John Allen McDorman IV (born July 8, 1986) is an American actor. On television, he headlined the
CBS comedy-drama ''
Limitless'' (2015–2016) and was the male lead of the sitcoms ''
Are You There, Chelsea?'' (2012) and ''
Manhattan Love Story
''Manhattan Love Story'' is an American romantic comedy television series created by Jeff Lowell, who also served as an executive producer alongside Peter Traugott, Robin Schwartz, Rachel Kaplan, and Jon Liebman for ABC Studios. The series aire ...
'' (2014). He was also a series regular on the
ABC Family
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comedy-drama ''
Greek
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'' (2007–2011), the
fourth season of the
Showtime comedy-drama ''
Shameless'' (2014), the revival of the CBS sitcom ''
Murphy Brown
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'' (2018), and the
Disney+
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historical drama ''
The Right Stuff'' (2020) as
Alan Shepard
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.
Early life
McDorman was born in
Dallas, Texas
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, the son of Deborah Gale (
née
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Stallings) and John Allen McDorman III. He has a younger sister, Morgan, and an older half-sister, Amanda. McDorman studied acting at the Dallas Young Actors Studio and Nancy Chartier's Film and Acting Studio. He attended
Richardson High School, Westwood Junior High and Northwood Hills Elementary in
Texas
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.
Career
McDorman starred in the
Fox sitcom ''
Quintuplets'' from 2004 to 2005, and later guest-starred on ''
House
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'', ''
CSI: Miami
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'' and ''
Cold Case
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''. He made his film debut in the 2005 thriller ''
Echoes of Innocence'', and later has appeared in ''
Aquamarine'', ''
Bring It On: All or Nothing'' and ''
Live Free or Die Hard''. From 2007 to 2011, McDorman starred as Evan Chambers in the
ABC Family
The American cable and satellite television network that is now known as Freeform was originally launched as the CBN Satellite Service on April 29, 1977, and has gone through several different owners (and six different name changes) during its h ...
teen drama series ''
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
''. He also played the lead role in the 2011
Lifetime movie ''
The Craigslist Killer''.
In 2012, McDorman played the male lead role opposite
Laura Prepon
Laura Helene Prepon (born March 7, 1980) is an American actress. She rose to fame with her role as Donna Pinciotti in the Fox sitcom ''That '70s Show'' (1998–2006). She is also known for portraying Alex Vause in the Netflix comedy-drama ser ...
in the short-lived
NBC
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sitcom ''
Are You There, Chelsea?''. He later joined the cast of
Showtime comedy-drama, ''
Shameless'' as Mike Pratt. He starred in the film ''See You in Valhalla'' opposite
Sarah Hyland
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, and in 2014 co-starred in
Clint Eastwood
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's film ''
American Sniper
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''. Also in 2014, McDorman was cast in the male lead role opposite
Lio Tipton
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in the
ABC romantic comedy series, ''
Manhattan Love Story
''Manhattan Love Story'' is an American romantic comedy television series created by Jeff Lowell, who also served as an executive producer alongside Peter Traugott, Robin Schwartz, Rachel Kaplan, and Jon Liebman for ABC Studios. The series aire ...
''. In 2015, he starred in CBS's ''
Limitless'' as Brian Finch, a young man who uses a mysterious drug called "NZT" to enhance his intelligence to help the
FBI solve cases. The TV series continued the story of
the motion picture of the same name. The show was cancelled after one season.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1986 births
Living people
American male child actors
American male film actors
American male television actors
Male actors from Dallas
21st-century American male actors