Jake Johnson | New Girl

Mark Jake Johnson Weinberger was born on May 28, 1978, in Evanston, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago. His mother is Eve Johnson, a stained-glass designer, and his father is Ken Weinberger, a car dealership owner. Johnson went to New Trier High School in Winnetka before enrolling at the University of Iowa to get his degree for his post-secondary studies. He wrote a play while in Iowa City, which led to his acceptance into NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts Dramatic Writing Department. Johnson founded the Midwesterners sketch comedy troupe in New York, basing their material and style on HBO’s Mr. Show with Bob and David.

Johnson is best known for his appearance as Nick Miller on the Fox sitcom New Girl, for which he received a Critics’ Choice Television Award nomination in 2018 for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. He also appeared in the ABC drama series Stumptown, where he played Greyson “Grey” McConnell.