Steve Jacobs

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Steve Jacobs
Born
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation(s)Actor, producer, director
Known for Sky Trackers
R.F.D.S.
Spouse Anna Maria Monticelli

Steve Jacobs is an Australian actor and film director.

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Career

Jacob's debut role was in this television film Man of Letters in 1984. The same year he appeared in feature film Silver City . In 1985, Jacobs appeared in 4 episodes of TV medical drama A Country Practice and two more TV films. The next year he appeared in two miniseries, Alice to Nowhere and The Dirtwater Dynasty and feature films Echoes of Paradise (alongside Wendy Hughes) and Jilted (opposite Tina Bursill). After a guest role in the rebooted American Mission: Impossible series in 1988, he appeared in two more miniseries, The Magistrate and Cassidy and feature film Kokoda Crescent (all 1989).

Jacobs had early 1990s guest roles in long-running medical series G.P. , anthology miniseries Seven Deadly Sins and drama thriller Snowy . He then starred in back-to-back roles in Australian children's science fiction adventure series Sky Trackers and medical drama R.F.D.S. , a Crawford Productions spin-off of long-running series The Flying Doctors – the roles he is perhaps best known for. He had 1990s television guest appearances in Blue Murder , Halifax f.p. , One West Waikiki , Police Rescue , State Coroner , All Saints , Medivac , Wildside and Stingers . He also had roles in several films including Father (1990), Boys in the Island (both 1990), Rose Against the Odds (1991), To Have & to Hold (1996), Heart of Fire, The Well and Reprisal (all 1997).

Jacobs had further television guest roles in to the 2000s, including White Collar Blue , Fergus McPhail , Blue Heelers , East West 101 and Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms . He appeared in the 2000s TV movies Ihaka: Blunt Instrument and BlackJack: Sweet Science , as well as 2001 comedy feature The Man Who Sued God (alongside Billy Connolly).

Jacobs directed the movie La Spagnola (2001), which was written and produced by Anna Maria Monticelli. In 2008 he directed John Malkovich in a film adaptation of J. M. Coetzee's novel Disgrace , again produced and adapted by Monticelli. [1] It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the Prize of the International Critics. [2]

Personal life

Jacobs is married to actress and producer Anna Maria Monticelli, with whom he starred in Sky Trackers .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleType
1984 Man of Letters HallTV movie
1984 Silver City StefanFeature film
1984The Man You KnowBob Proudfoot (voice)Short film
1985 The Perfectionist LecturerTV movie
1985 A Single Life Richard BennettTV movie
1987 Echoes of Paradise GeorgeFeature film
1987 Jilted BobFeature film
1988 Alterations MichaelTV movie
1989 Kokoda Crescent DetectiveFeature film
1990 Father Bobby WintonFeature film
1990 Boys in the Island Vern MilesFeature film
1991SwimmingShort film
1991 Rose Against the Odds Frank OakesTV movie
1996 To Have & to Hold SalFeature film
1997Heart of FireTV movie
1997 The Well Rod BordernFeature film
1997ReprisalEdwardsTV movie
2000Ihaka: Blunt InstrumentRourkeTV movie
2001 The Man Who Sued God HalFeature film
2003The WaltzJackShort film
2004 BlackJack: Sweet Science BlakeTV movie

Television

YearTitleRoleType
1985 A Country Practice Russell GriffinTV series, 4 episodes
1986 Alice to Nowhere Dave MitchellTV miniseries, 2 episodes
1988 The Dirtwater Dynasty Josh McCallTV miniseries, 5 episodes
1988 Mission: Impossible StantonTV series, season 1, episode 4: "The Condemned"
1989 The Magistrate WetherbyTV miniseries, 4 episodes
1989 Cassidy JensenTV miniseries, 2 episodes
1992 G.P. MarkTV series, season 4 , episode 37: "Chrysalis"
1993 Seven Deadly Sins TV miniseries, episode 7: "Wrath"
1993 Snowy George BlessedTV miniseries, season 1, episode 8: "Song of the Siren"
1993–94 R.F.D.S. Dr Jim SolomonTV series, 13 episodes
1994 Sky Trackers Tony MastersTV series, 26 episodes
1995 Blue Murder Detective Mal RiversTV miniseries, 2 episodes
1996 Halifax f.p. WilliamTV series, season 2, episode 1: "Without Consent"
1996 One West Waikiki William StanleyTV series, season 2, episode 9: "The Romanoff Affair"
1996 Police Rescue Captain TarrantTV series, season 5, episode 5: "The Ship"
1997 State Coroner Chief Inspector Karl DevonTV series, season 1, 2 episodes
1998 All Saints Dr Harry WilliamsTV series, season 1, 2 episodes
1998 Medivac ParkerTV series, season 3, episode 10: "Boy Scout"
1999 Wildside Frank SmithTV series, season 2, episode 10
1999; 2002 Stingers Kransky QCTV series, seasons 2 & 5, 3 episodes
2002 White Collar Blue CableTV movie
2004 Fergus McPhail Jeremy SylvesterTV series, season 1, episode 17: "The Act"
2004 Blue Heelers Mike O'GradyTV series, season 11, episode 16: "The Cull"
2011 East West 101 Deputy Police CommissionerTV series, season 3, 3 episodes
2012 Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms Detective MastersonTV miniseries, episode 4

Awards

YearWorkAwardCategoryResult
1987A Single Life AFI Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Telefeature Won
2002 La Spagnola Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival Audience AwardWon
2002 La Spagnola Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival Award of Independent Cinema OwnersWon
2008 Disgrace Toronto International Film Festival International Critics AwardWon
2009 Disgrace Sydney Film Festival Best FilmNominated
2009 Disgrace Granada Film Festival (Cines Del Sur) Nominated
2009 Disgrace Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards Nominated

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References

  1. Disgrace at IMDb
  2. Vancheri, Barbara (15 November 2008). "Awards put the wrap on Toronto Film Festival". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Retrieved 7 January 2015.