| Name |
Peter Jacobsen |
| Height |
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| Naionality |
American |
| Date of Birth |
24-March-1965 |
| Place of Birth |
Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Famous for |
Acting |
Jacobson was born to a Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Chicago news anchor Walter Jacobson. He is a 1987 graduate of Brown University.Jacobson also graduated from the Juilliard School, where he was a member of the drama division's Group 20 (1987–1991.
In 1997, Jacobson and Lisa Edelstein, his future co-star on House M.D., 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, 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.
