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Peter Jacobson

Peter Jacobson

Highest Rated: 100% Path to War (2002)

Lowest Rated: 13% Brightest Star (2013)

Birthday: Mar 24, 1965

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

A much-employed character actor, Peter Jacobson got steady quality work both in feature films and on television. The son of Chicago news anchor Walter Jacobson, Peter Jacobson made his first appearance on television and in the movies in supporting roles as a reporter--on a 1993 episode of "NYPD Blue" and in the romantic comedy "It Could Happen to You" the following year. It's a part Jacobson returned to when he was cast as Artie Green in Billy Crystal's excellent 2001 baseball docudrama, "61*." He continued racking up guest appearances on "Spin City," "Oz," and "Law & Order" along with supporting parts in the films "Conspiracy Theory," "Deconstructing Harry," and "As Good as It Gets," where he shared a table with future "House M.D." castmate Lisa Edelstein. In the 2000s, Jacobson's roles started getting meatier, and included working alongside George Clooney in his 2005 sophomore directorial outing "Good Night, and Good Luck," starring as deadbeat spouse Kenny Kagan in the 2007 miniseries "The Starter Wife" opposite Debra Messing, and getting cast as series regular Dr. Chris Taub in the aforementioned "House M.D."

Highest rated movies

100% 74% Path to War
93% 83% Good Night, and Good Luck.
86% 90% 61*
72% 31% Pipe Dream
71% 50% The Midnight Meat Train
64% 55% A Civil Action
51% 62% White House Down
32% 17% Hit and Runway

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Smile 2 Morris (Character) - 2024
No Score Yet 31% Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up Albert (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet 41% Haul Out the Holly Albert (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet 20% A Cozy Christmas Inn Martin (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet 50% Limbo Belial (Character) - 2019
13% 23% Brightest Star Dr. Lambert (Character) - 2013
51% 62% White House Down Wallace (Character) $73.1M 2013
No Score Yet 24% And They're Off... Sebastian (Character) - 2011
39% 49% Cars 2 Acer (Voice) - 2011
71% 50% The Midnight Meat Train Otto (Character) $73.5K 2008
93% 83% Good Night, and Good Luck. Jimmy (Character) $31.5M 2005
18% 56% Domino Burke Beckett (Character) $10.1M 2005
72% 31% Pipe Dream Arnie Hufflitz (Character) - 2002
100% 74% Path to War Adam Yarmolinsky (Character) - 2002
25% 25% Showtime Brad Slocum (Character) $37.9M 2002
86% 90% 61* Artie Green (Character) - 2001
32% 17% Hit and Runway Elliot Springe (Character) $81.6K 1999
20% 60% Mixing Nia Unknown (Character) - 1998
64% 55% A Civil Action Neil Jacobs (Character) $56.7M 1998

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 50% New Amsterdam Bob Levin (Guest Star) 2022
73% 58% Fear the Walking Dead Rabbi Jacob Kessner (Guest Star) 2019-2022
No Score Yet 61% Bull Bryan Vincent (Guest Star) 2017 2022
No Score Yet 63% NCIS: Los Angeles John Rogers (Guest Star) 2018-2019
72% 85% Ray Donovan Lee Drexler (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
2013-2015 2019
92% 79% Colony Proxy Snyder (Character) 2016-2018
96% 94% The Americans Agent Wolfe (Guest Star) 2016-2018
78% 83% Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Bart Ganzel (Guest Star) 2012 2017-2018
No Score Yet 79% Madam Secretary Ted Rhodes (Guest Star) 2016
96% 67% Battle Creek Darrel Hardy (Guest Star) 2015
No Score Yet 88% Chicago P.D. Mr. Friedman (Guest Star) 2015
68% 71% Rake Max Fawcett (Guest Star) 2014
94% 92% It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Rotenberg (Guest Star) 2013
90% 96% House Dr. Chris Taub (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
2007-2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Iron Chef America Judge 2012
93% 91% The Good Wife Michael Kahane (Guest Star) 2011
94% 78% Royal Pains Alan Ryder (Guest Star) 2009-2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Starter Wife Kenny Kagan (Character) 2007
86% 91% Boston Legal Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
77% 75% The Lost Room Wally Jabrowski (Character) 2006
65% 82% Entourage Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
40% No Score Yet In Justice Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet 83% Criminal Minds Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet 83% Law & Order Unknown (Guest Star) 2003 2006
85% No Score Yet Love Monkey Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
83% 86% Scrubs Mr. Foster (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet 65% CSI: Miami Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Method & Red Unknown (Character) 2004
No Score Yet 85% ER Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet A.U.S.A. Geoffrey Laurence (Character) 2003
No Score Yet 88% Will & Grace Paul Budnik (Guest Star) 2001
50% No Score Yet Gideon's Crossing Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
25% No Score Yet Talk to Me Unknown (Character) 2000
68% No Score Yet Spin City Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cosby Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
83% 93% NYPD Blue Reporter 1 (Guest Star) 1993