American actor Peter Jacobson has an estimated net worth of $2.5 million that he earned from film and television. He was born Peter S. Jacobson on March 24, 1965 to a Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois. His father is Chicago news anchor Walter Jacobson. He graduated from Brown University in 1987 and from the Juilliard School where he was a member of the drama division’s Group 20 from 1987 to 1991.
Jacobson began his professional on-camera career with a small part on NYPD Blue. He then combined film and television work. He appeared in television projects such as Law and Order, Oz, Spin City, Bull, Will and Grace, Gideon’s Crossing and Third Watch. His film appearances include Private Parts, Conspiracy Theory, As Good As It Gets, Great Expectations and Cradle Will Rock.
Peter Jacobson continued to appear in film and television with high-profile guest starring roles. In 2007, he was cast in the role that made him a household name, as Dr. Chris Taub, on House M.D. along with Lisa Edelstein. He also appeared in Royal Pains with Brooklyn Decker, The Good Wife and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. Other appearances include Academy Award-nominated film Good Nigh, and Good Luck in 2005, Transformers and The Midnight Meet Train as well as in TV series such as Scrubs, CSI: Miami, The Lost Room and The Starter Wife.