Peter Jacobson Biography

MARITAL STATUS
Profession Actor
Nationality American
Birth March 24, 1965 (Chicago – Illinois, United States)

BIOGRAPHY
Originally from Chicago, Peter Jacobson is the son of a local journalist, his father: Walter David Jacobson. Immersed in this media world, he obtained a degree in political science in 1987. Enrolled at the Juilliard School , the theater division opened its doors to him. At 26, freshly graduated, Peter made his debut at the Lortel Theater with plays like Four dogs and a Bone , June Moon and even Rhinoceros by Eugène Ionesco.

After these first times in the spotlight, Peter moved more significantly towards the 7th art. In 1994, he signed his first role in Billionaire Despite Him , alongside Nicolas Cage . At this time, he began to rub shoulders with the big names in cinema, but often remained confined to secondary characters. Notably, in Harry in All His States , by Woody Allen released in 1997, For better or for worse , with Jack Nicholson , Prejudice , with John Travolta , and more recently, Transformers , in July 2007.

If the actor struggling to break through on the big screen side, he is also making equally minor appearances in series. But once again, he is immersed in the monuments of the field: Oz , New York judicial police , Emergencies , The Miami experts , Scrubs , Criminal Minds … And it is in this format that he will find his way and assert himself .

Indeed, after ten years without being really recognized for his talents, Peter Jacobson finally landed the role that would allow him to reach the front of the stage. That of Dr. Chris Taub in Dr. House , one of the only characters who dares to stand up to the untenable doctor. This interpretation marked the turning point in his career in 2007.

In 2016, the actor took a prominent place in the science fiction series Colony , which depicts a near future where aliens have colonized the Earth. Peter Jacobson plays Alan Snyder, governor of the Los Angeles sector under alien occupation.