Robert Jayne

Robert Jayne
Born	(1973-07-16) July 16, 1973 (age 52)
Other names	Bobby Jacoby
Occupation(s)	Real estate developer, designer, actor, blackjack player
Years active	1979–present
Spouse	Ceacilie Carlson
Children	2

Robert Jayne (born July 16, 1973), ^[1] also known as Bobby Jacoby, is an American actor, real estate developer and professional blackjack player.

Career

Starting his career as a child actor, he has appeared in many television series as well as films. His television credits include: Perfect Strangers , Knots Landing , The Greatest American Hero , St. Elsewhere , Manimal , The Love Boat , Highway to Heaven , Murder She Wrote , Diff'rent Strokes , Who's the Boss? , T.J. Hooker , The A-Team , Cagney and Lacey , Hill Street Blues , The Wonder Years , Jake and the Fatman , Land of the Lost , Walker Texas Ranger , Baywatch , Tremors , The Lazarus Man and Ernie alongside Dick Christie, Marla Pennington, Jerry Supiran, Emily Schulman & Tiffany Brissette in Small Wonder .

His film credits include: Iron Eagle , Tremors , Tremors 3: Back to Perfection , Meet the Applegates , Night of the Demons 2 , and Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II , and the 1993 film titled "The Day My Parents Ran Away".

He also supplied the voice of "Dorin" in the animated television series Wildfire , and directed and wrote the 2010 short film The Broker.

Jayne has spent his adult life cultivating a career in real estate development and construction strategy expertise. Recognized in spatial design, his work has been featured in the Los Angeles Times ^[2] With work focused on "turn-around properties", Jayne opened RJC Design + Build, Inc. ^[3]

In 1998, Jayne became a world-class blackjack player, and played blackjack professionally with a team of well-known card counters from 2000 to 2005. ^[4] In his 2010 book Repeat until Rich, Josh Axelrad describes his experiences in Las Vegas with Jayne and a team of card counters as they use "Big Player" and "Call-in" tactics to win millions of dollars. Jayne became a well known player and was entered into a blacklist by the Griffin Agency, known for supplying intelligence information to casinos regarding players that can "hurt" the casino by winning money. ^[5]

Under the name "Bobby J", Jayne played in the first World Series of Blackjack against such notables Stanford Wong and Hollywood Dave ^[6] It pitted some of the best and well-known blackjack players from around the world.

Personal life

Jayne's siblings, Billy Jayne, Susan Jayne, Laura Jacoby, as well as his half-brother Scott Jacoby are also actors. ^[7] Jayne is of Jewish descent. ^[8]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	The Zoo Gang	Ricky Haskell
	Fever Pitch	Gam-a-teen Boy
	Small Wonder	Ernie / Stanley	3 episodes
1985-86	Diff'rent Strokes	Ricky	5 episodes
1986	Iron Eagle	Matthew
1988	After School	Basketball Player #3
1989	Dr. Alien	Bradford Littlejohn
	Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II	Tyor
1990	Tremors	Melvin Plug
	Meet the Applegates	Johnny Applegate
1994	Night of the Demons 2	Perry
1996	Boy Meets World	Jeff	1 episode
1997	Walker, Texas Ranger	Ranger Danny O'Bannon	1 episode
1998	Can't Hardly Wait	Homeboy #2
2000	The Right Temptation	Travis
2001	Pearl Harbor	Sunburnt Sailor
	Tremors 3: Back to Perfection	Melvin Plug
2003	Tremors		TV series
2006	Beyond the Wall of Sleep	Jasper
2007	Bee Movie	Bee #4	Voice; uncredited
2013	Carlos Spills the Beans	Chuck
2014	Mythica: A Quest for Heroes	Peregus Malister
2015	Mythica: The Darkspore
2015	Mythica: The Necromancer

References

1. "Bobby Jacoby Biography". filmreference.com. 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
2. "Robert Jayne Before & After". Los Angeles Times . 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
3. "RJC Design + Build Inc. website". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
4. Axelrad, Josh (2010). Repeat until Rich: A Professional Card Counter's Chronicle of the Blackjack Wars . New York: Penguin Press. ISBN   978-1-59420-247-6.
5. "Griffin Investigations". bj21.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
6. "Past World Series of Blackjack". blackjackworldseries.net. 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
7. "The New York Times". Movies & TV Dept. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
8. Friedman, Jack (1984-11-19). "Dolores Jacoby May Look Like a Stage Mother, but She Has Her Kids in Movies and TV Commercials Too". People . Retrieved 2019-10-29.

External links

• Robert Jayne at IMDb