Jake Weary

Jake Weary
Born	Jacob Weary (1990-02-14) February 14, 1990 (age 35) Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2002–present
Spouse	Vera Bulder ​ (m. 2019)​
Children	1 [1] [2]
Parent(s)	A.C. Weary Kim Zimmer

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Weary in 2014

Jacob Weary (born February 14, 1990) is an American actor. He is known for starring as Deran Cody in the TNT drama series Animal Kingdom . ^[3] Other notable roles include his run as Luke Snyder in the CBS soap opera As the World Turns , Vince Keeler in NBC's action-drama series Chicago Fire , and in horror films It Follows (2014) and It Chapter Two (2019).

Early life

Weary was born in Trenton, New Jersey, to Daytime Emmy Award-winning actress Kim Zimmer and actor and director Allen Cudney "A.C." Weary. ^[4]

Career

Weary's first acting roles included 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 , ^[5] he was cast as Luke Snyder on another of CBS's long-running soaps, As the World Turns . ^[6] 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. ^[7]

After making his film debut as a hall monitor in Assassination of a High School President in 2008, Weary has since appeared as Sal in Kaare Anderson's 2010 film Altitude and Hugh in the 2015 horror-thriller It Follows . ^[8]

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

Personal life

Weary married his longtime girlfriend Vera Bulder in 2019. ^[9] They have one child. ^{[10] [2]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Assassination of a High School President	Hall Monitor
2010	Altitude	Sal
2014	Zombeavers	Tommy
	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
2021	The Ultimate Playlist of Noise	Benjie
	The Birthday Cake	Agent Pete
	Rushed	Steven Croission
2022	How to Blow Up a Pipeline	Dwayne
	Measure of Revenge	Curtis
	Alone at Night	Jake
2023	Bleeding Love	Kip
2024	Trigger Warning	Elvis
	Oh, Canada	Stanley

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Guiding Light	Jake	1 episode
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	60 episodes
	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Tim Stenton	Episode: "In the Wee Small Hours"
	Testing Bob	Harris	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 Lebow	Television movie
2011	Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred		Television movie
2012	Fred 3: Camp Fred		Television movie
	Fred: The Show		Main cast
2013	Escape from Polygamy	Micah	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	Television movie
2016–2022	Animal Kingdom	Deran Cody	Main cast
2025	The Walking Dead: Dead City	Christos	[11]

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011–2012	It's Fred	Kevin (voice)

References

1. "@verabulder on Instagram: "9 + months of being someone's home. 🕗🕒🕙🕑"". Archived from the original on January 21, 2023. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
2. Milliken, Paul (June 17, 2022). "Stars talk final season of TNT hit 'Animal Kingdom'". Fox 5 Atlanta . Archived from the original on January 21, 2023. Retrieved August 7, 2024. "I'm about to have my first baby," said the actor during our recent virtual interview.
3. Moore, Debi (February 27, 2015). "Follow this Pair of UK TV Spots for It Follows". Dread Central . Archived from the original on November 15, 2019. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
4. TV.com. "Jake Weary". Archived from the original on May 12, 2009. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
5. "Best in class video content in one place". AOL Video . 2006. Retrieved September 12, 2019.^{[ dead link ‍]}
6. Hazelton, John (May 21, 2010). "Anchor Bay gains Altitude for US, UK, Australia". Screen Daily . Media Business Insight Limited. Archived from the original on May 24, 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
7. McGarry, Mark. "Kim Zimmer Interview". Soap Opera Digest . Archived from the original on February 18, 2008. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
8. Barton, Steve (December 18, 2014). "It Follows - Official U.S. Trailer Premiere". Dread Central . Archived from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
9. Mutuku, Ryan (April 22, 2021). "Animal Kingdom cast and characters: names, photos and roles". Tuko.co.ke . Retrieved August 7, 2024.
10. "Vera Bulder on Instagram: "Who's mans is this 😎mine"". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021.
11. Ross, Dalton (July 26, 2024). "The Walking Dead: Dead City teaser shows the bloody return of Lucille". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 7, 2025.

External links

• Jake Weary at IMDb