Craig Wasson, as actor People & Technology

Craig Wasson (born March 15, 1954) is an American actor who played Jake Scully in Brian De Palma's Body Double (1984). Before Body Double, he had appeared opposite Burt Lancaster in Go Tell the Spartans (1978) and in the ensemble of Ghost Story (1981). The role of Jake Scully defined and largely concluded his leading-man career.

In the wiki

• Craig Wasson is his dedicated page for Body Double (1984), covering De Palma's casting, Wasson's prior career, and the critical reception of his performance as the voyeuristic, passive protagonist.
• Cast and Characters (Body Double) describes Jake Scully's function in the plot and the ensemble.
• The Chemosphere House discusses Wasson's scenes at the Lautner house and Jake's surveillance of Gloria Revelle.
• The Drill Murder covers the setpiece where Jake witnesses the murder he cannot prevent.
• Voyeurism and the Male Gaze positions Jake as De Palma's audience surrogate — the watcher who is also being watched.
• The Beach Kiss describes the fantasy/reality sequence with Wasson and Griffith.
• The Hitchcock Connection places Jake in the lineage of Hitchcock's passive, obsessive male protagonists.
• Holly Body and the Porn Industry Subplot covers the Jake-Holly dynamic and his infiltration of the porn set.
• Body Double (1984) lists Wasson as lead in the main entry.
• Brian De Palma (Body Double) discusses Wasson's casting in the context of De Palma's approach to lead actors.
• Critical Reception and Legacy (Body Double) includes the divided critical response to Wasson's performance.