Jake Muxworthy (born September 10, 1978) is an American movie and TV actor. Jake's first appearances in big roles were in the early 2000s, after doing many
cameo role
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s previously. He mostly appears on ''
horror'' and ''
thriller'' genres. He also appears on short films such as
Michelle Branch
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's video '
Everywhere'. He received his first role as a paramedic in ''
Cradle 2 the Grave
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Plot
Anthony Fait and his crew of thieves attempt to steal diamon ...
''. Almost immediately it was followed by a part as 'Tim' in the comedy ''
I Heart Huckabees
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A self-described "existential c ...
''.
Life and career
Jake was born on September 10, 1978, in
Twisp, Washington
Twisp is a town in Okanogan County in north central Washington, which sits at the confluence of the Twisp and Methow rivers. The population was 938 at the time of the 2000 census and decreased to 919 at the time of the 2010 census.
History
On ...
. Jake has accepted his first lead, as 'John,' the comparatively less twisted of a psychopathic serial killer's two sons, in
Morgan J. Freeman's film ''
Born Killers (2005)''. In the 2007 film ''Borderland'' he plays Henry, one of a group of three college students who discovers a human sacrifice cult in a Mexican border town. He extended his record of disturbing and dark material by landing a lead role as Holt alongside Sarah Roemer in the horror film ''Asylum'' (2008).Holt is one of several students, who must try to free the possessed campus. He is the
protagonist in the 2009 film ''Shadow'', where he plays 'David,' who returns from traumatic military service in Iraq only to discover a much more horrifying lost Nazi experiment camp in the Alps.
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Filmography
Movie
Television
Short films
References
1978 births
People from Okanogan County, Washington
Living people
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