Early life

Jacob was born to Darrell and Judith Artist in Williamsville, New York. His father is African American; his mother is of Polish descent. He has a younger sister named Jenna. Artist danced with the Infinity Dance Project for several years during high school, and participated in Chautauqua Institution's summer dance school, and in the David DeMarie dance studio in Clarence, New York. He added voice lessons through the Community Music School in Buffalo.

He graduated from Williamsville South High School a semester early, and was accepted into Juilliard for dance. However, he turned Juilliard down to pursue his acting career.

Career

After graduation from Williamsville South at the age of 17 in 2010, Artist moved to Los Angeles, where he appeared in the TV movie Blue Lagoon: The Awakening and later Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures in 2011. He auditioned for Glee in mid-July and was cast in 2012. At the shows conclusion in 2015, he had been featured in 36 episodes. In 2015, the actor joined the television series Quantico playing the role of Brandon Fletcher, a FBI recruit at the training academy.

Filmography

List of television roles

Year	Title	Role	Note
2011	Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures	Jimmy	1 episode
2012-2015	Glee	Jake Puckerman	Season 4 - Recurring (22 episodes) Season 5 - Main Cast (13 episodes) Season 6 - Guest (1 episode)
2012	How to Rock	Dean Hollis
2012	Melissa and Joey	Cameron
2012	Blue Lagoon: The Awakening	Stephen Sullivan
2013	After the Dark	Parker
2014	White Bird in a Blizzard	Oliver
2015	Here and Now	Cowboy
2015-present	Quantico	Brandon Fletcher	Recurring

[ Source: Wikipedia ]