Drew Van Acker (born April 2, 1986) is an American actor, model and producer. He is known for playing Jason DiLaurentis, the older brother of

Alison DiLaurentis Alison Lauren DiLaurentis is a fictional character in the ''Pretty Little Liars'' book series, its television adaptation, and the spin-off series '' Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists''. The character was created by American author Sara Sh ...

(

Sasha Pieterse Sasha Pieterse Sheaffer (; born February 17, 1996) is a South African and American actress and singer. She is known for portraying Alison DiLaurentis in the Freeform (TV channel), Freeform series ''Pretty Little Liars'' (2010–2017), and its sp ...

), on Freeform's ''

Pretty Little Liars ''Pretty Little Liars'' is an American Mystery fiction, mystery teen drama television series created by I. Marlene King, which aired on Freeform (TV channel), Freeform from June 8, 2010 to June 27, 2017, based on the novel series Pretty Little L ...

'' (2010–2017) and Ian Archer in

Cartoon Network Cartoon Network (CN) is an American cable television television channel, channel and the flagship property of the Cartoon Network, Inc., a sub-division of the Warner Bros. Discovery Networks division of Warner Bros. Discovery. It launched on ...

's '' Tower Prep'' (2010). He has also starred as Remi Delatour on Lifetime's '' Devious Maids'' (2013–2015), and as Detective Tommy Campbell on the 2017 CBS police drama '' Training Day''. Drew also gained a lot of attention for playing the male love interest in Addison Rae's music video for Diet Pepsi (song).

Early life

Van Acker was born in

Philadelphia Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

, but lived in Medford, New Jersey his entire life. Van Acker is of Belgian descent. He attended Shawnee High School, where he began acting in their high school drama classes, where he also played on his school's soccer and lacrosse teams. His soccer abilities led him to receive a scholarship to Towson University in

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

. While attending Towson, Van Acker took a number of theater courses in order to refocus on acting. He then made the decision to move to

New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...

, followed by a move to

Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...

Career

Van Acker's acting credits include ''

Castle A castle is a type of fortification, fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by Military order (monastic society), military orders. Scholars usually consider a ''castle'' to be the private ...

'' and

ABC Family American cable television, cable and satellite television network Freeform (TV channel), Freeform was originally launched as the CBN Satellite Service on April 29, 1977, and has gone through four different owners and six different name changes dur ...

's '' Greek'', as well co-starring in the TheWB.com series ''The Lake''. In 2010, Van Acker starred in the short-lived

live-action series '' Tower Prep''. In June 2011, it was announced he had joined the cast of ''

'' as Jason DiLaurentis for the second season. Van Acker next appeared on Lifetime's '' Devious Maids'' as Remi Delatour. In 2017, he joined the CBS police drama '' Training Day'' as Detective Tommy Campbell. In 2019, Van Acker appeared as Garth/Aqualad in the

DC Universe The DC Universe (DCU) is the shared universe in which most stories in American comic book titles published by DC Comics take place. In context, the term "DC Universe" usually refers to the main DC Continuity (fiction), continuity. It contains v ...

series ''

Titans In Greek mythology, the Titans ( ; ) were the pre-Twelve Olympians, Olympian gods. According to the ''Theogony'' of Hesiod, they were the twelve children of the primordial parents Uranus (mythology), Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Earth). The six male ...

''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Web

Music videos

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Van Acker, Drew 1986 births 21st-century American male actors Male actors from New Jersey Male actors from Philadelphia American male film actors American male television actors Living people People from Medford, New Jersey Shawnee High School (New Jersey) alumni Towson Tigers men's soccer players American people of Belgian descent Actors from Burlington County, New Jersey