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Peter S. Jacobson (born March 24, 1965) is an American film and television actor. Jacobson was born to a Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Chicago news anchor Walter Jacobson. He is a graduate of Brown University (1987) and Juilliard (1991). In 1997, Jacobson and Lisa Edelstein, his future co-star on House, 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... MORE

Peter S. Jacobson (born March 24, 1965) is an American film and television actor. Jacobson was born to a Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Chicago news anchor Walter Jacobson. He is a graduate of Brown University (1987) and Juilliard (1991). In 1997, Jacobson and Lisa Edelstein, his future co-star on House, 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. He made a guest appearance on an episode of the USA Network's Royal Pains as Alan, the nebbishy husband of Rachel, played by Brooklyn Decker. LESS