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	Jacob Artist
Gender:	Male
Age:	20
Born:	October 17, 1992
Character:	Jake Puckerman
Occupation:	Singer, actor, dancer
Years Active:	2011 – present

Jacob Artist (born October 17, 1992) is an American singer, dancer, and actor. He currently portrays Jake Puckerman, Noah 'Puck' Puckerman's younger half-brother, on Season Four of Glee.

Early and personal life

Jacob was born to Darrell and Judith Artist^[1] in Williamsville, New York. His father is a 100 per cent African American, where as his mother is of Polish descent. He has a younger sister who is also a fan of Glee.^[2]

He began dancing at the age of five at David DeMarie Dance Studios^[1] and is a trained jazz, hip hop, tap, and ballet competition dancer.^[3] When he turned eleven, he realized that dance was what he loved and wanted to do. During high school, he danced with the Infinity Dance Project, and participated in Chautauqua Institution's summer dance school. He began taking voice lessons through the Community Music School in Buffalo.^[1]

Jacob graduated from Williamsville South in 2010.^[4] He auditioned for Juilliard and got in, but turned it down to be an actor.^[5] He feels as if he had gone to Juilliard, he would have been wondering what would have happened if he decided to pursue an acting career.^[6] His parents, grandparents and sister were supportive of his decision.^[7]

Career

He began to get the "acting bug" when he was fifteen. He moved out to Los Angeles with his dad since he was only seventeen at the time.^[8] Jacob began his professional acting career in 2011 with an episode on Bucket and Skinner's Epic Adventures. Other television credits include Melissa & Joey, How to Rock, and the romance film Blue Lagoon: The Awakening. His manager got him an audition for Glee and he went in singing for the casting director. He has stated that prior to his audition he had never done a singing performance before. He received a callback where he had to sing and act; then a few days later, he found out he was going to test with Ryan Murphy and the FOX executives.^[8] He found out he got the part hours before it was announced.

He was recently cast in White Bird, where he will portray the love interest of Shailene Woodley's character.^[9]

Filmography

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures	Jimmy	episode: "Epic Babysitters"
2012	How to Rock	Dean Hollis	episodes: "How to Rock a Prank" "How to Rock a Part-Time Job"
	Blue Lagoon: The Awakening	Stephen Sullivan	Television movie
	Melissa & Joey	Cameron	episode: "Wherefore Art Thou Lennox"
	Glee	Jake Puckerman	Recurring role

Films
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	The Philosophers	Parker	He's the first gay character Jacob has ever played.
2013	White Birds in a Blizzard	Main character's love interest	Formerly known as White Bird

Trivia

He is a fan of Harry Potter^[10] and J.K. Rowling.^[11]
He is a fan of The Hunger Games.^[12]^[13]
His favorite Disney movie is Hercules.^[14]
His celebrity crush is Blake Lively.^[15]
He was a fan of Glee before he auditioned.^[15]
He auditioned for the show with Never Say Never by The Fray, a song his character sang in The New Rachel. He also auditioned with Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me by Elton John ^[15]
He thinks the audition for Glee was harder than the audition for Julliard.^[15]
He would be nervous if he was ever approached and asked to rap for the show.^[15]
Besides acting and dancing, he likes outdoorsy activities.^[15]
His guilty pleasure is reality television, which began with Jersey Shore when he was in high school.^[15]
He is friends with Shay Mitchell and Keegan Allen from Pretty Little Liars. This is because they share the same manager.
Pretty Little Liars showrunner Marlene King is a big fan of his.^[16]
Is currently the youngest cast member, being only month/s younger than Blake Jenner (August 1992), Alex Newell (August 1992), and Damian McGinty (September 1992).
One of his favorite Christmas movies is both the cartoon and Jim Carrey versions of How The Grinch Stole Christmas.^[17]
He and Blake Jenner both starred in the television show Melissa & Joey. Both of their characters flirted with Lennox Scanlon.
He never performed in front of people or told people he liked to sing prior to Glee.^[3]
The character Jake was not originally written as a dancer, but it was incorporated after Jacob was cast.^[18]
He would like to sing a song of Frank Ocean's on the show as long as he doesn't have to rap.^[19]
Lea said his voice "blew [her] away" and is unlike any other she has heard.^[20]
His parents do not want to be in the "public eye."^[1]
He is good friends with Bonnie Wright.
He is friends with Claire Holt, who worked with Shay Mitchell and Nina Dobrev, who is good friends with Jenna Ushkowitz.