"Jake Johnson"

Jake Johnson (born May 28, 1978), also billed as Jake M. Johnson, is an American actor and comedian, most known for playing Nick Miller in the Fox comedy series New Girl opposite Zooey Deschanel, for which he has received a Teen Choice Award nomination among others. Johnson also co-starred in the 2009 film Paper Heart and the 2012 film Safety Not Guaranteed, as well as appearing in Get Him to the Greek and 21 Jump Street. His first starring role in a feature film was Drinking Buddies, co-starring Olivia Wilde.

Johnson was born in Evanston, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago. His father owned a car dealership. His parents divorced when he was two, and he was raised by his single mother, an artist who made stained glass windows.
He grew up a fan of the Second City improv troupe, which showed off the talents of actors such as John Belushi, Tina Fey and Chris Farley. He graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka and started his post-secondary education at the University of Iowa. While in Iowa City, he wrote a play, which wound up earning him admission to the Dramatic Writing Department at NYU's prestigious Tisch School of the Arts, followed by the 2002 John Golden Playwriting Prize and the Sloan Fellowship for Screenwriting. The New York off-Broadway group, The Ensemble Studio Theater, produced his play Cousins.
While in New York, Johnson started the sketch comedy troupe The Midwesterners, modeling their material and style after HBO's sketch comedy Mr. Show with Bob and David. After moving to Los Angeles, Johnson supported himself as a waiter and a production assistant, also scoring a series of bit feature and guest TV roles. In 2007, he landed a more regular gig with the TBS mini-show Derek and Simon: The Show, produced by Bob Odenkirk.
In 2009, he appeared in the mockumentary Paper Heart. In 2010, Johnson was cast in a small role in the Russell Brand comedy, Get Him to the Greek. He played Uma Thurman's character's brother in the romantic comedy Ceremony, and as a buddy of Ashton Kutcher's character in No Strings Attached. In 2011, he played Jesus in A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas. In 2012, he appeared in the film version of 21 Jump Street, which starred Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum. Johnson made an appearance at the 2012 Sundance Festival as one of the leads in Safety Not Guaranteed.
Since 2011, Johnson has been starring as Nick Miller alongside Zooey Deschanel on New Girl. In 2013, he appeared in the music video for "Rouse Yourself", a song by indie-soul band JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound alongside his Safety Not Guaranteed co-star Aubrey Plaza.

The web series Drunk History, which led to the 2013 TV series Drunk History, was inspired by a 2007 conversation that Johnson had with series creator Derek Waters. Johnson, while drunk, was trying to describe the story of Otis Redding's death to Waters, and Waters was inspired to build a series around history narrated by drunk people. Johnson later appeared in the first episode of the web series (as Aaron Burr), as well as episode 8 of the TV series' first season (as William B. Travis).

Johnson lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Erin Payne, an artist. He is a member of both the Sunday Men's Basketball League and the Interstate 5 Tennis Association.

Partial filmography

Redbelt (2008) as Guayabera Shirt Man
Paper Heart (2009) as Nicholas Jasenovec
Ceremony (2010) as Teddy
Get Him to the Greek (2010) as Pinnacle Employee
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011) as Jesus Christ
No Strings Attached (2011) as Eli
21 Jump Street (2012) as Principal Dadier
Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) as Jeff Schwensen
Drinking Buddies (2013) as Luke
The Pretty One (2013) as Basel
Coffee Town (2013) as Will's Roommate
Let's Be Cops (2014)
Neighbors (2014)
Jurassic World (2015) as Lowery

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Derek and Simon: The Show	Jake	6 Episodes
2007	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Man on Cell Phone	Episode 6.7: "The N Word"
2007	The Unit	Martin	Episode 3.6: "MPs"
2009	Lie to Me	Howard Crease	Episode 1.4: "Love Always"
2010	FlashForward	Powell	Episode 1.21: "Countdown"
2011–present	New Girl	Nick Miller	Main role
2011	Allen Gregory	Joel Zadak	6 Episodes
2012	NTSF:SD:SUV::	Jorgen	Episode 2.2: "The Real Bicycle Thief"
2013–present	High School USA!	Mr. Structor

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result
2012	Gotham Independent Film Award	Best Ensemble Performance	Safety Not Guaranteed	Nominated
2013	Critics' Choice Television Award	Best Actor in a Comedy Series	New Girl	Nominated
	TCA Award	Individual Achievement in Comedy		Nominated
	Teen Choice Award	Choice Television Best Actor Comedy		Nominated
2014	Satellite Award	Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy		Pending

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/