Jake T. Weber (born 12 March 1963) is an English actor. He is known in film for his role as Michael in ''
Dawn of the Dead'' and for his role as Drew in ''
Meet Joe Black
''Meet Joe Black'' is a 1998 American romantic fantasy drama film directed and produced by Martin Brest, starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, and Claire Forlani. Celebrating his 65th birthday, businessman and devoted family man Bill Parrish is ...
''. On television, he is best known for playing Joe DuBois, the sleep-deprived husband of psychic
Allison DuBois
Allison DuBois (born January 24, 1972) is an American author and medium. DuBois has used her claimed psychic abilities to assist U.S. law enforcement officials in solving crimes, forming the basis of the TV series ''Medium''.
Her powers as a med ...
, in the popular drama series ''
Medium
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* ''The Medium'' (1921 film), a German silent film
* ''The Medium'' (1951 film), a film vers ...
''.
In 2001 and 2002, Weber was a series regular in HBO's ''
The Mind of the Married Man
''The Mind of the Married Man'' is a television series that ran on HBO for two seasons consisting of twenty episodes between September 2001 and November 2002. The story focused on the challenges of modern-day married life from a male perspective.
...
'' and made guest appearances on ''
Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' and ''
NYPD Blue
''NYPD Blue'' is an American police procedural television series set in New York City, exploring the struggles of the fictional 15th Precinct detective squad in Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwines several plots involving an ensemble ca ...
''. After a recurring role on Fox's ''
The Following
''The Following'' is an American crime thriller television series created by Kevin Williamson (screenwriter), Kevin Williamson, and jointly produced by Outerbanks Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television.
The The Following (season 1), first s ...
'', Weber has had series regular roles on ''
Hell on Wheels
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'', ''
NCIS: Hawaii'', and ''
Homeland
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''.
Early life
Weber was born in
London
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, England, to Susan Ann Caroline (née Coriat), a
British
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* British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture ...
socialite, and husband Thomas Evelyn "Tommy" Weber (originally Thomas Ejnar Arkner), a racing driver who also came from a wealthy family. His father was born in
Denmark
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, of
Danish and
English
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descent.
Weber's maternal grandfather, Robert Coriat, who was born in
Mogador
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The foundation of the city of Essao ...
,
Morocco
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, was of
Sephardic Jewish
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(
Moroccan-Jewish) descent. Weber's maternal grandmother, Priscilla Weigall, was
English
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, from an upper-class family. Priscilla's father was
Sir William Ernest George Archibald Weigall, 1st Baronet, while Priscilla's maternal grandfather was
Sir John Blundell Maple, 1st Baronet
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Biography
His father, John Maple (28 February 1815 – 4 March 1900), had a small furniture sho ...
. Weber has one sibling, a brother Charley.
[
Weber's mother, Susan, was diagnosed with depression and ]LSD
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-induced schizophrenia
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, and died at age 27 of a drug overdose when Weber was eight years old. His father, who sold various illegal drugs and utilized both his sons in trafficking
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, sold drugs to numerous international destinations and struggled with substance addiction until his death in 2006 at age 67.
In 1971, Weber's father took him and his brother to stay for a period at Villa Nellcôte
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, where the Rolling Stones
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were recording '' Exile on Main St.'' In a 2010 article for ''The Times
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'', Weber recalled that his "father used him as a drug mule to bring cocaine out for Mick
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Because of its popularity in Ireland, it is often used in the English-speaking world as an ethnic slur for Irish people. In Australia, the meaning also broadened to incl ...
and Bianca Jagger
Bianca Jagger (born Blanca Pérez-Mora Macías; 2 May 1945) 's wedding."
Weber attended Summerhill School
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, Leiston
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, Suffolk
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. Later, he went to the United States
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to study at Middlebury College
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in Vermont, where he sang a cappella
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with the Dissipated Eight and majored in English literature and political science, graduating with a B.A.
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''cum laude
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'' in 1986. He attended The Juilliard School
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's Drama Division as a member of ''Group 19'' (1986–1990), which also included Laura Linney
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and Jeanne Tripplehorn
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. He also studied at Russia
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's famed Moscow Art Theatre
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.
