Steve Jacobs

Steve Jacobs is an Australian actor and film director.

Career Jacob's debut role was in the television film Man of Letters in 1984. The same year he appeared in feature film Silver City. In 1985, Jacobs appeared in 4 episodes of TV medical drama A Country Practice and two more TV films. The next year he appeared in two miniseries, Alice to Nowhere and The Dirtwater Dynasty and feature films Echoes of Paradise (alongside Wendy Hughes) and Jilted (opposite Tina Bursill). After a guest role in the rebooted American Mission: Impossible series in 1988, he appeared in two more miniseries, The Magistrate and Cassidy and feature film Kokoda Crescent (all 1989).

Jacobs had early 1990s guest roles in long-running medical series G.P., anthology miniseries Seven Deadly Sins and drama thriller Snowy. He then starred in back-to-back roles in Australian children's science fiction adventure series Sky Trackers and medical drama R.F.D.S., a Crawford Productions spin-off of long-running series The Flying Doctors – the roles he is perhaps best known for. He had 1990s television guest appearances in Blue Murder, Halifax f.p., One West Waikiki, Police Rescue, State Coroner, All Saints, Medivac, Wildside and Stingers. He also had roles in several films including Father (1990), Boys in the Island (both 1990), Rose Against the Odds (1991), To Have & to Hold (1996), Heart of Fire, The Well and Reprisal (all 1997).

Jacobs had further television guest roles into the 2000s, including White Collar Blue, Fergus McPhail, Blue Heelers, East West 101 and Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms. He appeared in the 2000s TV movies Ihaka: Blunt Instrument and BlackJack: Sweet Science, as well as 2001 comedy feature The Man Who Sued God (alongside Billy Connolly).

Jacobs directed the movie La Spagnola (2001), which was written and produced by Anna Maria Monticelli. In 2008 he directed John Malkovich in a film adaptation of J. M. Coetzee's novel Disgrace, again produced and adapted by Monticelli. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the Prize of the International Critics.

Personal life Jacobs is married to actress and producer Anna Maria Monticelli, with whom he starred in Sky Trackers.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Type 1984 Man of Letters Hall TV movie 1984 Silver City Stefan Feature film 1984 The Man You Know Bob Proudfoot (voice) Short film 1985 The Perfectionist Lecturer TV movie 1985 A Single Life Richard Bennett TV movie 1987 Echoes of Paradise George Feature film 1987 Jilted Bob Feature film 1988 Alterations Michael TV movie 1989 Kokoda Crescent Detective Feature film 1990 Father Bobby Winton Feature film 1990 Boys in the Island Vern Miles Feature film 1991 Swimming Short film 1991 Rose Against the Odds Frank Oakes TV movie 1996 To Have & to Hold Sal Feature film 1997 Heart of Fire TV movie 1997 The Well Rod Bordern Feature film 1997 Reprisal Edwards TV movie 2000 Ihaka: Blunt Instrument Rourke TV movie 2001 The Man Who Sued God Hal Feature film 2003 The Waltz Jack Short film 2004 BlackJack: Sweet Science Blake TV movie

Television Year Title Role Type 1985 A Country Practice Russell Griffin TV series, 4 episodes 1986 Alice to Nowhere Dave Mitchell TV miniseries, 2 episodes 1988 The Dirtwater Dynasty Josh McCall TV miniseries, 5 episodes 1988 Mission: Impossible Stanton TV series, season 1, episode 4: "The Condemned" 1989 The Magistrate Wetherby TV miniseries, 4 episodes 1989 Cassidy Jensen TV miniseries, 2 episodes 1992 G.P. Mark TV series, season 4 , episode 37: "Chrysalis" 1993 Seven Deadly Sins TV miniseries, episode 7: "Wrath" 1993 Snowy George Blessed TV miniseries, season 1, episode 8: "Song of the Siren" 1993–94 R.F.D.S. Dr Jim Solomon TV series, 13 episodes 1994 Sky Trackers Tony Masters TV series, 26 episodes 1995 Blue Murder Detective Mal Rivers TV miniseries, 2 episodes 1996 Halifax f.p. William TV series, season 2, episode 1: "Without Consent" 1996 One West Waikiki William Stanley TV series, season 2, episode 9: "The Romanoff Affair" 1996 Police Rescue Captain Tarrant TV series, season 5, episode 5: "The Ship" 1997 State Coroner Chief Inspector Karl Devon TV series, season 1, 2 episodes 1998 All Saints Dr Harry Williams TV series, season 1, 2 episodes 1998 Medivac Parker TV series, season 3, episode 10: "Boy Scout" 1999 Wildside Frank Smith TV series, season 2, episode 10 1999; 2002 Stingers Kransky QC TV series, seasons 2 & 5, 3 episodes 2002 White Collar Blue Cable TV movie 2004 Fergus McPhail Jeremy Sylvester TV series, season 1, episode 17: "The Act" 2004 Blue Heelers Mike O'Grady TV series, season 11, episode 16: "The Cull" 2011 East West 101 Deputy Police Commissioner TV series, season 3, 3 episodes 2012 Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms Detective Masterson TV miniseries, episode 4

Awards Year Work Award Category Result 1987 A Single Life AFI Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Telefeature 2002 La Spagnola Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival Audience Award 2002 La Spagnola Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival Award of Independent Cinema Owners 2008 Disgrace Toronto International Film Festival International Critics Award 2009 Disgrace Sydney Film Festival Best Film 2009 Disgrace Granada Film Festival (Cines Del Sur) 2009 Disgrace Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards