Jake Mark Johnson is an American actor who currently stars as Nick in the Fox comedy series New Girl opposite Zooey Deschanel. It premiered on September 20, 2011 amid positive critical reception. Johnson also starred in the 2009 film Paper Heart.
Johnson appeared in numerous television and film roles throughout 2006–2010, including such series as Curb Your Enthusiasm , Lie to me and FlashForward. In 2010, Steel Train featured Johnson in their "Turnpike Ghost" music video as the show host Al Scalzo. In 2011 he starred in the romantic-comedy film No Strings Attached alongside Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher. Johnson has also been mistaken as the guy on the Windows Samsung Flash commercial, who is actually Matt L. Jones. In 2011, he landed a starring role in the Fox comedy series New Girl, which was one of eight honorees in the "Most Exciting New Series" category at the Critics' Choice Television Awards, voted by journalists who had seen the pilots. The series premiered to a strong audience figure of 10.28 million and to generally a positive critical reception.
Johnson was born in Evanston, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago, Illinois and is of part-Irish descent. He attended the University of Iowa for two years before moving to New York for creative writing at Tisch School of the Arts and eventually Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.
Johnson enjoys basketball and tennis, being a member of both the Sunday Men's Basketball League and the Interstate 5 Tennis Association. He is also a fan of the Chicago Cubs baseball team as well as the Chicago Bears football team.
He is married to Erin Payne, an artist.
Filmography
Paper Heart (2009) as Nicholas Jasenovec
Get Him to the Greek (2010) as Pinnacle Employee
A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas (2011) as Jesus Christ
No Strings Attached (2011) as Eli
21 Jump Street (2012) as Principal Dadier
Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) as Jeff Schwensen
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