Jake Thomas

Jake Thomas is forever tied, for my generation, to Matt McGuire on Lizzie McGuire, the role of the pesky little brother done just right. But I think the more serious credit belongs to his turn in A.I. Artificial Intelligence, which earned him a Young Artist Award and showed real range beyond sitcom comedy. Child actors often vanish, so I find it telling that he kept working into Cory in the House and later moved toward directing. That pivot behind the camera suggests someone who actually loves the craft of storytelling, not just the spotlight. The Tennessee roots and steady evolution make him easy to root for.

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Name (English)

Jake Thomas

Name (Japanese)

ジェイク・トーマス

Reading

じぇいく・とーます

Born

January 30, 1990 (age 36)

Origin

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor / singer / photographer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Horse

High school

Farragut High School

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.jakethomas.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/sirjakethomas/
• Xhttps://x.com/sirjakethomas
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake%20Thomas
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380180

Tags

• Tennessee
• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.