article_title name birth_date occupation
matthew jacobs
 matthew jacobs 1 july 1956 writer , director , producer , actor
matthew jacobs

matthew jacobs -lrb- born july 1 , 1956 -rrb- is a british writer , director , producer and actor .
he is known best for his extensive career writing for television shows like `` doctor who '' and `` the young indiana jones chronicles '' .
he also directed two prize-winning tv movies for bbc films `` hallelujah anyhow '' -lrb- 1992 -rrb- and `` mothertime '' -lrb- 1998 -rrb- .
as an actor , he stars alongside danny huston in `` boxing day '' , bernard rose 's forthcoming adaptation of leo tolstoy 's novella master and man .
