Jake Picking
Jake Picking
Jake Picking (born 1990 or 1991) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Rock Hudson in the Netflix series Hollywood) (2020), created by Ryan Murphy). He is also known for playing the role of Sean Collier in Patriots Day) (2016), and appearing in Top Gun: Maverick (2022). In 2022, he starred as young Gerald Ford in the Showtime) series The First Lady).
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Jake Picking was born in Erlangen, Germany, where his father, a United States Army soldier and West Point graduate, was stationed. He grew up in Wellesley, Massachusetts. At New York University, Picking was a winger on the New York ice hockey team. He dropped out of business school after a year because he was more interested in acting and student film projects. As an ice hockey player, Picking appeared in an NHL commercial before his acting career.
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Picking's high school math teacher encouraged him to try out acting, and he took lessons with Carolyn Pickman, a casting agent who also represented Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.
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