Jake Picking was born in Germany while his father, a West Point graduate serving in the United States Army, was posted there (though some claim he was born in Massachusetts).
Growing up, Picking lived in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Picking played on the wing for the New York ice hockey team at New York University.
Picking left business school after a year because acting and student films piqued his attention more.
Before beginning his acting career, Picking made an NHL commercial appearance as an ice hockey player.
Picking took acting training with Carolyn Pickman, a casting agency who also represents Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, after being urged to consider acting by his high school math instructor.
After finally starting to go to Boston auditions, Picking made his feature film debut in 2013 with a part in the family movie The Way, Way Back starring Steve Carell.
Following that, cameos in the television shows Ironside (2013) and Chasing Life (2014).
Picking relocated to Los Angeles to begin a professional acting career.
Picking studied classic Hollywood movies in his one-room apartment with actors like James Dean, Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, and Montgomery Clift out of loneliness.
Jake Picking children: Does Jake Picking have children?
According to our database and online sources, Picking is childless from all of his relationships.
