Jake Johnson We Are The Rhoads New Girl alum Jake Johnson has been tapped as the lead in NBC's single-camera comedy from Brooklyn Nine-Nine co-creator/executive producer Dan Goor and executive producer Luke Del Tredici. Johnson will play the lead role of Mickey, whose character description provides more insight into the untitled comedy's premise beyond the original one-liner: a workplace comedy set in the world of private detectives, which continues the proud tradition of Los Angeles private eyes that began with Philip Marlowe and will end with this show.