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Peter Jacobson

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Also known as Peter S. Jacobson

American film and television actor, born 1965

OverviewAI-generated

Peter Jacobson is a male American actor and writer born on March 24, 1965, in Chicago, Illinois. He holds citizenship in the United States and speaks English as his native language. Jacobson began his professional work period in 1993. He is the son of Walter Jacobson and has one child.

Jacobson was educated at Brown University and the Juilliard School. In addition to his acting career, he is an author with three listed works, including "Top Best Weed Types Coloring Book for Adults" and "Desert Gems." Crossref records indicate he has five associated works.

Synthesized by Vinony from 29 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
3

Top works

  • Top Best Weed Types Coloring Book for Adults
  • Desert Gems

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Peter Jacobson (born March 24, 1965) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Dr. Chris Taub on the Fox medical drama series House. He also starred on the USA Network science fiction drama Colony as former Proxy Snyder.

Known for

  • Christmas on Duty — Richard Birch2025
  • Haul Out the Halloween — Albert2025
  • Smile 2 — Morris2024
  • Fly Me to the Moon — Chuck Meadows2024
  • High Potential — Wayne Vincent2024
  • Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up — Albert Melrose2023
  • Ahsoka — Myn Weaver2023
  • Found — Jacob Lieb2023
  • A Cozy Christmas Inn — Martin2022
  • Haul Out the Holly — Albert Melrose2022

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
9
Total plays
16

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Peter+Jacobson">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Peter Jacobson

Key facts

Born
( 1965-03-24 ) March 24, 1965 (age 61) , Chicago , Illinois , U.S.
Education
Brown University ( BA ), Juilliard School ( GrDip )
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1993–present
Known for
Chris Taub from House
Parent s
Walter Jacobson , Lynn Straus

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Peter
Family name
Jacobson
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Chicago
Occupation
film actor
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Image
Peter Jacobson at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg
Number of children
1
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Commons category
Peter Jacobson
date of birth
1965-03-24
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Peter Jacobson
start of work period
1993-00-00
writing language
English language
Sources (6)

via Wikidata · CC0

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Encyclopedic overview

Peter Jacobson (born March 24, 1965) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Dr. Chris Taub on the Fox medical drama series House. He also starred on the USA Network science fiction drama Colony as former Proxy Snyder.

Early life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Peter Jacobson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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