Brett Davern

Brett Davern
Born (1983-03-16) March 16, 1983
Edmonds, Washington, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Years active 2006–present
Website http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2044985

Brett Davern is an American actor best known for his role as Jake Rosati on Awkward.

Early life

Brett Davern was born and raised in Edmonds, Washington. His love of theatre and acting started at Madrona elementary school in Edmonds. He then attended Edmonds-Woodway High School. During his Sophomore through Senior summers he would travel to Stagedoor Manor Theatrical Training Center in upstate New York. After graduating high school in 2001 [1] Davern enrolled at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City.

Career

While living and auditioning in New York City Davern landed the lead role as William in Beautiful Ohio, his first feature film, starring alongside William Hurt, Rita Wilson, and Julianna Margulies. After subsequently moving to Los Angeles he guest starred on CSI: Miami, Medium, NCIS, In Plain Sight and Cold Case, among other shows. Since 2011, he played Jake Rosati on Awkward; the series won a People's Choice Award for favorite cable comedy in 2013.

Davern has appeared in such films as The Pool Boys, Love and Mercy, Stanford Prison Experiment, and Born to Race: Fast Track.

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Other Note
2008 CSI: Miami Justin Marsh TV Series (Guest Role)
2009 In Plain Sight Eric TV Series (Guest Role)
20092010 Cold Case Finn Cooper TV Series (Recurring Role)
2010 The Deep End Charlie Holloway TV Series (Guest Role)
2010 Medium Ryan Graff TV Series (Guest Role)
20112016 Awkward Jake Rosati TV Series (Main Role)
2012 NCIS Kris Taylor TV Series (Guest Role)
2012 The Finder Cooper Allison TV Series (Guest Role)
2016 Shameless Larry TV Series(Guest Role)
2016 Burger King Guy 1 TV Commercial(Main Role)

Film

Year Title Role Other Note
2006 Beautiful Ohio William Movie (Lead) (Movie Debut)
2008 Player 5150 Mike Movie (Supporting)
2010 The Pool Boys Alex Sperling Movie (Lead)
2010 Case 219 Leonard Gray Movie (Supporting)
2010 Triple Dog Whisper Movie (Supporting)
2011 Junk Billy Movie (Supporting)
2013 Movie 43 Bobby Lee Mayflower Movie (Supporting)
2014 Born to race: Fast track Danny Krueger Movie (Lead)
2014 Love and Mercy Carl Wilson Movie (Supporting)
2015 The Stanford Prison Experiment Hubbie Whitlow Movie (Supporting)
2015 The Culling Sean Movie (Lead)

Personal life

In 2013 Davern competed in the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race at the Grand Prix of Long Beach. The race raised funds for Racing for Kids, an organization helping multiple children's hospitals in southern California. After qualifying in 5th position he managed to finish the race in 2nd place. In 2014 he competed again and won after qualifying on the pole with the fastest time.

Other charitable endeavours include the Wounded Warrior Project, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Stars for Smiles, and Ronald McDonald House.[2]

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