Executive Producer, Writer, Director , Actor, Singer. Peter started his career in front of the camera, guest starring in such memorable series as Murphy Brown, Beverly Hills 90210, the Facts of Life, Dynasty, Too Close for Comfort, Booker, Matlock, and some not so memorable ones that locked in his medical insurance. He also appeared in the films Spread, Movers and Shakers, GORP, and other noteworthy epics. Peter went on to win the Drama-Logue Award as best actor for his portrayal of Danny Zuko in a Los Angeles production of GREASE. After fifteen years of unsold pilots, SAG dues and psychotherapy bills, he and his Encino therapist decided it would be healthier for Peter to go behind the camera. So he did. He and his then wife, Fran Drescher, created, wrote and executive produced The Nanny for CBS for six years making it one of the most sought after series in television syndication. He had a good shrink! Peter went on to co-write The Nanny Animated Christmas Special, Oye to the World, and the Chatter Box. He wrote the CBS pilot DIVA and executive produced, wrote and created CCPD, a pilot for FOX with Dan Aykroyd and co-created Charmed Lives for Embassy, with Eve Brandstein. He then executive produced the Paramount film Beautician and the Beast and wrote the Disney film Mama Mia along with Frank Lombardi which got him a really nice place by the beach. When The Nanny left the airwaves, Peter moved back to his hometown, New York City. But not Flushing this time --- Tribeca! He got a really sweet loft, but on a low floor with no view. While in New York, Peter and writing partner Michael Scalisi wrote the Film Who I Did On My Summer Vacation, which was set to go starring Scarlett Johansson, but when the German economy went down the tube, so did the money for Scarlett. Instead of slitting his wrist, Peter went back to his television roots and created, produced and wrote, with Nick Scotti, the cult reality series New York Nick for E!'s Style Network. But Hollywood called again (and honestly the winters in New York were brutal). So Peter sold his loft and moved to the Hills of Beverly, well Sunset. He found a house that is so beautiful that it was used for a season of Bobby Flay's Food Channel show. Which paid the mortgage during the writers strike. He was directing a couple of episodes of the Joey Lawrence sitcom Run of the House when Caryn Lucas offered him a job as Co-Executive Producer of WB's What I Like About You, where he remained for two seasons and directed several episodes. Peter then directed Hope and Faith, Rita Rocks and the Web Series Tease. TV Land aired a series he co-created with Fran Drescher, Happily Divorced, based on their 18 year marriage which ended after Peter told Fran he is gay. Peter served as Executive Producer and writer . Simultaneously, Queen of Harts, which he created, was in development with LOGO as their first sitcom.
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Biography from IMDb.
- October 27, 1957 (69)
- Queens, New York City, New York, USA
- Actor, writer, director and producer
- 18 on MovieCove · 31 credits in all
What are Peter Marc Jacobson's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 3
Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 2
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Allyas Jay in Dangerous Love (1988)
Moods and endings
- Happy6
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Peter Marc Jacobson's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Roku Channel (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Peter Marc Jacobson's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
31 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Nanny Oksana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Country Comfort(2021)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
Young & Hungry(2014)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Happily Divorced(2011)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
The Fran Drescher Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Spread(2009)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Rita Rocks(2008)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
La Niñera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
La Nany (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
My Fair Nanny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
The Nanny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Hope & Faith (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Run of the House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
What I Like About You(2002)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
The Nanny: Oy to the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
The Nanny(1993)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Beverly Hills, 90210(1990)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
Desire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Booker(1989)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
Love and Betrayal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Murphy Brown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Dangerous Love(1988)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Matlock(1986)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
Movers & Shakers(1985)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Lunch Wagon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Battle Creek Brawl(1980)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Gorp(1980)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
The Facts of Life(1979)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all shows
Wonder Woman(1975)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 59th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 31 titles from 1975 to 2025; peak year 1980.
Biggest box office
The Beautician and the Beast (1997)
Highest rated
Country Comfort (2021)
Most popular right now
Rita Rocks (2008)
Film career
Peak 1980 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1980Screen debut· Gorp
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Peter Marc Jacobson's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 31st percentile, the median of all 7; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 26th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th8
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
8 of their 18 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Panned1
- Loved with Detractors1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed8
Reviewers score the acting 43/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 22. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Peter Marc Jacobson work with?
People who share at least 2 of Peter Marc Jacobson's MovieCove titles; Fran Drescher shares the most, 4.
- Fran DrescherShared titles: Coming Out Colton (2021), The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember (2004), The Beautician and the Beast (1997), Gorp (1980)See all 4 shared titles with Fran Drescher
