Peter Jacobson
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
With roles (and a look) that usually cast him as the perfect "everyman," character actor Peter Jacobson debuted on the small screen in the early '90s, as a guest player on a 1993 episode of NYPD Blue and then in a 1994 episode of Law & Order. A string of supporting roles in highly acclaimed feature films ensued through the end of the 1990s and the first decade of the new millennium. Jacobson's credits during this period include the John Travolta-headlined legal drama A Civil Action (1998); Billy Crystal's wonderful baseball picture 61* (2001), about Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle; and George Clooney's sophomore directorial effort, Good Night, and Good Luck. (2006). In 2007, Jacobson received his highest billing up through that time as studio mogul and deadbeat husband Kenny Kagan in the cable miniseries The Starter Wife, headlined by Debra Messing. In the fall of that year, Jacobson garnered a coveted role on the smash-hit Fox medical series House, joining the cast during the show's fourth season. He was in the box-office blockbuster Transformers in 2007, and followed that up in 2008 with The Midnight Meat Train. As he continued with his recurring role on House, he lent his vocal talents to Pixar in Cars 2.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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90% | Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy |
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— | 2020 |
24% | The Goldfinch |
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— | 2019 |
22% | Better Living Through Chemistry |
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$52.3k | 2014 |
13% | Brightest Star |
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— | 2014 |
51% | White House Down |
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$73.2M | 2013 |
No Score Yet | And They're Off... |
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— | 2011 |
39% | Cars 2 |
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$191.5M | 2011 |
73% | The Midnight Meat Train |
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$34.9k | 2008 |
50% | What Just Happened? |
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$1.1M | 2008 |
58% | Transformers |
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$319.1M | 2007 |
No Score Yet | The Starter Wife |
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— | 2007 |
80% | The Memory Thief |
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— | 2007 |
24% | Failure to Launch |
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$88.7M | 2006 |
18% | Domino |
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$10.2M | 2005 |
93% | Good Night, And Good Luck |
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$31.6M | 2005 |
100% | Path to War |
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— | 2002 |
25% | Showtime |
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$38M | 2002 |
85% | 61* |
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— | 2001 |
No Score Yet | Roomates |
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— | 2001 |
72% | Pipe Dream |
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— | 2001 |
64% | Cradle Will Rock |
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— | 1999 |
32% | Hit and Runway |
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— | 1999 |
61% | A Civil Action |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | Mixing Nia |
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— | 1998 |
57% | A Price Above Rubies |
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— | 1998 |
37% | Great Expectations |
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— | 1998 |
67% | Looking for an Echo |
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— | 1998 |
85% | As Good as It Gets |
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— | 1997 |
57% | Conspiracy Theory |
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— | 1997 |
24% | Commandments |
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— | 1997 |
75% | Private Parts |
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— | 1997 |
80% | Ed's Next Move |
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— | 1996 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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No Score Yet |
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
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72% |
Ray Donovan
2013
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92% |
Colony
2016-2018
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78% |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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No Score Yet |
Bull
2016
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No Score Yet |
Madam Secretary
2014-2019
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24% |
The Mysteries of Laura
2014-2016
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96% |
Battle Creek
2015
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No Score Yet |
Chicago P.D.
2014
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68% |
Rake
2014
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No Score Yet |
Iron Chef America
2004-2018
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90% |
House
2004-2012
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93% |
The Good Wife
2009-2016
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94% |
Royal Pains
2009-2016
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86% |
Boston Legal
2004-2008
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40% |
In Justice
2006
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85% |
Love Monkey
2006
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83% |
Scrubs
2001-2010
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77% |
The Lost Room
2006
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No Score Yet |
Law & Order
1990-2010
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No Score Yet |
CSI: Miami
2002-2012
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No Score Yet |
Hope & Faith
2003-2006
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No Score Yet |
Third Watch
1999-2005
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No Score Yet |
Will & Grace
1998-2006
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50% |
Gideon's Crossing
2000-2001
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25% |
Talk to Me
2000
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66% |
Spin City
1996-2002
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84% |
NYPD Blue
1993-2005
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Quotes from Peter Jacobson's Characters
Sam Witwicky: | These are pretty cool. These are my grandfather's glasses. I haven't quite gotten them appraised yet, but they see many cool things- |
Mr. Hosney: | Are you going to sell me his liver? |