Jake Lacy

Jake Lacy (born February 14, 1985^[1]) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of Pete Miller on the ninth and final season of The Office, as Fran Parker in the fourth and fifth seasons of HBO's Girls, and Shane Patton on the HBO series The White Lotus, the latter of which earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. Other television roles include those in the ABC sitcom Better with You and the Showtime series I'm Dying Up Here. In addition, he played Robert Berchtold in the Peacock miniseries A Friend of the Family.

Jake Lacy
Lacy at the 26th TCA Awards in 2010
Born	(1985-02-14) February 14, 1985 (age 40)
Education	University of North Carolina School of the Arts (BFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2008–present
Spouse	Lauren Deleo ​ (m. 2015)​
Children	2

In film, he has starred in Obvious Child (2014), Carol (2015), Love The Coopers (2015), How to Be Single (2016), Christmas Inheritance (2017), Rampage (2018), Being the Ricardos (2021), and The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023).

Early life and education

Lacy grew up in Pittsford, Vermont,^[2] and attended Otter Valley Union High School, graduating in 2004.^[3]

In 2008, Lacy graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) in Winston-Salem. After graduation, he worked odd jobs in the state of New York. He worked as a gym receptionist, a bar-back at a club, and a waiter, while going to auditions during the day, until being cast in the role of Casey in Better with You.^[4]

Career

Lacy acted in high school and performed on professional stages in the productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream as Demetrius (in Hartford Stage's production), and Much Ado About Nothing as Conrad (in the Oberon Theater Ensemble's production).^[2] Lacy played brief roles in a few episodes of Guiding Light before its cancellation.^[4] In 2010, he had a lead role in the Columbia thesis film C'est moi.^[5]

From 2010 to 2011, Lacy starred as Casey in the ABC sitcom Better with You.^[6] He starred as Pete Miller, or "Plop", in the ninth and last season of The Office.^[7] His next role was in the independent sports comedy Balls Out, where he played the lead Caleb Fuller who leads an intramural football team.^[8] In 2014, he starred in the comedy-drama film Obvious Child opposite Jenny Slate.^{[citation needed]} He also appeared in the HBO comedy Girls as Fran, a love interest of Lena Dunham's protagonist Hannah. Lacy starred opposite Rooney Mara in Carol (2015), as Richard, her character's boyfriend.^[9]

In 2016, Lacy appeared in the WWII-set dramedy Their Finest, directed by Lone Scherfig,^[10] which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival,^[11] and Miss Sloane, a political thriller directed by John Madden, which had its world premiere at the AFI Fest.^[12][13] In 2017, Lacy co-starred in I'm Dying Up Here, a comedy series on Showtime.^[14] In 2019, he appeared as a love interest of Gwen Verdon, played by Michelle Williams, in Fosse/Verdon, on FX.

Personal life

Lacy married longtime girlfriend Lauren Deleo on August 22, 2015, in Dorset, Vermont.^[15] The couple have two sons.^[16]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes projects that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Obvious Child	Max	Film debut
	Balls Out	Caleb Fuller
2015	Carol	Richard Semco
	Love the Coopers	Joe
2016	How to Be Single	Ken
	Their Finest	Carl Lundbeck / Brannigan
	Miss Sloane	Forde
2017	Christmas Inheritance	Jake Collins
2018	Rampage	Brett Wyden
	Diane	Brian
	Johnny English Strikes Again	Jason Volta
2019	Ode to Joy	Cooper
	Otherhood	Paul Halston-Myers
2021	Being the Ricardos	Bob Carroll
2022	Significant Other	Harry
2023	The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial	Lt. Stephen Maryk

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Guiding Light	Chip	Episode 15546
2010–2011	Better with You	Casey Marion Davenport	22 episodes
2012	Royal Pains	Floyd	Episode: "My Back to the Future"
2012–2013	The Office	Pete Miller	Starring role (Season 9); 21 episodes
2014	The Michael J. Fox Show	Scott	Episode: "Surprise"
2015–2016	Billy & Billie	Keith	8 episodes
	Girls	Fran Parker	12 episodes
2016	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Miscellaneous Commercial Character	Episode: "Encryption"
2017–2018	I'm Dying Up Here	Nick Beverly	16 episodes
2019	Fosse/Verdon	Ron	5 episodes
	Ramy	Kyle	Episode: "Refugees"
2020	High Fidelity	Clyde	Main role
	Mrs. America	Stanley Pottinger	2 episodes
2021	The White Lotus	Shane Patton[17]	Main role (season 1)
2022	A Friend of the Family	Robert Berchtold	Miniseries
2024	Apples Never Fall	Troy Delaney
TBA	† All Her Fault	Peter	In Production[18]

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Ref.
2009	Much Ado About Nothing	Claudio	Samuel Becket Theatre, Off-Broadway	[19]

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Project	Result	Ref.
2013	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series	The Office	Nominated	[20]
2022	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie	The White Lotus	Nominated	[21]