Jacob Wysocki

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Jacob Wysocki
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Wysocki at WonderCon 2015
Born (1990-06-20) June 20, 1990 (age 35)
Lomita, California, U.S.[1]
Alma materEl Camino College
OccupationsActor, comedian
Years active2010–present

Jacob Wysocki (born June 20, 1990) is an American actor and comedian.

Life and career

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Wysocki is an only child.[2] He became interested in acting while still at Narbonne High School.[3] During these years, he also performed with ComedySportz and started to act in school plays.[1] After graduating high school in 2008, Wysocki got a degree in English from El Camino College and continued performing improv on the side, which was how he was discovered and cast as Dante Piznarski in the ABC Family drama series Huge.[4]

He took his first leading role in 2011 alongside John C. Reilly in the dramedy Terri,[5] which was shown at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.[6] In 2014, he starred in the horror movie Unfriended.[7] Since 2022, Wysocki has appeared in multiple productions on the streaming service Dropout.[8][9][10]

Wysocki is also a member of the improv group Yeti,[2] and he has appeared on various podcasts, including Rotating Heroes,[11] Improv 4 Humans, Get Played, Chillumanati, Artists on Artists on Artists on Artists, ManDogPod, Expo Exposé, Comedy Bang! Bang!, Best Friends, Hello From the Magic Tavern, and his own podcast I Don't Want To Talk About Fight Club Anymore.[12][13]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2009 Jack's Box Jacob Short film
2010 Sandland: Episode 1 - Summer's Kiss Lacksee Short film
2011 Terri Terri Thompson
Lend Me a Whale Jacob Short film
2012 Fat Kid Rules the World Troy
Pitch Perfect Justin
2013 Nsfw "Kayla" Short film
2014 Unfriended Ken Smith
2016 Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising Live Tinder Guy
Schlep Jacob
Good Crazy Jacob Short film
2018 An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn Lawrence Doggi
Please Stand By Male Nurse
Funny Story Tyler
2020 Sales Ready Alister[14] Short film
2023 Shadow Brother Sunday[15] Short film
2024 Tunnel Rave Nathan Short film
Breakup Season Gordon
Rats! Billy
2025 Trigger Happy[16]

Television

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Year Title Role(s) Notes
2010 Huge Dante Piznarski Main role; 10 episodes
2013 Glee Electra's D.P. Episode: "Naked"
Super Fun Night MC Episode: "Anything for Love"
2014 Interns Jacob Television mini-series; 13 episodes
2015 Residents Advisors Charles Recurring role; 3 episodes
Key & Peele Improv #2 Episode: "A Cappella Club"
2016 Comedy Bang! Bang! Son Episode: "Kevin Bacon Wears a Blue Button Down Shirt and Brown Boots"
2016–2018 Loosely Exactly Nicole Devin Recurring role (season 1); main role (season 2)
2017 I'm Dying Up Here Male Heckler Episode: "Pilot"
2019 Apocalypse Goals Diesel Episode: "TFW Your Ex Won't Let Go..."
2021 Superstore Frisco Episode: "Biscuit"

Web series

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Year Title Role(s) Notes
2016 Quality Sketch Episode: "Mid-Century Modern Family"
CollegeHumor Originals Brad / Hippie Guy Guest roles; 2 episodes
2017 The UCB Show Actor Episode: "Twenty GIFs of Gifts"
2022–2025 Make Some Noise Himself 6 episodes
2022–2025 Game Changer Himself 8 episodes
2024 Very Important People Zonton de la Doll; Hayes Steele "Marionette Conqui and Zonton de la Doll"; "Hayes Steele"
Dimension 20 — Never Stop Blowing Up Andy "Dang" Lightfoot / Greg Stocks Main role; 10 episodes[17]
2025 Adventuring Academy Himself Season 6, episode 3: "Normal People Worry Me (with Jacob Wysocki)"
2026 Dimension 20 — Gladlands Kokomo Main role; 6 episodes[18]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result
2011 Gotham Independent Film Awards Breakthrough Actor Terri Nominated
2024 North Idaho Film Festival Best Actor in a Feature Film Breakup Season Won

References

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