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Jake Picking

Jake Picking

Actor · Born March 2, 1991 (35) · Erlangen, Germany

Jake Picking (born March 2, 1991) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Rock Hudson in the Netflix series Hollywood (2020), created by Ryan Murphy. He is also known for playing his roles in Patriots Day (2016), Blockers (2018), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022).

Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 2, 1991 (35)
From
Erlangen, Germany
Works as
Actor
Titles
14 on Motif · 18 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 25% in 30 days

What are Jake Picking's films like?

Across their 5 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
29%
Survival
23%
Morality
18%
Society
17%
Bonds
12%
Deception2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 0 · Intense 3

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 0 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 3

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
5
Tense
3
Hopeful
2
Dread
2
Absurd
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Thought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Bittersweet4
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jake Picking's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 14 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jake Picking's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

18 credits, 14 with a Motif page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • The Greatest Beer Run Ever(2022)

    as Rick Duggan

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Spin Me Round(2022)

    as Ben

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Top Gun: Maverick(2022)

    as Lt. Brigham 'Harvard' Lennox

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The First Lady (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · as Young Gerald Ford

  • Hollywood(2020)

    Show 7 episodes · as Rock Hudson

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • Horse Girl(2020)

    as Brian

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Sicario: Day of the Soldado(2018)

    as Shawn

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Blockers(2018)

    as Kyler

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Only the Brave(2017)

    as Anthony Rose

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Patriots Day(2016)

    as Sean Collier

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Goat(2016)

    as Dixon Rowley

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Dirty Grandpa(2016)

    as Cody

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Angie Tribeca (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Emerson Lake-Palmer

  • Chasing Life(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · as Sean

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Ironside(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Nate

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows

  • The Way Way Back(2013)

    as Chad

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Gable (not in the Motif catalog yet)

    Actor

  • The Incredible Edible (not in the Motif catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 94th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 18 titles, 16 of them dated from 2013 to 2022; peak year 2017.

Biggest box office

Goat (2016)

$23K worldwide

Highest rated

The Greatest Beer Run Ever (2022)

Midcredits 75th

Most popular right now

Hollywood (2020)

Film career

20132022

Peak 2017 · their film career is on the way up. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting18 of 18: 18 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score74th

By decade

2010s10 · acting2020s6 · acting

Billing

usually 11th · top billed in 0% of 10 roles
1318

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Jake Picking's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 75th percentile, the median of all 11; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 41st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

34thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

95thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 14 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 14 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed5

Most loved · actor

Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 50. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Jake Picking's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 Motif titles with content scores, sex & nudity, profanity and alcohol & drugs run heavier than most films and violence & gore lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles28–59 · median 32 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles31–75 · median 67 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles47–92 · median 77 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles52–75 · median 58 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 52 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Jake Picking work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jake Picking's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jeff Baena shares the most, 2.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers