Jake Thomas
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Jake Thomas is an American actor and singer, perhaps best known for his role as Matt McGuire, the titular character's younger brother, in the Disney Channel show Lizzie McGuire
. In 2002, he won a Young Artist Award
for supporting actor for his performance in Artificial Intelligence: AI. He is also seen in Cory in the House
, portraying the role of Jason Stickler.
, the son of Simms Thomas
, a television reporter, and writer, and Bob Thomas, a radio
personality, actor, and writer. He has a brother, Chad, and a sister, Brooke. Thomas attended Farragut High School
.
episode "Wannabe" and a young Hugh Hefner
in the television movie
Hefner: Unauthorized. He made a guest appearance on 3rd Rock from the Sun
and guest stars in Cory in the House
as Jason Stickler.
Thomas travels between Los Angeles, California and Knoxville
, Tennessee
. He released an album, Now and Then
, marketed by Big Stick Music
.
Lizzie McGuire
Lizzie McGuire is an American teen sitcom which premiered on the Disney Channel on January 12, 2001 and ended February 14, 2004. A total of 65 episodes were produced and aired. Its target demographic was preteens and adolescents...
. In 2002, he won a Young Artist Award
Young Artist Award
The Young Artist Award is an accolade bestowed by the Young Artist Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged.The Young Artist...
for supporting actor for his performance in Artificial Intelligence: AI. He is also seen in Cory in the House
Cory in the House
Cory in the House is an American television sitcom, which aired on the Disney Channel from January 12, 2007 to September 12, 2008 and was a spin-off from the Disney show That's So Raven. The show focuses on Cory Baxter, who moved from San Francisco, California to Washington, D.C., after Victor...
, portraying the role of Jason Stickler.
Biography
Thomas was born in Knoxville, TennesseeKnoxville, Tennessee
Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...
, the son of Simms Thomas
Simms Thomas
Simms Thomas is an American actress.Born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, she graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Tennessee with a B.S. in communications. She is married to actor Bob Thomas and is the mother of three children, including the actor Jake Thomas. She has appeared in several...
, a television reporter, and writer, and Bob Thomas, a radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
personality, actor, and writer. He has a brother, Chad, and a sister, Brooke. Thomas attended Farragut High School
Farragut High School
Farragut High School is a high school located at 11237 Kingston Pike in Farragut, a suburb of Knoxville, Tennessee. It is operated by Knox County Schools, the unified Knox County, Tennessee school district....
.
Career
Thomas played Eric Miller in the Without a TraceWithout a Trace
Without a Trace is an American television drama which originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series was set in New York City and concerned a fictitious FBI Missing Persons Unit.-Premise:...
episode "Wannabe" and a young Hugh Hefner
Hugh Hefner
Hugh Marston "Hef" Hefner is an American magazine publisher, founder and Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Enterprises.-Early life:...
in the television movie
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
Hefner: Unauthorized. He made a guest appearance on 3rd Rock from the Sun
3rd Rock from the Sun
3rd Rock from the Sun is an American sitcom that aired from 1996 to 2001 on NBC. The show is about four extraterrestrials who are on an expedition to Earth, which they consider to be a very insignificant planet...
and guest stars in Cory in the House
Cory in the House
Cory in the House is an American television sitcom, which aired on the Disney Channel from January 12, 2007 to September 12, 2008 and was a spin-off from the Disney show That's So Raven. The show focuses on Cory Baxter, who moved from San Francisco, California to Washington, D.C., after Victor...
as Jason Stickler.
Thomas travels between Los Angeles, California and Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee
Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...
, Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
. He released an album, Now and Then
Now and Then (Jake Thomas album)
Now and Then is Jake Thomas' debut album and is the first album to be released from Big Stick Music. The album never had an official released date due to the fact the it could only be sold over the bigstick music website www.bigstickmusic.com...
, marketed by Big Stick Music
Big Stick Music
Big Stick Music is a record label managed by Bob Thomas. The label also owns My Favorite Music, a music publishing company founded in Nashville, Tennessee in 1976. Big Stick Music represents artists such as Bob's son Jake Thomas, Brother Felix, and Hardknox....
