In House M.D., which actor played Dr. Chris Taub?

In House M.D., Peter Jacobson played Dr. Chris Taub.

Taub joins House’s diagnostic team during the fourth-season competition to replace the original fellows. The character is a plastic surgeon who later works in diagnostic medicine, bringing both surgical experience and a skeptical, pragmatic style to the team.

Jacobson was part of the principal cast from the fourth season through the series finale. Taub’s personal life is also a continuing storyline: his marriage and later relationships create conflicts that affect his work and his decisions about fatherhood.

Taub is sometimes confused with Lawrence Kutner because both doctors joined the reconstituted team around the same period. Kutner was played by Kal Penn, while Taub was played by Jacobson. Another frequent mix-up is identifying Taub primarily as a general surgeon; the show first presents him as a plastic surgeon before House recruits him for diagnostic work.