Jake Borelli (born May 13, 1991) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Wolfgang on the

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'' (2015–2018) and Dr.

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on the

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'' (2017–present).

Early life

Borelli was born in

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, to Linda Borelli and Mike Borelli. He has two older brothers, Ben and Zack. He enjoys painting, art and considered attending art school when he won a national art competition during his senior year of high school. In 2009, he graduated from

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and was accepted to

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and

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but decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue acting. Whilst in Columbus, Borelli also performed in more than a dozen shows with the Columbus Children's Theatre which included roles in ''Cheaper by the Dozen; The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe; Wiley and the Hairy Man'', and ''Holes''.

Personal life

Jake Borelli publicly came out as gay on his personal

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in November 2018, moments after the airing of the sixth episode of ''

''s fifteenth season, in which his character, Dr. Levi Schmitt, also came out.

Career

Upon moving to Los Angeles, Borelli quickly landed supporting roles in television shows such as ''

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'', '' Parenthood'', '' NCIS: Los Angeles'', ''

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''. He has also appeared in several short films. In 2017, he landed a role in the

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comedy drama film '' Reality High''. That same year it was announced that Borelli would be playing intern Dr. Levi Schmitt on ''

''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Borelli, Jake 1991 births Living people People from Columbus, Ohio American male television actors American male film actors American people of Italian descent American gay actors LGBT people from Ohio