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Jake McLaughlin

Full / Real Name: Jacob Adam McLaughlin
Born: 07 October 1982 (42 years old)
Gender: Male

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Jake McLaughlin is an American actor best known for his starring role as Bo in the second season of the television drama series Crash, in 2009.

He also has a starring role as William Tate, Jr., originally a death row inmate in a national security prison who is weathered and jaded from seven years of imprisonment and the painful loss of his soul mate Nina Adams, in the fantasy drama science fiction television series Believe.

McLaughlin's breakout role came when he was cast by director Paul Haggis to co-star alongside Tommy Lee Jones as Specialist Gordon Bonner in In the Valley of Elah. Haggis would hire him again as series regular Bo Olinville in the Starz TV series Crash.

McLaughlin's film credits include roles in Daniel Espinosa's Safe House, Gavin O'Connor's Warrior and Oliver Stone's Savages.

Prior to his work as an actor, McLaughlin served in the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division, where he spent time in Iraq.


Television Roles

Show

Character

William Tate

James Addison

Bo

Officer Tom Kayser

Matt Bartley

Sam Laughlin

Aaron Karev

Sligo

John Shears/John Stills

Cpl. Robert Perry

Keith Rush

Ryan Booth

Ryan Booth

Ryan Booth

Lt. James Corbin

Rowdy Merriman

Cpl. Michael Whitmere

Prison Guard

Keith Johnson


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