.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3rd Rock from the Sun 3rd Rock from the Sun 3rd Rock from the Sun is an American sitcom that aired from 1996 to 2001 on NBC. The show is about four extraterrestrials who are on an expedition to Earth, which they consider to be a very insignificant planet... |
Kid | 1 episode, Y2dicK |
| Touched by an Angel Touched by an Angel Touched by an Angel is an American drama series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994 and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson, the series stars Roma Downey, as an angel named Monica, and Della... |
Thomas | ||
| Hefner: Unauthorized (TV) | Young Hef (Age 9) | aka Hugh Hefner: The True Story | |
| The Man Show The Man Show The Man Show is an American comedy television show on Comedy Central. It was created in 1999 by its two original co-hosts, Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla, and their executive producer Daniel Kellison.-Format:... |
Jake | Bad Old Days | |
| 2000 | If Tomorrow Comes If Tomorrow Comes If Tomorrow Comes is a 1985 crime fiction novel by American author Sidney Sheldon. It is a story pertaining an ordinary woman who is framed by a mafia, her quest for vengeance towards them and later life as a con artist... |
Young Adam | |
| The Cell The Cell The Cell is a 2000 science fiction psychological thriller film directed by Tarsem Singh, and starring Jennifer Lopez in the lead role.-Plot:... |
Young Carl Stargher | ||
| 2001–2004 | Lizzie McGuire Lizzie McGuire Lizzie McGuire is an American teen sitcom which premiered on the Disney Channel on January 12, 2001 and ended February 14, 2004. A total of 65 episodes were produced and aired. Its target demographic was preteens and adolescents... |
Matthew "Matt" McGuire | Sixty-five episodes, Main Role |
| 2001 | Artificial Intelligence: AI | Martin Swinton | aka A.I. Artificial Intelligence |
| 2002 | Body & Soul | Raymond White | 1 episode, Shadow Boxing |
| 2003 | The Lizzie McGuire Movie The Lizzie McGuire Movie The Lizzie McGuire Movie is a 2003 Walt Disney Pictures comedy film based on the Disney Channel show Lizzie McGuire which was released on May 2, 2003, by Walt Disney Pictures, it was the first Disney Channel series to have a movie for Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by Jim Fall with... |
Matthew "Matt" McGuire | |
| Sixteen to Life (TV) | Mike | ||
| Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure (TV) | Clark 'Third' Johnson | ||
| 2003–2005 | The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy | Nigel Planter | voice role |
| 2004 | Without a Trace Without a Trace Without a Trace is an American television drama which originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series was set in New York City and concerned a fictitious FBI Missing Persons Unit.-Premise:... |
Eric Miller | 1 episode, Wannabe |
| DinoCroc DinoCroc Dinocroc is a 2004 horror film, starring Charles Napier and Joanna Pacuła, produced by Roger Corman, and directed by Kevin O'Neill. It had a limited theatrical release in early 2004 before premiering on the Syfy Channel in April of that year... |
Michael Banning | Decapitated in film | |
| Soccer Dog: European Cup Soccer Dog: European Cup Soccer Dog: European Cup is the 2004 feature film sequel to the film Soccer Dog: The Movie, about a dog with an uncanny ability to play soccer.-Synopsis:... |
Zach Connolly | ||
| 2005 | Center of the Universe Center of the Universe Center of the Universe is a television series on CBS, which ran from October 27, 2004, until January 19, 2005. The sitcom was canceled after just 10 episodes aired. It was set in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma.... |
Waylon | 1 episode, The New Neighbours |
| Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer is a platformer video game of the action-adventure genre originally released by VIS Entertainment for the PlayStation 2.-Overview and Gameplay:... (VG) |
Brave | Video game,voice | |
| 2006 | Trick or Treat | Isaac Ackerman | |
| 2007–2008 | Cory In the House Cory in the House Cory in the House is an American television sitcom, which aired on the Disney Channel from January 12, 2007 to September 12, 2008 and was a spin-off from the Disney show That's So Raven. The show focuses on Cory Baxter, who moved from San Francisco, California to Washington, D.C., after Victor... |
Jason Stickler | 11 episodes |
| 2008 | Aces 'n Eights (TV) | Noah | |
| ER ER (TV series) ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television... |
Nick | 1 episode, As the day she was born | |
| Cold Case (2008) | Hugh Mastersen '78 | 1 episode, Roller girl | |
| 2009 | Lie to Me Lie to Me (TV series) Lie to Me is an American television series that originally ran on the Fox network from January 21, 2009 to January 31, 2011. In the show, Dr... |
James Cole | 1 episode, Pilot |
| Eleventh Hour Eleventh Hour (U.S. TV series) Eleventh Hour is an American science-based drama television series, which is based on the 2006 British series of the same name. The series originally ran on CBS from October 9, 2008 to April 2, 2009 and aired on Thursdays at 10 pm . The series was a joint venture between Jerry Bruckheimer... |
Brian Dahl | 1 episode, Eternal | |
| House M.D. | Ryan | 1 episode, Unfaithful | |
| Trust Me Trust Me (TV series) Trust Me is an American drama series that began airing on TNT on January 26, 2009 at 10 p.m Eastern/ 9 P.M Central. In Canada, Trust Me can be seen on Super Channel.Trust Me premiered with 3.4 million viewers.... |
Steve | 1 episode, Odd Man Out | |
| CSI: Miami CSI: Miami CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.... |
Lucas Galinetti | 1 episode, Chip/Tuck | |
| The Rules of Engagement | Toby | 1 episode. Twice | |
| Ghost Whisperer Ghost Whisperer Ghost Whisperer is an American television supernatural drama, which ran on CBS from September 23, 2005 to May 21, 2010.The series follows the life of Melinda Gordon , who has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts... |
Andrew Carlin | 1 episode, Endless Love | |
| 2010 | The Assignment The Assignment (2010 film) The Assignment is an upcoming family film that was written and directed by Timothy J. Nelson. It was filmed in American Fork, Utah, USA on 2010. The film is slated for DVD release in December 2011. Nelson himself died during the post-production of The Assignment.-Cast:*Linsey Godfrey as Eliza*Jake... |
Spencer | Post-production |
| Maternal Obssession | |||
| Criminal Minds Criminal Minds Criminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime... |
Scott Kagan | 1 episode, Middle Man | |
| 2011 | Secret Life of the American Teenager | Boy Dancing | 1 episode: "And Circumstance" |
| Betrayed At 17 |