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Robert Jayne | |
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| Born | July 16, 1973 |
| 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.
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 with 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 as a spatial design expert, his work has been featured in the Los Angeles Times [2] With work focused on "turn-around properties", Jayne built a company with long-time friend Donovan Bowes, RJC Design Build, Inc., which served hundreds of investment developments through construction and development.[ citation needed ]
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. [3] 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. [4]
Under the name "Bobby J", Jayne played in the first World Series of Blackjack against such notables Stanford Wong and Hollywood Dave [5] It pitted some of the best and well-known blackjack players from around the world.
Jayne's siblings, Billy Jayne, Susan Jayne, Laura Jacoby, as well as his half-brother Scott Jacoby are also actors. [6] Jayne is of Jewish descent. [7]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
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