Happiest Season

JAKE MCDORMAN (Connor) can currently be seen on National Geographic’s series “The Right Stuff” from Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way portraying Alan Shepard, the first American to travel into space. The show is airing now on Disney Plus. He will soon begin production on HULU’s new series “Dopesick” with Michael Keaton.

Jake also recurs on FX’s “What We Do In The Shadows” and was seen as Nelson Gardner (aka the famous Captain Metropolis) on the highly acclaimed episode of HBO’s “Watchmen” entitled “This Extraordinary Being; the singular episode received a GLAAD nomination this year.” He also starred on the recent revival of “Murphy Brown” on CBS as Murphy’s millennial adult journalist son Avery opposite Candice Bergen.

Jake played Mr. Bruno in the five-time Academy Award nominated film Lady Bird and was the lead on CBS’ “Limitless” based on the film of the same name. He also portrayed Ryan “Biggles” Job in Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper with Bradley Cooper. Previous television roles also include ABC’s “Manhattan Love Story,” Showtime’s “Shameless”, HBO’s “Newsroom” and “Are You There, Chelsea?” with Chelsea Handler. He additionally had supporting roles in the films Live Free or Die Hard with Bruce Willis and Ideal Home with Steve Coogan.

Jake hails from Dallas, Texas, where he studied acting at the Dallas Young Actors Studio. He currently lives in Los Angeles.