In House, M.D., which character is played by actor Peter Jacobson?

In House, M.D., Peter Jacobson plays doctor Chris Taub.

Chris Taub joins House’s diagnostic team during the fourth-season search for new fellows. Before becoming a doctor, Taub worked as a plastic surgeon, and the character’s professional history becomes an important part of his identity. He is portrayed as highly capable but often cautious, competitive, and concerned about the consequences of his choices.

Taub is part of the expanded diagnostic team that follows House’s original group of Foreman, Chase, and Cameron. Viewers sometimes confuse Peter Jacobson with Kal Penn, who plays Lawrence Kutner, because both characters join the newer team around the same period. Jacobson’s character, however, is Chris Taub, the former plastic surgeon.