Actor Profile

Known for his recurring role as the cunning defense attorney "Randy Dworkin" on the long running series "Law & Order," Peter Jacobson boasts an eclectic mix of television, film and stage work.

His most recent film work includes "What Just Happened?" a comedy directed by Barry Levinson and "Transformers" directed by Michael Bay. He also was seen in the action thriller "Domino" with Keira Knightley, "Failure to Launch" and "Good Night, and Good Luck," which received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Ensemble Cast. He has worked with many acclaimed directors including John Frankenheimer, Woody Allen, George Clooney, David Frankel, James L. Brooks, Alfonso Cuaron and Tim Robbins.

On television, Jacobson starred opposite Debra Messing in the Emmy Award-nominated miniseries "The Starter Wife," and opposite Peter Krause and Julianna Margulies in "The Lost Room," a six-hour miniseries nominated for two Emmy Awards. His other work includes the television films "Path to War" and "61*," directed by Billy Crystal, and guest-starring roles on the TV series "CSI: Miami," "Will & Grace," "Criminal Minds," "Boston Legal," "Scrubs" and "ER."

Jacobson spent many years doing theater in New York, appearing in a variety of plays such as "The Taming of the Shrew," the Public Theatre's Shakespeare in the Park presentation of "Comedy of Errors," "Waiting for Lefty," directed by Joanne Woodward, David Mamet's "The Water Engine" at the Atlantic Theatre Company, and the original New York productions of John Patrick Shanley's "Four Dogs and a Bone," Steve Martin's "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" and "The Complete Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (abridged)."

A Native of Chicago and a graduate of Brown University, Jacobson attended the prestigious Juilliard School. Jacobson splits his time between New York and Los Angeles.