV. Regular roles on two TV shows —
Something Wilder and the underrated horror series
American Gothic — led to small parts in a plethora of films. Eventually his roles got bigger (a wisecracking buddy in
Pushing Tin, a resourceful zombie killer in the remake of
Dawn of the Dead) although his face remained more familiar than his name. In 2005 a plum part as a psychic's understanding husband on the hit series
Medium boosted his visibility.
Jake Weber Fast Facts:- Attended the progressive Summerhill School in England as a youth.
- Turned down roles in Glory (1989) and Reversal of Fortune (1990) because he didn't want to interrupt his studies at Juilliard.
- Appeared in productions both in and out of school with fellow Juilliard graduate Jeanne Tripplehorn, including a staging of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters.
- Studied at Russia's Moscow Art Theater.
- Made his Broadway debut in Alan Ayckbourn's A Small Family Business (1992) playing five gangster brothers. He was credited as five different actors in the program: Abe Jerkew,
J. Weak Beer, Jeb E. Waker, Jeré Kwabé and Jake Weber. All pseudonyms were anagrams of his real name.
- Jake Weber Relationships:
- Diane Weber - Wife
- College:
- Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT (BA in English Literature and Political Science); The Juilliard School, New York, NY (1990)
