Jake Abel

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Jake Abel
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Abel at GalaxyCon Oklahoma City in 2024
Born
Jacob Allen Abel

(1987-11-18) November 18, 1987 (age 37)
Canton, Ohio, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active2005–present
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Spouse
Allie Wood
​
(m. 2013)​
Children2

Jacob Allen Abel (born November 18, 1987) is an American actor. He has appeared in the film adaptations of the young adult novels Percy Jackson (2010–2013), I Am Number Four (2011), and The Host (2013), along with portraying musician Mike Love in the biographical drama Love & Mercy (2014). Outside of film, he appeared in the recurring role of Adam Milligan on the CW series Supernatural (2009–2010; 2019–2020). Abel was also a series regular in the first season of the Netflix science fiction drama Another Life (2019).

Contents

Life

Abel was born in Canton, Ohio, the son of Kim and Mike Abel. He has a brother, Shaun. [1]

Abel married Allie Wood, a writer, on November 9, 2013. [2] [3] [4] They released an album together, Black Magic, in March 2013. [5]

On June 15, 2019, the couple announced on Instagram that they were expecting their first child. [6] They suffered a stillbirth in November 2019. [7]

In February 2021, Wood gave birth to their son. [8]

In October 2023, Wood gave birth to another son. [9]

Career

His first credited role was in the Disney Channel Original Movie Go Figure , playing Spencer. He later had a recurring guest role on CBS's short lived science fiction series, Threshold . He had numerous guest starring roles including Cold Case and ER . He was honored with a Rising Star award at the 16th Hamptons International Film Festival in October 2008 for his work in the film Flash of Genius . In 2009, Abel shortly appeared in the Peter Jackson film The Lovely Bones based on Alice Sebold's novel. He also had a regular role in the web series Angel of Death which ran for 10 episodes.

In February 2009, Abel was cast in The CW hit series Supernatural playing Adam Milligan, half-brother to series protagonists Dean and Sam Winchester; and appearing in three episodes as both Adam and the Archangel Michael possessing Adam. In 2010, Abel had a role in the film adaptation of Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief playing Luke Castellan which released on February 12, 2010 (later returning in the sequel, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters , which was released on August 7, 2013). [10] Afterward in 2011, Abel starred in the live-action film I Am Number Four playing Mark James. Abel starred on the social thriller film Inside co-starred by Emmy Rossum which release on July 25, 2011. He also appeared on ABC's medical drama Grey's Anatomy in the episode "Poker Face", playing Tyler Moser.

In 2012, Abel was chosen to play Ian O'Shea in the film adaptation of The Host (2013), based on Stephenie Meyer's eponymous novel.

Abel reprised his role on Supernatural on the eighth and nineteenth episodes of the fifteenth and final season. [11]

Abel was cast as the audiobook voice narrator for Midnight Sun , published by Stephenie Meyer on August 4, 2020. [12]

In November 2022 it was confirmed that Abel would be joining the cast of Walker , reuniting with Jared Padalecki. His character, Kevin, made his first appearance in episode 6 of season 3.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 Strange Wilderness Conservationist
Tru Loved Trevor
Flash of Genius Dennis (21 Years)
2009 The Lovely Bones Brian Nelson
2010 Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Luke Castellan Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Fight
Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Best Fight
2011 I Am Number Four Mark James
Inside Kirk Francis
2013 The Host Ian O'Shea
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters Luke Castellan
2014 Against the Sun Gene Aldrich
Good Kill M.I.C. Joseph Zimmer
Love & Mercy Mike Love
2016 Almost Friends Jack
2018 Shrimp DanielShort film
2019 An Affair to Die For Everett
2020 Son of the South Doc
2021 Malignant Derek Mitchell
TBAUnspoken [13]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005–2006 Threshold Brian Janklow3 episodes
2005 Go Figure SpencerTV movie
2006 The Suite Life of Zack & Cody KirkEpisode: Twins at the Tipton
Cold Case Doug SommerEpisode: Saving Sammy
2007 CSI: Miami Charlie SheridanEpisode: Stand Your Ground
2008 Life Tate McNeilEpisode: Not for Nothing
2009 CSI: NY Kyle SheridanEpisode: Rush to Judgement
ER DylanEpisode: A Long, Strange Trip
2009–2020 Supernatural Adam Milligan/Michael 5 episodes
2011 Grey's Anatomy Tyler MoserEpisode: Poker Face
2018 Dirty John Trey3 episodes
2019 Another Life Sasha HarrisonMain role
2022–2023 Walker Kevin Golden8 episodes

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 Angel of Death Cameron Downes

Audiobook narration/Voice talent

YearTitleRoleNotes
2020 Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer (audiobook) Edward Cullen

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  9. ↑ "Allie Wood Abel on Instagram: "Grateful to have welcomed our newest son George Owen Abel to the world a couple weeks ago."". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2023-01-27.
  10. ↑ "Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  11. ↑ Gelman, Vlada (10 December 2019). "Supernatural Boss Previews Dean and Sam's Reunion With Lost Brother Adam — Plus, Michael Returns in Sneak Peek". TVLine. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  12. ↑ "Narrator Jake Abel on Stephenie Meyer's MIDNIGHT SUN". Audiofilemagazine.com. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
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