Robert Jayne

Robert Jayne (born July 16, 1973), also known as Bobby Jacoby, is an American actor, real estate developer and professional blackjack player.

Career Starting his career as a child actor, he has appeared in many television series as well as films. His television credits include: Perfect Strangers, Knots Landing, The Greatest American Hero, St. Elsewhere, Manimal, The Love Boat, Highway to Heaven, Murder She Wrote, Diff'rent Strokes, Who's the Boss?, T.J. Hooker, The A-Team, Cagney and Lacey, Hill Street Blues, The Wonder Years, Jake and the Fatman, Land of the Lost, Walker Texas Ranger, Baywatch, Tremors, The Lazarus Man and Ernie alongside Dick Christie, Marla Pennington, Jerry Supiran, Emily Schulman & Tiffany Brissette in Small Wonder.

His film credits include: Iron Eagle, Tremors, Tremors 3: Back to Perfection, Meet the Applegates, Night of the Demons 2, and Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II, and the 1993 film titled "The Day My Parents Ran Away".

He also supplied the voice of "Dorin" in the animated television series Wildfire, and directed and wrote the 2010 short film The Broker.

Jayne has spent his adult life cultivating a career in real estate development and construction strategy expertise. Recognized in spatial design, his work has been featured in the Los Angeles Times With work focused on "turn-around properties", Jayne opened RJC Design + Build, Inc.

In 1998, Jayne became a world-class blackjack player, and played blackjack professionally with a team of well-known card counters from 2000 to 2005. In his 2010 book Repeat until Rich, Josh Axelrad describes his experiences in Las Vegas with Jayne and a team of card counters as they use "Big Player" and "Call-in" tactics to win millions of dollars. Jayne became a well known player and was entered into a blacklist by the Griffin Agency, known for supplying intelligence information to casinos regarding players that can "hurt" the casino by winning money.

Under the name "Bobby J", Jayne played in the first World Series of Blackjack against such notables Stanford Wong and Hollywood Dave It pitted some of the best and well-known blackjack players from around the world.

Personal life

Jayne's siblings, Billy Jayne, Susan Jayne, Laura Jacoby, as well as his half-brother Scott Jacoby are also actors. Jayne is of Jewish descent.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1985 The Zoo Gang Ricky Haskell Fever Pitch Gam-a-teen Boy Small Wonder Ernie / Stanley 3 episodes 1985-86 Diff'rent Strokes Ricky 5 episodes 1986 Iron Eagle Matthew 1987 Who's The Boss? Walter 1 episode; credited as Bobby Jacoby1987Perfect StrangersEddieS2, E17; credited as Bobby Jacoby 1988 After School Basketball Player #3 1989 Dr. Alien Bradford Littlejohn Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II Tyor 1990 Tremors Melvin Plug Meet the Applegates Johnny Applegate 1994 Night of the Demons 2 Perry 1996 Boy Meets World Jeff 1 episode 1997 Walker, Texas Ranger Ranger Danny O'Bannon 1 episode 1998 Can't Hardly Wait Homeboy #2 2000 The Right Temptation Travis 2001 Pearl Harbor Sunburnt Sailor Tremors 3: Back to Perfection Melvin Plug 2003 Tremors TV series 2006 Beyond the Wall of Sleep Jasper 2007 Bee Movie Bee #4 Voice; uncredited 2013 Carlos Spills the Beans Chuck 2014 Mythica: A Quest for Heroes Peregus Malister 2015 Mythica: The Darkspore 2015 Mythica: The Necromancer