Jacob Artist

Jacob Artist (born October 17, 1992) is an American actor, singer, and dancer. He is best known for his roles as Jake Puckerman on the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee and as Brandon Fletcher on the ABC drama-thriller series Quantico.

Early life Artist was born in Buffalo, New York to Darrell and Judith Artist, and grew up in Williamsville, New York. His father is African American, while his mother is of Polish descent. He has a younger sister named Jenna. He took lessons through the Community Music School in Buffalo, New York. and was accepted into the Juilliard School for dance. However, he declined Juilliard's offer to pursue an acting career.

Career After high school graduation, Artist moved to Los Angeles, where he appeared in an episode of Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures and in the television film Blue Lagoon: The Awakening. At the series' conclusion in 2015, he had featured in 36 episodes.

In 2015, Artist joined the ABC drama-thriller series Quantico, playing the role of Brandon Fletcher, an FBI recruit at the training academy in Quantico, Virginia. He then starred alongside John Cusack and Ellar Coltrane in the thriller film Blood Money. Artist has a recurring role in the second season of The Arrangement as Wes Blaker.

In 2019, Artist appeared in a recurring role as Isaac in the Starz surreal comedy series Now Apocalypse from pioneering New Queer Cinema filmmaker Gregg Araki. This was the third collaboration between Artist and Araki following his 2014 appearance in Araki's White Bird in a Blizzard as well as the 2015 short film Here Now. He then starred alongside former Quantico co-star Johanna Braddy in the 2020 coming-of-age comedy The Get Together.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2013 A Man Walks into a Bar Barman Short film 2013 After the Dark Parker 2014 White Bird in a Blizzard Oliver 2015 Here Now Cowboy Short film 2017 Blood Money Jeff 2018 Haunting on Fraternity Row Jason 2020 The Get Together Damien 2026 Kill Code Kyron Post-production

Television Year Title Role Notes 2011 Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures Jimmy Episode: "Epic Babysitters" 2012 How to Rock Dean Hollis 2 episodes 2012 Blue Lagoon: The Awakening Stephen Sullivan Television film 2012 Melissa and Joey Cameron Episode: "Wherefore Art Thou Lennox" 2012–15 Glee Jake Puckerman Recurring role (season 4); main role (season 5); Guest star (season 6) 37 episodes 2015–16 Quantico Brandon Fletcher Recurring role (season 1); 14 episodes 2016 American Horror Story: Roanoke Todd Connors Episode: "Chapter 9" 2018 The Arrangement Wes Blaker Season 2 (recurring) 2019 Now Apocalypse Isaac Recurring role, 4 episodes