At the 2010 Cannes film festival
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Held in Cannes, France, it previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around ...
, as part of the Directors' Fortnight at the launching of the rock 'n roll documentary, '' Stones in Exile'', singer Mick Jagger
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spoke to the crowd about the months of drug-fuelled recording sessions that produced the Stones' classic 1972 album ''Exile on Main Street
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''. Jagger joked about the rarely seen original footage that reveals eight-year-old Weber rolling marijuana joints for them. Weber has reportedly stated that his drug-dealing father brought him to Keith Richards
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's rented French villa, Nellcôte
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, in the seaside town of Villefranche-sur-Mer
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near Nice
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s in A-list
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The A-list is part of a larger guide called ''The Hot List'', which ranks the bankability of 1,400 movie actors worldwide, and has become an industry ...
films, beginning with that of Kyra Sedgwick
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's character's unnamed boyfriend in the ''Oliver Stone
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''-directed period saga ''Born on the Fourth of July
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'' (1989) and continuing with work for such directors as Sidney Lumet
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(''A Stranger Among Us
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'', 1992), Alan J. Pakula
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(''The Pelican Brief
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'', 1993) and Martin Brest (''Meet Joe Black
''Meet Joe Black'' is a 1998 American romantic fantasy drama film directed and produced by Martin Brest, starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, and Claire Forlani. Celebrating his 65th birthday, businessman and devoted family man Bill Parrish is ...
'', 1998).
He scored one of his premier leads as Dr. Matt Crower, a kindly physician who takes charge of a young boy and protects him from a possessed
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** Spirit possession, whereby gods, demons, animas, or other disincarnate entities may temporarily take control of a human body
*** ...
sheriff in actor-turned-producer Shaun Cassidy
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's short-lived, but well received, supernatural
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drama series ''American Gothic
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'' (1995) on CBS
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. That programme did not last long; and neither did the Mike Binder sitcom
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''The Mind of the Married Man
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...
'' (2001), in which Weber played one of the leads, Chicago
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newspaper employee Jake Berman.
After his prominent role in the 2004 remake of horror film ''Dawn of the Dead'', Weber played Joe Dubois on ''Medium
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Aircraft
*Medium bomber, a class of warplane
* Tecma Medium, a French hang glider design Arts, entertainment, and media Films
* ''The Medium'' (1921 film), a German silent film
* ''The Medium'' (1951 film), a film vers ...
'', the sleep-deprived husband of Allison Dubois (Patricia Arquette
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), a psychic
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intermediary who has visions that help her prevent or solve crimes. In 2016, Weber played a recurring guest-star role as the psychotherapist husband of Detective Andrea Cornell (played by series lead Juliette Lewis
Juliette Lake Lewis (born June 21, 1973) is an American actress, singer and musician. She is known for her portrayals of offbeat characters, often in films with dark plots, themes and settings. Lewis gained prominence in American cinema during t ...
) on the second season of the ABC
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murder mystery, '' Secrets and Lies''. The series was picked up for a full second season by ABC after a successful limited run last spring as a midseason replacement. Weber had a recurring part on the Fox series, ''The Following
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The The Following (season 1), first s ...
'', and improvised on the Netflix series '' Easy''. Weber also appeared in seasons 6 and 7 of the Showtime series ''Homeland
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''.
Weber was cast in the 2021 film ''Those Who Wish Me Dead
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''. He has performed on Broadway and off-Broadway
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as well.
Personal life
Weber was married to Diane Oreiro from 1995 to 1997.
In 2017, Weber married his longtime girlfriend, Korri Culbertson. Weber has a son, Waylon, from a previous relationship.
Filmography
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Television
References
External links
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1963 births
English expatriate male actors in the United States
English male film actors
English male stage actors
English male television actors
Juilliard School alumni
Living people
Middlebury College alumni
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English people of Danish descent
English people of Jewish descent
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20th-century English male actors
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