Peter Marc Jacobson
Peter Marc Jacobson | |
|---|---|
 Peter Marc Jacobson in Cannes | |
| Born | October 27, 1957 |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, director, producer, actor |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Spouse | |
Peter Marc Jacobson (born October 27, 1957) is an American television writer, director and producer, and actor. He is best known as the co-creator of the popular sitcom The Nanny, which he created and wrote with his then wife actress Fran Drescher, who was the star of the series. He was often credited as Peter Marc in his early acting roles.
Selected career highlights
Producer
- What I Like About You (consulting producer; 18 episodes, 2004–2005), (co-executive producer; 16 episodes, 2005–2006)
- The Nanny (executive producer; 122 episodes, 1993–1999), (co-executive producer; 23 episodes, 1993–1994)
- Happily Divorced (executive producer; 22 episodes, 2011–2013)
Writer
- What I Like About You (5 episodes, 2004–2006)
- The Nanny (145 episodes, 1993–1999)
- Who's the Boss? (1984; unknown number of episodes)
- Happily Divorced (10 episodes, 2011)
Actor
- Happily Divorced (2 episodes, 2011)
- The Nanny (3 episodes, 1994–1999)
- Matlock (2 episodes, 1990–1993)
- Beverly Hills, 90210 (1 episode, 1991)
- Babes (1 episode, 1991)
- Murphy Brown (1 episode, 1990)
- Booker (1 episode, 1990)
- Dangerous Love (film, 1988)
- Movers & Shakers (film, 1985)
- Lunch Wagon (film, 1981)
- The Big Brawl (film, 1980)
- Gorp (film, 1980)
Director
- The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember (2004)
- Happily Divorced (2 episodes, 2012)
Personal life
Jacobson and Fran Drescher married in 1978 and moved to Los Angeles to launch their careers.[1] Jacobson and Drescher divorced in 1999, after being separated for a number of years. The couple had no children. He came out as gay to her after their marriage ended.[2] The couple developed the 2011 television series Happily Divorced for TV Land based on their lives.[3]
References
- ^ "Larry King Live Interview with Fran Drescher". CNN. 2002-05-06. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
- ^ Huffington Post on Drescher and Jacobson
- ^ TV Land Greenlights Two New Sitcoms
External links
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- 1957 births
- 20th-century American male actors
- 20th-century American writers
- 21st-century American male actors
- 21st-century American writers
- Jewish American male actors
- American male television actors
- American television directors
- American television writers
- Gay actors
- Gay writers
- LGBT directors
- LGBT entertainers from the United States
- LGBT rights activists from the United States
- LGBT people from New York (state)
- LGBT producers
- LGBT writers from the United States
- Living people
- Male actors from New York City
- Male television writers
- People from Queens, New York
- Queens College, City University of New York alumni
- Television producers from New York City
- Writers from New York City
- Activists from New York (state)
- 20th-century American male writers