Early life

McDorman was born in Dallas, Texas, the son of Deborah Gale (née Stallings) and John Allen McDorman III. He has a younger sister, Morgan, and an older half-sister, Amanda. McDorman studied acting at the Dallas Young Actors Studio and attended Richardson High School, Westwood Junior High and Northwood Hills Elementary in Texas.

Career

McDorman starred in the Fox sitcom Quintuplets from 2004 to 2005, and later guest-starred on House, CSI: Miami and Cold Case. He made his film debut in the 2005 thriller Echoes of Innocence, and later has appeared in Aquamarine, Bring It On: All or Nothing and Live Free or Die Hard. From 2007 to 2011, McDorman starred as Evan Chambers in the ABC Family teen drama series Greek. He also played the lead role in the 2011 Lifetime movie The Craigslist Killer.

In 2012, McDorman played the male lead role opposite Laura Prepon in the short-lived NBC sitcom Are You There, Chelsea?. He later joined the cast of Showtime comedy-drama, Shameless as Mike Pratt. He starred in the film See You in Valhalla opposite Sarah Hyland, and in 2014 co-starred in Clint Eastwood's film American Sniper. Also in 2014, McDorman was cast in the male lead role opposite actress Analeigh Tipton in the ABC romantic comedy series, Manhattan Love Story. In 2015, he stars in CBS's Limitless as Brian Finch, a young man who uses a mysterious drug called "NZT" to enhance his intelligence to help the FBI solve cases. The TV series continues the story of the motion picture of the same name.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Echoes of Innocence	Dave
2006	Aquamarine	Raymond
2006	Bring It On: All or Nothing	Brad Warner
2007	Live Free or Die Hard	Jim
2008	Moment	Man
2010	See You on the Other Side	James	Short film
2014	See You in Valhalla	Magnus Burwood
2014	American Sniper	Ryan Job
2015	Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story	Charlie MacNeel
2016	Me Him Her	Griffin

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Run of the House	Scott Banks	Episodes: "Pilot" and "Kiss & Tell"
2004-05	Quintuplets	Parker Chase	Series regular, 22 episodes
2006	House	Dan	Episode: "Safe"
2006	CSI: Miami	Carl Thornton	Episode: "Going, Going, Gone"
2007	Cold Case	Tanner	Episode: "Knuckle Up"
2007-11	Greek	Evan Chambers	Series regular, 74 episodes
2011	Memphis Beat	Shane Vereen	Episode: "Inside Man"
2011	The Craigslist Killer	Philip Markoff	Television film
2012	Are You There, Chelsea?	Rick Miller	Series regular, 12 episodes
2012	The Newsroom	Tate Brady	Episode: "The Blackout, Part 2: Mock Debate"
2013-14	Shameless	Mike Pratt	Series regular, 10 episodes
2014	Manhattan Love Story	Peter	Series lead, 11 episodes
2015-2016	Limitless	Brian Finch	Series lead

[ Source: Wikipedia ]