| Peter Jacobson | |
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Jacobson at the 2009 premiere of Whatever Works |
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| Born | Peter S. Jacobson March 24, 1965 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Peter S. Jacobson (born March 24, 1965) is an American film and television actor.
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Jacobson was born to a Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Chicago news anchor Walter Jacobson. He is a graduate of Brown University (1987) and Juilliard (1991). In 1997, Jacobson and Lisa Edelstein, his future co-star on House, appeared as a couple eating at a restaurant in the film As Good as It Gets that is assailed by an anti-Semitic tirade from Jack Nicholson's misogynistic character.
He has played a recurring role on Law & Order as Randy Dworkin, a jovial crusading defense attorney attached to various causes. In 2005, Jacobson played "Jimmy" in the Academy Award-nominated film, Good Night, and Good Luck.[1]
He has appeared on Scrubs, CSI: Miami, The Lost Room, The Starter Wife, Transformers and The Midnight Meat Train. He joined the cast of 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.[2]
He made a guest appearance on an episode of the USA Network's Royal Pains as Alan, the nebbishy husband of Rachel, played by Brooklyn Decker.[3]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | NYPD Blue (TV series) | Reporter #1 | 1 episode ("4B or Not 4B") |
| 1994 | It Could Happen to You | Television Reporter | |
| 1994 | 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 | |
| 1997 | Commandments | Banker | |
| 1997 | OZ (TV series) | Carlton Auerback | 1 episode ("Capital P") |
| 1997 | Conspiracy Theory | Surveillance Operator | |
| 1997 | Deconstructing Harry | Goldberg/ Harry's Character | |
| 1997 | Spin City (TV series) | Greg Mullins | 1 episode ("Porn in the U.S.A.") |
| 1997 | As Good as It Gets | Man at Table | Sitting at table with future co-star Lisa Edelstein in the TV show House. |
| 1998 | A Price Above Rubies | Schnuel | |
| 1998 | Great Expectations | Man on Phone | |
| 1998 | Mixing Nia | ||
| 1998 | A Civil Action | Neil Jacobs | |
| 1999 | Hit and Runway | Elliot Springer | |
| 1999 | Cradle Will Rock | Silvano – Uncle | |
| 2000 | Talk to Me (TV series) | Sandy | |
| 2000 | Looking for an Echo | Marty Pearlstein | |
| 2000–2001 | Bull (TV series) | 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 | ||
| 2001 | Roomates | Eric | |
| 2001 | Will and Grace (TV series) | Paul Budnik | 1 episode ("Mad Dogs and Average Men") |
| 2001 | 61* | Artie Green | |
| 2001 | Gideon's Crossing | Josh Steinman | 1 episode ("The Way") |
| 2001 | Third Watch (TV series) | Detective Hall | 1 episode ("Childhood Memories") |
| 2001 | Get Well Soon | Nathan | |
| 2002 | Pipe Dream | Arnie Hufflitz | |
| 2002 | Showtime | Brad Slocum | |
| 2002 | Path to War | Adam Yarmolinsky | |
| 2003 | A.U.S.A. (TV series) | Geoffrey Laurence | |
| 2003 | Ed (TV series) | Jeff Foster | 1 episode ("Goodbye Stuckeyville") |
| 2004 | ER (TV series) | 1 episode ("The Student") | |
| 2004 | Strip Search | John Scanlon | |
| 2004 | 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) |
| 2005 | Good Night, and Good Luck | Jimmy | |
| 2005 | Domino | Burke Beckett | |
| 2005 | CSI: Miami (TV series) | George Hammett | 1 episode ("Payback") |
| 2006 | Love Monkey (TV series) | Wapow! Guy | 1 episode ("Confidence") |
| 2006 | Scrubs (TV series) | Mr. Foster | 1 episode ("My Big Bird") |
| 2006 | Failure to Launch | Boatyard Man | |
| 2006 | The Passage | Jacob Schultz | |
| 2006 | Criminal Minds (TV series) | Michael Ryer | 1 episode ("Somebody's Watching") |
| 2006 | In Justice (TV series) | Yarmulke Jake | 5 episodes ("Pilot"; "Golden Boy"; "Victims"; "Side Man"; "Crossing the Line") |
| 2006 | The Lost Room (TV series) | Wally Jabrowski | 3 episodes ("The Eye and the Occupant"; "The Comb and the Box"; "The Key and the Clock") |
| 2006 | Entourage (TV series) | Studio Head | 1 episode ("The Release") |
| 2007 | The Memory Thief | Mr. Freeman | |
| 2007 | Live Free or Die Hard | Maggie Q's partner in crime. | Uncredited |
| 2007 | Purple Violets | Monroe- Real Estate Agent | Uncredited |
| 2007 | Boston Legal (TV series) | D.A. Randy Golden | 1 episode ("Guantanamo by the Bay") |
| 2007 | Transformers | Mr. Hosney | Cameo |
| 2007 | The Starter Wife (TV miniseries) | Kenny Kagan | 6 episodes ("Hour 1"; "Hour 2"; "Hour 3"; "Hour 4"; "Hour 5"; "Hour 6") |
| 2007–present | House M.D. (TV series) | Dr. Chris Taub | Series regular |
| 2008 | What Just Happened | Cal | |
| 2008 | Midnight Meat Train | Otto | |
| 2009–2010 | Royal Pains (TV series) | Alan Righter | 2 episodes (The Honeymoon's Over"; "Medusa") |
| 2011 | Cars 2 | Acer |