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Peter S. Jacobson (born March 24, 1965) is an American film and television actor.
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.
He has appeared on Scrubs, ', 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.
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.
| 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 | ' (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 |
Peter Jacobson
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