Jake McLaughlin

Jacob Adam McLaughlin born October 7 1982 is an American actor and former soldier and veteran Hes known for his roles as Michael Ormewood on the series Will Trent Ryan Booth on Quantico and William Tate on Believe After leaving the military McLaughlin worked on a crab boat in Oregon and as a security guard at Universal Studios He was living in Chico California doing concrete work and had only 200 in his checking account when he heard about the casting session for Paul Haggiss In the Valley of Elah Being a former dismount infantry SAW gunner in Iraq in real life he read for the role after hearing that Haggis was auditioning actual vets for several parts He then starred as Specialist Gordon Bonner in the 2007 film In the Valley of Elah  based on actual events involving American soldiers who served in the Iraq War After the success of his first movie McLaughlin made cameo appearances in movies such as The Day the Earth Stood Still and Cloverfield He appeared in episodes of The Unit and CSI Crime Scene Investigation He got his first major role on TV in 2009 when he was cast in the television remake of the Oscarwinning film Crash In the following years he made many appearances on television In 2011 he was cast in Warrior which was followed by a supporting role in Safe House In February 2013 McLaughlin was cast as the male lead in Believe a television pilot by Alfonso Cuarón which was picked to series in May 2013 The show premiered on NBC in March 2014 In March 2015 he was cast in the television pilot Quantico which was picked to series in May