Jake Borelli

Jake Borelli (born May 13, 1991) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Wolfgang on the Nickelodeon comedy series The Thundermans (2015–2018) and Dr. Levi Schmitt on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy (2017–2024).^[1]

Jake Borelli
Borelli at the 2023 San Francisco Pride Parade
Born	(1991-05-13) May 13, 1991 (age 34) Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2007–present

Early life

Borelli was born in Columbus, Ohio, to Linda Borelli and Mike Borelli. He has two older brothers, Ben and Zack. He enjoys painting, art and considered attending art school when he won a national art competition during his senior year of high school. In 2009, he graduated from Upper Arlington High School and was accepted to University of California, Los Angeles and Ohio State University but decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue acting. While in Columbus, Borelli also performed in more than a dozen shows with the Columbus Children's Theatre which included roles in Cheaper by the Dozen; The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe; Wiley and the Hairy Man; and Holes.^[2]

Personal life

Borelli publicly came out as gay on his personal Instagram in November 2018, moments after the airing of the sixth episode of Grey's Anatomy's fifteenth season, in which his character, Dr. Levi Schmitt, also came out.^[3]

In March 2022, Borelli posted a picture of him and Chase Williamson, a professional photographer, attending the Elton John AIDS Foundation's 30th Annual Academy Awards Viewing Party to his Instagram page. Since then, he has posted more about Williamson, leaving it to be assumed that the two are in a relationship.^[4]

Career

Upon moving to Los Angeles, Borelli quickly landed supporting roles in television shows such as iCarly, Parenthood, NCIS: Los Angeles, True Jackson, VP, Greek and Suburgatory. He has also appeared in several short films.

In 2017, he landed a role in the Netflix comedy drama film Reality High. That same year, it was announced that Borelli would be playing intern Dr. Levi Schmitt on Grey's Anatomy.^[5][6] His role on Grey's Anatomy ended in 2024 when his character was written off the show after a 133-episode run.^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Note
2011	Elf Employment	Harlan	Short film
2012	Nesting	Josh
2015	Meanamorphosis	Bryce	Short film
2017	Reality High	Freddie Myers
2017	In Searching	Jon
2019	A Cohort of Guests	The Guest	Short film
2019	How's the World Treating You?	Gin	Short film
2020	The Thing About Harry	Sam Baselli
2024	The Thundermans Return	Wolfgang

Television

Year	Title	Role	Note
2009	Psych: Flashback to the Teen Years	Shawn Spencer	Lead role; 3 episodes
2010	iCarly	Roy	Episode: "iSpace Out"
2010	The Forgotten	High School Guy	Episode: "Donovan Doe"
2010	Parenthood	Steve's Friend	Episode: "Team Braverman"
2010	NCIS: Los Angeles	Stefan Maragos	Episode: "Little Angels"
2010	True Jackson, VP	Harvey	2 episodes
2011	Greek	ΩX Pledge No. 1	2 episodes
2011	Suburgatory	Boy	Episode: "Charity Case"
2012	CeReality	Josh	Episode: "The Breakfast Table of Terror"
2014	Gang Related	Andy Schiller	Episode: "Invierno Cayó"
2015–2018	The Thundermans	Wolfgang	Recurring role
2016	NCIS	Dean Campbell	Episode: "React"
2017–2024	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Levi Schmitt	Recurring (seasons 14–15) Main (seasons 16–21);[8] 123 episodes
2018	Grey's Anatomy: B-Team[9]		ABC webseries; 3 episodes
2018–2021	Station 19		Recurring role; 6 episodes