Jake Weary Career, Relationship (2024)

Jake Weary or Jacob Weary is an American actor born on February 14, 1990 is known for his role as Deran Cody in the TNT drama series, Animal Kingdom. He has also played notable roles such as Luke Snyder in the CBS soap opera As the World Turns, Vince Keeler in NBC’s action-drama series Chicago Fire, and appeared in horror films It Follows (2014) and It Chapter Two (2019).

Real Name	Jacob Weary
Birth Date	February 14, 1990 (age 34)
Birth Place	Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
Profession	American actor

Jake Weary’s Career

Weary’s first acting roles included a guest appearance on the long-running CBS soap opera Guiding Light in 2002, where his mother, actress Kim Zimmer, portrayed Reva Shayne. After guest appearances on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Listen Up, he was cast as Luke Snyder on another of CBS’s long-running soaps, As the World Turns. He stayed with the show until December 2005, when actor Van Hansis took over the role after Weary left to focus on his schoolwork.

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 as Hugh in the 2015 horror-thriller It Follows. Weary starred as Deran Cody in the TNT criminal drama Animal Kingdom, based on the 2010 Australian film of the same name.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Assassination of a High School President	Hall Monitor
2010	Altitude	Sal
2013	Glove	James	Short
2014	Zombeavers	Tommy
	The Deal	Bryce	Short
	It Follows	Hugh / Jeff
2016	Message from the King	Bill
2017	Tomato Red	Sammy
2017	Smartass	Mickey
2019	Finding Steve McQueen	Tommy Barber
2019	It Chapter Two	John “Webby” Garton
2021	The Ultimate Playlist of Noice	Benje
2021	The Birthday Cake	Agent Pete
2022	How to Blow Up a Pipeline	Dwayne
2022	Measure of Revenge	Curtis
2024	Trigger Warning	Elvis

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Shane Madden	Episode: “Head”
2004	Listen Up	Slacker Kid	Episode: “Grandmaster of the Wolfhunt”
2005	As the World Turns	Luke Snyder	58 episodes
	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Tim Stenton	Episode: “In the Wee Small Hours”
	Testing Bob	Harris	Made-for-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	Made-for-television movie
2011	Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred		Made-for-television movie
2012	Fred 3: Camp Fred		Made-for-television movie
2012	Fred: The Show		Main cast (17 episodes)
2013	Escape from Polygamy	Micah	Made-for-television movie
2014	Chicago Fire	Vince Keeler	Episodes: “Keep Your Mouth Shut”, “Virgin Skin”, “Tonight’s the Night”
2014	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	Made-for-television movie
2016–2022	Animal Kingdom	Deran Cody	Main cast (75 episodes)

Jake Weary and Vera Bulder

Weary was born in Trenton, New Jersey, to the Daytime Emmy Award-winning actress Kim Zimmer and actor and director Allen Cudney “A.C.” Weary. He married his longtime girlfriend Vera Bulder in October 2019. The couple has one child together.

Vera Bulder is a New York-based actor, producer, and writer originally from Amsterdam. Born into a theater family Vera started her career at the International Theater Amsterdam (ITA) where she performed in two plays before attending an acting conservatory in Rotterdam. She later appeared in short films by Emma Westenberg, which marked the beginning of a long collaboration. This partnership led to “Bleeding Love” a feature film co-authored and produced by Vera and Killer Films.

In 2020 Vera founded Deux Dames Entertainment with Clara McGregor an independent film and TV production company. The company specializes in developing narratives that empower and celebrate the diversity of the female experience.