Early life

Jacobson was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Lynn Straus and news anchor Walter Jacobson. His family is Jewish. He is a 1987 graduate of Brown University. Jacobson also graduated from the Juilliard School, where he was a member of the drama division's Group 20 (1987-1991).

Career

Jacobson and Lisa Edelstein, his future co-star on House, appeared as a couple eating at a restaurant in the 1997 film As Good as It Gets. He played a recurring role on Law & Order as Randy Dworkin, a jovial crusading defense attorney. In 2005, he played Jimmy in the Academy Award-nominated film Good Night, and Good Luck. He has appeared in Scrubs, CSI: Miami, The Lost Room, The Starter Wife, Transformers, and The Midnight Meat Train.

Jacobson joined the cast of House as Dr. Chris Taub, a plastic surgeon hoping to secure a place on Dr. Gregory House's diagnostics team. In October 2007, he was confirmed as a regular on the show. He made a guest appearance as Alan on an episode of the USA Network's Royal Pains.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	It Could Happen to You	Television Reporter
1996	Ed's Next Move	Yalta Coffee Shop Owner
1997	Private Parts	Lawyer
1997	Commandments	Banker
1997	Conspiracy Theory	Surveillance Operator
1997	Deconstructing Harry	Goldberg / Harry's Character
1997	As Good as It Gets	Man at Table
1998	A Price Above Rubies	Schnuel
1998	Great Expectations	Man on Phone
1998	Mixing Nia
1998	A Civil Action	Neil Jacobs
1999	Hit and Runway	Elliot Springer
1999	Cradle Will Rock	Silvano
2000	Looking for an Echo	Marty Pearlstein
2001	Life with David J
2001	Roomates	Eric
2001	61*	Artie Green
2001	Get Well Soon	Nathan
2002	Pipe Dream	Arnie Hufflitz
2002	Showtime	Brad Slocum
2002	Path to War	Adam Yarmolinsky
2004	Strip Search	John Scanlon
2005	Good Night, and Good Luck	Jimmy
2005	Domino	Burke Beckett
2006	Failure to Launch	Boatyard Man
2006	The Passage	Jacob Schultz
2007	The Memory Thief	Mr. Freeman
2007	Live Free or Die Hard	Maggie Q's Partner	Uncredited
2007	Purple Violets	Monroe	Uncredited
2007	Transformers	Mr. Hosney	Cameo
2008	What Just Happened	Cal
2008	Midnight Meat Train	Otto
2011	Cars 2	Acer	Voice
2013	White House Down	Wallace
2014	Better Living Through Chemistry	Dr. Roth

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	NYPD Blue	Reporter #1	Episode: "4B or Not 4B"
1994	Law & Order	Dr. Karl Styne	1 episode
1997	Oz	Carlton Auerback	Episode: "Capital P"
1997	Spin City	Greg Mullins	Episode: "Porn in the U.S.A."
2000	Talk to Me	Sandy	3 episodes
2000-2001	Bull	Josh Kaplan	5 episodes
2001	Will and Grace	Paul Budnik	Episode: "Mad Dogs and Average Men"
2001	Gideon's Crossing	Josh Steinman	Episode: "The Way"
2001	Third Watch	Detective Hall	Episode: "Childhood Memories"
2003	A.U.S.A.	Geoffrey Laurence	8 episodes
2003	Ed	Jeff Foster	Episode: "Goodbye Stuckeyville"
2004	ER		Episode: "The Student"
2004	Method and Red	Bill Blaford	Episode: "Something about Brenda"
2005	Hope and Faith	Aaron Melville	2 episodes
2005	CSI: Miami	George Hammett	Episode: "Payback"
2006	Love Monkey	Wapow! Guy	Episode: "Confidence"
2006	Scrubs	Mr. Foster	Episode: "My Big Bird"
2006	Criminal Minds	Michael Ryer	Episode: "Somebody's Watching"
2006	In Justice	Yarmulke Jake	5 episodes
2006	The Lost Room	Wally Jabrowski	3 episodes
2006	Entourage	Studio Head	Episode: "The Release"
2006	Law & Order	Randolph J. "Randy" Dworkin, Esq.	3 episodes
2007	Boston Legal	D.A. Randy Golden	Episode: "Guantanamo by the Bay"
2007	The Starter Wife	Kenny Kagan	6 episodes
2007-2012	House	Dr. Chris Taub	116 episodes
2009-2010	Royal Pains	Alan Righter	2 episodes
2011	The Good Wife	Michael Kahane	Episode: "A New Day"
2012	Iron Chef America	Himself	Guest judge Episode: "Simon vs. Yagihashi"
2012	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Bart Ganzel	3 episodes
2013	Ray Donovan	Lee Drexler	Regular
2013	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Michael Rotenberg	Episode: "The Gang Broke Dee"
2014	Rake	Max Fawcett	Episode: "50 Shades of Gay"
2015	Chicago P.D.	Mr. Friedman	Episode: "What Puts You on That Ledge"
2015	Battle Creek	Darrel	Episode: "Cereal Killers"
2016	Colony	Proxy Alan Snyder	Main Role
2016	Madam Secretary	Ted	Episode: "The Middle Way"

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