# Peter Jacobson

Peter Jacobson (born March 24, 1965) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Dr. Chris Taub on the Fox medical drama series House. He also starred on the USA Network science fiction drama Colony as former Proxy Snyder.

## Early life

Jacobson was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Lynn Straus and news anchor Walter Jacobson. His family is Jewish, coming from Russia, Ukraine, and, possibly, Lithuania. 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).

## Career

Jacobson and Lisa Edelstein, his future co-star on House, appeared as a couple eating at a restaurant in the 1997 film As Good as It Gets. He appeared twice on Law & Order as Randy Dworkin, a jovial crusading defense attorney. In 2005, he played Jimmy in the Academy Award-nominated film Good Night, and Good Luck. He has appeared in Scrubs, CSI: Miami, The Lost Room, The Starter Wife, Transformers, Colony, and The Midnight Meat Train.
Jacobson joined the cast of House as Dr. Chris Taub, a plastic surgeon hoping to secure a place on Dr. Gregory House's diagnostics team. In October 2007, he was confirmed as a regular on the show. He made a guest appearance as Alan on an episode of the USA Network's Royal Pains.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1994 | It Could Happen to You | Television Reporter | |
| 1995 | Jeffrey | Man #1 | |
| 1996 | Ed's Next Move | Yalta Coffee Shop Owner | |
| 1997 | Private Parts | Lawyer | |
| 1997 | Commandments | Banker | |
| 1997 | Conspiracy Theory | Surveillance Operator | |
| 1997 | Deconstructing Harry | Goldberg / Harry's Character | |
| 1997 | As Good as It Gets | Man at Table | |
| 1998 | A Price Above Rubies | Schmuel | |
| 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 | |
| 2000 | Looking for an Echo | Marty Pearlstein | |
| 2001 | Life with David J | Michael | |
| 2001 | Roomates | Eric | |
| 2001 | 61* | Artie Green | |
| 2001 | Get Well Soon | Nathan | |
| 2002 | Pipe Dream | Arnie Hufflitz | |
| 2002 | Showtime | Brad Slocum | |
| 2002 | Path to War | Adam Yarmolinsky | |
| 2004 | Strip Search | John Scanlon | |
| 2005 | Good Night, and Good Luck | Jimmy | |
| 2005 | Domino | Burke Beckett | |
| 2006 | Failure to Launch | Boatyard Man | |
| 2006 | The Passage | Jacob Schultz | |
| 2007 | The Memory Thief | Mr. Freeman | |
| 2007 | Live Free or Die Hard | Maggie Q's Partner | Uncredited |
| 2007 | Purple Violets | Monroe | Uncredited |
| 2007 | Transformers | Mr. Hosney | Cameo |
| 2008 | What Just Happened | Cal | |
| 2008 | Midnight Meat Train | Otto | |
| 2011 | Cars 2 | Acer (voice) | |
| 2013 | White House Down | Wallace | |
| 2013 | Brightest Star | Dr. Lambert | |
| 2014 | Better Living Through Chemistry | Dr. Roth | |
| 2016 | Catfight | Carl | |
| 2019 | The Goldfinch | Mr. Silver | |
| 2021 | Violet | Roger Vale | |
| 2023 | Dark Highway | The Clown | |
| 2024 | Fly Me to the Moon | Chuck Meadows | |
| 2024 | Smile 2 | Morris | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1993 | NYPD Blue | Reporter #1 | Episode: "4B or Not 4B" |
| 1994 | Law & Order | Dr. Karl Styne | Episode: "Doubles" |
| 1997 | Oz | Carlton Auerback | Episode: "Capital P" |
| 1997 | Spin City | Greg Mullins | Episode: "Porn in the U.S.A." |
| 2000 | Talk to Me | Sandy | 3 episodes |
