Biography
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. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide