For the television actor/writer/director/producer who was formerly married to actress Fran Drescher, see Peter Marc Jacobson
Peter S. Jacobson (born March 24, 1965) is an
American film and television
actor.
Life and career
Jacobson was born in
Chicago, Illinois, the son of Chicago news anchor
Walter Jacobson. He is a 1987 graduate of
Brown University and a 1991 graduate of
Juilliard.
In 1997, he and
Lisa Edelstein, a future co-star of his on the television series
House, appeared as a couple eating at a restaurant in the movie
As Good As It Gets.
Jacobson has played a recurring role on
Law & Order as Randy Dworkin, a jovial crusading defense attorney attached to conservative causes. In 2005, Jacobson played "Jimmy" in the
Academy Award-nominated film,
Good Night, and Good Luck.
[IMDb]
He also appeared on
Scrubs,
CSI: Miami,
The Lost Room,
The Starter Wife,
Transformers and
The Midnight Meat Train. More recently he has appeared on
House as
Chris Taub, a
plastic surgeon hoping to make
Gregory House's diagnostics team. In October 2007, he was confirmed as a regular on the show.
["House Selects Its Permanent New Team"]
He made a guest appearance on USA Network's "
Royal Pains" on July 30th. Jacobson played Alan, the nebbishy husband of Rachel, played by
Brooklyn Decker.
He also has a cameo in Tony Scott's 2005 film
Domino.
Filmography
| Year
| Film
| Role
| Notes
|
| 1993
| NYPD Blue (TV series)
| Reporter #1
| 1 episode (4B or Not 4B)
|
| 1994
| It Could Happen to You
| Television Reporter
|
|
| Law & Order (TV series - 1994-2006"
| Dr. Karl Styne, Randolph J. 'Randy' Dworkin, Esq.
| 4 episodes (Doubles as Dr. Karl Styne; Chosen, Bounty, Thinking Makes It So as Randolf J. 'Randy' Dworkin, Esq.)
|
| 1996
| Ed's Next Move
| Yalta Coffee Shop Owner
|
|
| 1997
| Private Parts
| Lawyer
|
|
| Commandments
| Banker
|
|
| OZ (TV series)
| Carlton Auerback
| 1 episode (Capital P)
|
| Conspiracy Theory
| Surveillance Operator
|
|
| Deconstructing Harry
| Goldberg/ Harry's Character
|
|
| Spin City (TV series)
| Greg Mullins
| 1 episode (Porn in the U.S.A.)
|
| As Good as It Gets
| Man at Table
| Sitting at table with future co-star Lisa Edelstein in the popular TV Show House M.D
|
| 1998
| A Price Above Rubies
| Schnuel
|
|
| Great Expectations
| Man on Phone
|
|
| Mixing Nia
|
|
|
| A Civil Action
| Neil Jacobs
|
|
| 1999
| Hit and Runway
| Elliot Springer
|
|
| Cradle Will Rock
| Silvano - Uncle
|
|
| 2000
| Talk to Me (TV series)
| Sandy
|
|
| Looking for an Echo
| Marty Pearlstein
|
|
| Bull (TV series- 2000-2001)
| Josh Kaplan
| 5 episodes (Blood, Flopsweat and Tears; One Night in Bangkok; Appearance of Impropriety; Love's Labors Lost; White Knight)
|
| 2001
| Life with David J
|
|
|
| Roomates
| Eric
|
|
| Will and Grace (TV series)
| Paul Budnik
| 1 episode (Mad Dogs and Average Men)
|
| 61
| Artie Green
|
|
| Gideon's Crossing
| Josh Steinman
| 1 episode (The Way)
|
| Third Watch (TV series)
| Detective Hall
| 1 episode (Childhood Memories)
|
| Get Well Soon
| Nathan
|
|
| 2002
| Pipe Dream
| Arnie Hufflitz
|
|
| Showtime
| Brad Slocum
|
|
| Path to War
| Adam Yarmolinsky
|
|
| 2003
| A.U.S.A. (TV series)
| Geoffrey Laurence
|
|
| Ed (TV series)
| Jeff Foster
| 1 episode (Goodbye Stuckeyville)
|
| 2004
| ER (TV series)
|
| 1 episode (The Student)
|
| Strip Search
| John Scanlon
|
|
| Method and Red (TV series)
| Bill Blaford
| 1 episode (Something About Brenda)
|
| 2005
| Hope and Faith (TV series)
| Aaron Melville
| 2 episodes (Wife Swap: Parts 1&2)
|
| Good Night, and Good Luck
| Jimmy
|
|
| Domino
| Burke Beckett
|
|
| CSI: Miami (TV series)
| George Hammett
| 1 episode (Payback)
|
| 2006
| Love Monkey (TV series)
| Wapow! Guy
| 1 episode (Confidence)
|
| Scrubs (TV series)
| Mr. Foster
| 1 episode (My Big Bird)
|
| Failure to Launch
| Boatyard Man
|
|
| The Passage
| Jacob Schultz
|
|
| Criminal Minds (TV series)
| Michael Ryer
| 1 episode (Somebody's Watching)
|
| In Justice (TV series)
| Yarmulke Jake
| 5 episodes (Pilot, Golden Boy, Victims, Side Man, Crossing the Line)
|
| The Lost Room (TV series)
| Wally Jabrowski
| 3 episodes (The Eye and the Prime Object, The Comb and the Box, The Key and the Clock)
|
| 2007
| The Memory Thief
| Mr. Freeman
|
| Live Free Or Die Hard
| Maggie Q's partner in crime.
| Uncredited
|
| Purple Violets
| Monroe- Real Estate Agent
| Uncredited
|
| Boston Legal (TV show)
| D.A. Randy Golden
| 1 episode (Guantanamo by the Bay)
|
| Transformers
| Mr. Hosney
| Cameo
|
| The Starter Wife (TV series)
| Kenny Kagan
| 6 episodes (Hour 1, Hour 2, Hour 3, Hour 4, Hour 5 and Hour 6)
|
| 2007-present
| House M.D. (TV series)
| Dr. Chris Taub
|
|
| 2008
| What Just Happened
| Cal
|
|
| Midnight Meat Train
| Otto
|
|
| 2009
| Royal Pains (TV series)
| Alan Righter
|
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