| 2000–2001 | Bull | Josh Kaplan | 5 episodes |
| 2001 | Will and Grace | Paul Budnik | Episode: "Mad Dogs and Average Men" |
| 2001 | Gideon's Crossing | Josh Steinman | Episode: "The Way" |
| 2001 | Third Watch | Detective Hall | Episode: "Childhood Memories" |
| 2003 | A.U.S.A. | Geoffrey Laurence | 8 episodes |
| 2003 | Ed | Jeff Foster | Episode: "Goodbye Stuckeyville" |
| 2003–2006 | Law & Order | Randolph J. "Randy" Dworkin, Esq. | 3 episodes |
| 2004 | ER | Susan's molester | Episode: "The Student" |
| 2004 | Method and Red | Bill Blaford | 5 Episodes |
| 2005 | Hope and Faith | Aaron Melville | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | CSI: Miami | George Hammett | Episode: "Payback" |
| 2006 | Love Monkey | Wapow! Guy | Episode: "Confidence" |
| 2006 | Scrubs | Mr. Foster | Episode: "My Big Bird" |
| 2006 | Criminal Minds | Michael Ryer | Episode: "Somebody's Watching" |
| 2006 | In Justice | Yarmulke Jake | 5 episodes |
| 2006 | The Lost Room | Wally Jabrowski | 3 episodes |
| 2006 | Entourage | Studio Head | Episode: "The Release" |
| 2007 | Boston Legal | D.A. Randy Golden | Episode: "Guantanamo by the Bay" |
| 2007 | The Starter Wife | Kenny Kagan | 6 episodes |
| 2007–2012 | House | Dr. Chris Taub | 96 episodes |
| 2009–2010 | Royal Pains | Alan Righter | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | The Good Wife | Michael Kahane | Episode: "A New Day" |
| 2012 | Iron Chef America | Himself | Guest judge Episode: "Simon vs. Yagihashi" |
| 2012 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Bart Ganzel | 3 episodes |
| 2013–2015 | Ray Donovan | Lee Drexler | 10 episodes |
| 2013 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Michael Rotenberg | Episode: "The Gang Broke Dee" |
| 2013 | Perception | Dr. Poole | Episode: "Asylum" |
| 2014 | Rake | Max Fawcett | Episode: "50 Shades of Gay" |
| 2015 | Chicago P.D. | Mr. Friedman | Episode: "What Puts You on That Ledge" |
| 2015 | Battle Creek | Darrel | Episode: "Cereal Killers" |
| 2016–2018 | Colony | Proxy Alan Snyder | 25 episodes |
| 2016 | Madam Secretary | Ted | Episode: "The Middle Way" |
| 2016–2017 | The Americans | Agent Wolfe | Recurring role; 11 episodes |
| 2017 | Адаптация [ru] (The Adaptation) | C.I.A. Colonel Doyle Brunson | Regular |
| 2017 | Bull | Garrett Tildan | Episode: "Dirty Little Secrets" |
| 2017 | Genius | Chaim Weizmann | Episode: "Chapter Eight" |
| 2017–2018 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Randy Dworkin | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Billions | Shelby Vivian | Episode: “Infinite Game” |
| 2018–2019 | NCIS: Los Angeles | John Rogers | Season 10 - Series Regular |
| 2019–2022 | Fear The Walking Dead | Rabbi Jacob Kessner | Recurring role (season 5–7, 11 episodes) |
| 2022 | WeCrashed | Bob Paltrow | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | New Amsterdam | Bob Levin | Episode: "The Empty Spaces" |
| 2022 | Haul out the Holly | Albert | Hallmark Channel |
| 2023 | Haul out the Holly: Lit Up | Albert | Hallmark Channel |
| 2023 | Ahsoka | Myn Weaver | Episode: "Part Two: Toil and Trouble" |
| 2024 | The Good Doctor | Sal Zacharia | Episode: "Skin in the Game" |
| 2024 | The Girls on the Bus | Benji Newman | 4 episodes |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2011 | Cars 2: The Video Game | Acer | |