John Hoogenakker

In 2021 acclaimed actor John Hoogenakker can be seen starring in Hulus limited series Dopesick opposite Michael Keaton Peter Sarsgaard Kaitlyn Dever and Rosario Dawson Inspired by the New York Times bestselling book by Beth Macy Dopesick takes viewers to the epicenter of Americas struggle with opioid addiction from the boardrooms of Purdue Pharma to a distressed Virginia mining community and to the hallways of the DEA Hoogenakker shines as Randy Ramseyer an assistant US Attorney prosecuting the infamous and ongoing Purdue Pharma case Dopesick is slated to premiere in October 2021 In addition to Dopesick Hoogenakker most recently recurred on the Hulu mystery series Castle Rock as Carl Wilkes opposite Lizzy Caplan He is perhaps best known however for his role as blackops CIA operator Matice in the hit Amazon series Tom Clancys Jack Ryan opposite John Krasinski and Wendell Pierce Additional credits include A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas Public Enemies opposite Marion Cotillard and Christian Bale USAs Colony STARZs The Girlfriend Experience and Foxs Empire to name a few Born and raised in Charlotte North Carolina Hoogenakker became an actor at an early age As a twotime state and district high school debate champion in Humorous Interpretation Hoogenakker went on to attend The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago He found his calling on stage appearing in many of the citys illustrious houses including The Goodman Writers Theatre Court Theatre Chicago Shakespeare Theater and the renowned Steppenwolf Garage His varied stage work ranges from Chris Smith in Tracy Letts Killer Joe to the role of Hamlet at The Illinois Shakespeare Festival At the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York he received excellent reviews as the tragic alcoholaddled Willie Oban in the acclaimed remounting of The Iceman Cometh alongside Nathan Lane and Brian Dennehy One of his first oncamera credits came in the 2006 feature Flags of Our Fathers under the esteemed direction of Clint Eastwood While Hoogenakker holds an illustrious resume in film and TV he has also appeared in millions of homes across the country on the commercial front From PepsiNASCAR BaskinRobbins Avocados of Mexico Hyundai to voicing campaigns for McDonalds BMO Harris Nintendo Tyson and Sears and even working with Robert De Niro for Santander Hoogenakker has had a lucrative career commercially His work as the Bud Light King helped introduce the nonsensical phrase Dilly Dilly into the cultural lexicon and he has been seen most recently with his sidekick Walter the cat for Chevy When Hoogenakker is not on sets around the world he enjoys spending time with his family and being outside as much as possible