- 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.
[edit] Life and career
Jacobson was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Jewish[1] Chicago news anchor Walter Jacobson. He is a 1987 graduate of Brown University and a 1991 graduate of Juilliard.[citation needed]
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.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4]
He also has a cameo in Tony Scott's 2005 film Domino.
[edit] 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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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