Lenny Jacobson

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Lenny Jacobson
Born (1974-06-11) June 11, 1974 (age 49)
OccupationActor
Years active2007–present
Notable work Big Time in Hollywood, FL ; Nurse Jackie ... [1]
Spouse Jessica Harmon

Lenny Jacobson (born June 11, 1974) is an American actor best known for his recurring role as Ben in the Comedy Central series Big Time in Hollywood Florida and as Wayne Cobb in the Apple TV+ original science fiction space drama series For All Mankind.

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Life and career

Born and raised in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Jacobson attended Blessed Sacrament School and Holyoke Catholic High School. He went on to spend a year at Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI, where he was a member of the men's basketball team. [2]

He moved to Los Angeles in 2001 to pursue a career in acting and got his start booking various commercials, including Budweiser [3] and Castrol. [4]

In 2009, Jacobson earned a small role in the pilot for the Showtime series Nurse Jackie, which later became a major recurring role, appearing in 25 episodes over the next 4 seasons. During this time, Jacobson also worked on several other series including NCIS , Southland (TV series) , Law & Order: LA , and Rizzoli & Isles .

His career continued with roles on TV's CSI , [5] Shameless and Modern Family , and in feature films like Celeste & Jesse Forever and the 2013 Steve Jobs biopic Jobs , starring Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad, and J. K. Simmons. [6]

Following his final season on Nurse Jackie, Jacobson shared with his cast-mates a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, [7] his first major nomination.

In August 2013, Deadline Hollywood announced that Jacobson would be starring in Comedy Central pilot Big Time in Hollywood, FL, [8] which was then ordered to series in January 2014. [9] The series only lasted ten episodes and was confirmed by Jacobson himself that there would not be another season.

In 2016, Jacobson portrayed a role in Blumhouse Productions' The Veil , [10] alongside Jessica Alba and Thomas Jane. [11]

Since 2019, Jacobson has portrayed Wayne Cobb, husband of NASA Astronaut Molly Cobb, in the Apple TV+ original science fiction space drama series For All Mankind.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleDirector
2012 Celeste & Jesse Forever Peter PanLee Toland Krieger
2013 Jobs Burrell SmithJoshua Michael Stern
2016 The Veil EdPhil Joanou
2018 Bumblebee RoyTravis Knight

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Entourage Rub & Tug Customer #21 episode
Las Vegas Pickpocket1 episode
October Road Hippy Bob1 episode
2009-2012 Nurse Jackie Lenny25 episodes
2009Mayne StreetScott1 episode
2010 Southland Borders Guy1 episode
2011 Law & Order: LA Ray1 episode
NCIS Security Guard1 episode
2012 Rizzoli & Isles Rick Jaffe1 episode
2013 CSI Denny Jones1 episode
The New Normal Ben1 episode
Modern Family Tony1 episode
Jessie Ted the Delivery Guy1 episode
2014 The Crazy Ones Jerome1 episode
Next Time on LonnyTerrance1 episode
Bad Teacher Larry2 episodes
Halt and Catch Fire Donnie Manning1 episode
2015 Shameless Norbert1 episode
Big Time in Hollywood, FL Ben10 episodes
2016 Frequency GordoMain role; 13 episodes
Grimm Oliver Dunbar1 episode
2019–2022 For All Mankind Wayne Cobb8 episodes
2022 Peacemaker Evan Calcaterra2 episodes

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