Peter Jacobson Net Worth

What Is Peter Jacobson's Net Worth?

Peter Jacobson is an American actor and producer who has a net worth of $3 million. Peter Jacobson is best known for playing Dr. Chris Taub on the Fox medical drama "House" (2007–2012) and Proxy Alan Snyder on the USA Network science-fiction series "Colony" (2016–2018). He has also played Lee Drexler on Showtime's "Ray Donovan" (2013–2015), Agent Wolfe on FX's "The Americans" (2016–2017), John Rogers on CBS's "NCIS: Los Angeles" (2018–2019), and Rabbi Jacob Kessner on AMC's "Fear The Walking Dead" (2019–2022). Jacobson has more than 100 acting credits to his name, including the films "Private Parts" (1997), "Deconstructing Harry" (1997), "Cradle Will Rock" (1999), "Good Night, and Good Luck" (2005), "White House Down" (2013), "The Goldfinch" (2019), and "Smile 2" (2024), the miniseries "The Starter Wife" (2007), and the television series "Bull" (2000–2001), "A.U.S.A." (2003), "Method and Red" (2004), "In Justice" (2006), "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (2012–2018), and "The Girls on the Bus" (2024). He also voiced Acer in the 2011 Disney Pixar film "Cars 2," and he produced the 2019 short film "The Hour After Westerly."

Early Life

Peter Jacobson was born March 24, 1965, in Chicago, Illinois. He is the son of Walter Jacobson and Lynn Straus, and his father was a news anchor for the Chicago stations WBBM-TV and WFLD before working as a commentator at WLS-AM radio. Peter has an older sister named Wendy, and their parents divorced in the '70s. Jacobson comes from a Jewish family with roots in Ukraine, Russia, and possibly Lithuania. Peter graduated from Brown University in 1987, then he attended the prestigious Juilliard School, where he was part of Group 20 in the drama division.

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Career

Jacobson made his TV debut in a 1993 episode of "NYPD Blue," then he guest-starred on "Law & Order" (1994), "Cosby" (1997), "Oz" (1997), and "Spin City" (1997). His first film was 1994's "It Could Happen to You," and he followed it with "Jeffrey" (1995), "Ed's Next Move" (1996), "Private Parts" (1997), "Commandments" (1997), "Conspiracy Theory" (1997), "Deconstructing Harry" (1997), "As Good as It Gets" (1997), "A Price Above Rubies" (1998), "Great Expectations" (1998), "Mixing Nia" (1998), "A Civil Action" (1998), "Hit and Runway" (1999), and "Cradle Will Rock" (1999). In 2000, Peter played Sandy on ABC's "Talk to Me" and began a five-episode stint as Josh Kaplan on TNT's "Bull." He appeared in the films "Looking for an Echo" (2000), "Life with David" (2001), "61*" (2001), "Showtime" (2002), "Path to War" (2002), "Domino" (2005), "Failure to Launch" (2006), "The Memory Thief" (2007), "What Just Happened" (2008), and "Midnight Meat Train" (2008), and he had an uncredited role in "Live Free or Die Hard" (2007) and a cameo in "Transformers" (2007). He also co-starred with George Clooney, David Strathairn, Patricia Clarkson, Jeff Daniels, Robert Downey Jr., and Frank Langella in 2005's "Good Night, and Good Luck," which earned six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.

Jacobson guest-starred on "Will and Grace" (2001), "Gideon's Crossing" (2001), "Third Watch" (2001), "Ed" (2003), "Law & Order" (2003–2006), "ER" (2004), "Hope and Faith" (2005), "CSI: Miami" (2005), "Scrubs" (2006), "Criminal Minds" (2006), "Entourage" (2006), "Boston Legal" (2007), and "Royal Pains" (2009–2010), and he appeared in the 2006 miniseries "The Lost Room." He played Geoffrey Laurence on NBC's "A.U.S.A." (2003), Bill Blaford on Fox's "Method and Red" (2004), Yarmulke Jake on ABC's "In Justice" (2006), and Kenny Kagan on the USA Network miniseries "The Starter Wife" (2007). From 2007 to 2012, Peter starred as Dr. Chris Taub on the Fox medical drama "House," joining the cast of the critically acclaimed show during its fourth season. During his time on the show, it earned two Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Drama Series (2008 and 2009). In 2011, Jacobson voiced Acer in the animated film "Cars 2," which grossed $559.8 million at the box office and received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Animated Feature Film.

Peter guest-starred on "The Good Wife" (2011), "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (2012–2018), "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" (2013), "Perception" (2013), "Chicago P.D." (2015), "Madam Secretary" (2016), and "Billions" (2018), and he played Lee Drexler on Showtime's "Ray Donovan" (2013–2015), Proxy Alan Snyder on the USA Network's "Colony" (2016–2018), Agent Wolfe on FX's "The Americans" (2016–2017), John Rogers on CBS's "NCIS: Los Angeles" (2018–2019), and Rabbi Jacob Kessner on AMC's "Fear The Walking Dead" (2019–2022). Jacobson co-starred with Jamie Foxx and Channing Tatum in the 2013 action film "White House Down," then he appeared in "Brightest Star" (2013), "Better Living Through Chemistry" (2014), "Catfight" (2016), "The Goldfinch (2019), "Violet" (2021), "Dark Highway" (2023), "Fly Me to the Moon" (2024), and "Smile 2" (2024). He had a recurring role as Bob Paltrow in the 2022 Apple TV+ miniseries "WeCrashed," then he guest-starred on "New Amsterdam" (2022), "Star Wars: Ahsoka" (2023), and "The Good Doctor" (2024) and appeared in the Hallmark movies "Haul out the Holly" (2022) and "Haul out the Holly: Lit Up" (2023). In 2024, Peter played Benji Newman on the Max political drama "The Girls on the Bus."

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Personal Life

Peter married writer Whitney Scott on November 1, 1997. Though Jacobson grew up in a Jewish family, he told the "Jewish Journal" in 2016 that he and Scott "are not raising our son in a religious household, but we feel the same sort of tug of community and tradition and we think it would be important for our son to have that experience. We're juggling all the different possibilities." The article stated that Peter is a sports fan who spent his youth attending Chicago Cubs and Chicago Bears games and that he was the coach of his son's soccer team. He said of his love of sports, "Maybe it's the actor in me that loves the inherent drama of it. It's more intense than any play you could ever do. I'll go to any game, anywhere, anytime, any place."

Awards and Nominations

In 2006, Jacobson and his "Good Night, and Good Luck" co-stars earned a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, and in 2009, the "House" cast received a nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. "Good Night, and Good Luck" was also nominated for a Gold Derby Award for Ensemble Cast. "The Hour After Westerly" earned Peter a Best Actor (Short Film) award at the 2020 FirstGlance Film Fest Hollywood, a Jury Award for Best Actor – Drama Short at the 2021 SENE Film, Music and Art Festival, and a Best Actor nomination at the 2019 Burbank International Film Festival. In 2024, "Fear the Walking Dead" received a Merit – Honorary Award at CinEuphoria Awards.

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