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Jameson Griffin "Jake" Lacy (born February 14, 1986) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of Pete "Plop" Miller on the ninth and final season of The Office, as Fran Parker in the fourth and fifth seasons of HBO's Girls, and Shane Patton on the HBO series The White Lotus, the latter of which earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. Other television roles include those in the ABC sitcom Better with You and the Showtime series I'm Dying Up Here. In addition, he played Robert Berchtold in the Peacock miniseries A Friend of the Family.
In film, he has starred in Obvious Child (2014), Carol (2015), Love The Coopers (2015), How to Be Single (2016), Christmas Inheritance (2017), Rampage (2018), Being the Ricardos (2021), and The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023).
In 2008, Lacy graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) in Winston-Salem. After graduation, he worked in New York state as a gym receptionist, a Barback at a club, and a waiter while taking auditions, until he was cast as Casey in Better with You.
From 2010 to 2011, Lacy starred as Casey in the ABC sitcom Better with You. He starred as Pete Miller, or "Plop", in the ninth and last season of The Office. His next role was in the independent sports comedy Balls Out, as Caleb Fuller, who leads an intramural football team. In 2014, he starred in the comedy-drama film Obvious Child opposite Jenny Slate. He also appeared in the HBO comedy Girls as Fran, a love interest of Lena Dunham's protagonist Hannah. Lacy starred opposite Rooney Mara in Carol (2015), as Richard, her character's boyfriend.
In 2016, Lacy appeared in the WWII-set dramedy Their Finest, directed by Lone Scherfig, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, and Miss Sloane, a political thriller directed by John Madden, which premiered at the AFI Fest. In 2017, Lacy co-starred in I'm Dying Up Here, a comedy series on Showtime. In 2019, he appeared as a love interest of Gwen Verdon, played by Michelle Williams, in Fosse/Verdon, on FX.
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| + ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes | ||
| 2014 | Obvious Child | Max | Film debut |
| Balls Out | Caleb Fuller | ||
| 2015 | Carol | Richard Semco | |
| Love the Coopers | Joe | ||
| 2016 | How to Be Single | Ken | |
| Their Finest | Carl Lundbeck / Brannigan | ||
| Miss Sloane | Forde | ||
| 2017 | Christmas Inheritance | Jake Collins | |
| 2018 | Rampage | Brett Wyden | |
| Diane | Brian | ||
| Johnny English Strikes Again | Jason Volta | ||
| 2019 | Ode to Joy | Cooper | |
| Otherhood | Paul Halston-Myers | ||
| 2021 | Being the Ricardos | Bob Carroll | |
| 2022 | Significant Other | Harry | |
| 2023 | The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial | Lt. Stephen Maryk | |
| 2025 | Late Fame | ||
| 2026 | A Mosquito in the Ear | Andrew | Also executive producer |
| + ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes | ||
| 2008 | Guiding Light | Chip | Episode 15546 |
| 2010–2011 | Better with You | Casey Marion Davenport | 22 episodes |
| 2012 | Royal Pains | Floyd | Episode: "My Back to the Future" |
| 2012–2013 | Pete Miller | Starring role (Season 9); 21 episodes | |
| 2014 | Scott | Episode: "Surprise" | |
| 2015–2016 | Billy & Billie | Keith | 8 episodes |
| Girls | Fran Parker | 12 episodes | |
| 2016 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Miscellaneous Commercial Character | Episode: "Encryption" |
| 2017–2018 | I'm Dying Up Here | Nick Beverly | 16 episodes |
| 2019 | Fosse/Verdon | Ron | 5 episodes |
| Ramy | Kyle | Episode: "Refugees" | |
| 2020 | High Fidelity | Clyde | Main role |
| Mrs. America | Stanley Pottinger | 2 episodes | |
| 2021 | The White Lotus | Shane Patton | Main role (season 1) |
| 2022 | A Friend of the Family | Robert Berchtold | Main Role |
| 2024 | Apples Never Fall | Troy Delaney | |
| 2025 | All Her Fault | Peter Irvine |
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