Two Jakes with familiar-sounding names had impressive j/o shots on the celebrity penis subreddit. Yesterday I profiled the first Jake, McDornan, from Quints, Greek, What We Do in the Shadows, and Mrs. Davis. The second Jake, Silbermann, is not instantly familiar, but I know him from somewhere.
Researching him proves problematic: a comedian/ musician named Jake Silbermann is much more famous, and gets 99% of the internet search hits. I'll have to go with the IMDB biography for our Jake:
Born in New York City in 1983, and received a B.A. in Theater Arts from Syracuse University in 2004. After some commercials and guest spots, he landed his most significant role to date, Noah Meyer on 222 episodes of As the World Turns (2007-10).
Noah and Luke were praised as soap opera's first gay power couple, Nuke. But it doesn't seem like they were together very often, or for very long. I'll try to piece together their convoluted storyline.
1.Noah is a student at Oakdale University and intern at WOAK television, dating fellow intern Maddie. he thinks that Luke (Van Hansis) is after his girlfriend, until the dude reveals that he is gay.
2. Noah and Luke start dating on the downlow. Maddie finds out and dumps Noah.
3. Noah's Dad (Daniel Hugh Kelly) finds out and disowns him , tries to "cure" him, and finally tries to murder Luke. He ends up paralyzed, but eventually recovers.
4. Noah marries a young Iraqi woman so she won't be sent back to her country, but she falls in love with him and wants to make the relationship physical. Then she disappears, but it turns out that she has been kidnapped by Noah's Dad. In the ensuing confrontation, Dad is killed. Or is he?
5. After some skulduggery, Luke realizes that he still has feelings for his ex, Kevin (Karl Girolamo), and breaks up with Noah.
6. Later Luke starts dating Reid, but when Noah is in critical condition in the hospital, he rushes to his ex-boyfriend's side.
7. Luke gets back together with Reid, who then has a car accident and dies. Meanwhile, Noah gets back with his ex-girlfriend, Maddie.
8. Noah is blinded in an accident. Luke starts dating Brian (Lawrence Lau), the doctor in charge of restoring his sight.
Or is Brian his grandmother's new husband? Wikipedia and the fan wiki give different stories. I guess it doesn't matter: everybody that Luke dates dies.
So naturally Noah calls off the latest attempt to start a relationship and leaves town. Just before the soap opera ends, cancelled after 54 seasons. But at least they got to kiss twice.
Jake hasn't had many significant on-screen roles since. Guest spots on The Good Wife, Person of Interest, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and The Blacklist.
Let Me Make You a Martyr (2016), about siblings who fall in love and plot to kill their abusive father. I can't tell from the plot synopsis if the siblings are same-sex or not, or who Jake plays.
The Report (2019): Adam Driver (left) uncovers "shocking secrets" of CIA interrogations after 9/11. Jake plays a Yoked-Up CIA Officer.
And some shorts. He wrote three and produced six, mostly about women seeking the men of their dreams.
Stuffer (2010): A female soldier returns from Afghanistan to her husband and kids.
Consciousness (2017): A female programmer creates "the perfect man" AI.
Little One (2024): A cat turns into a human woman and becomes the object of her owner's "toxic fixation."
More after the break. Caution: Explicit.