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Matthew Jacobs is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Co-Producer British born on 1 july 1956

Matthew Jacobs

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Birth name Matthew Jacobs
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 1 july 1956
Death 1 july 1956 (at 0 years)

Matthew Jacobs (born July 1, 1956) is a British writer, director, producer and actor. He is known best for his extensive career writing for television shows like Doctor Who and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. He also directed two prize-winning TV movies for BBC films Hallelujah Anyhow (1992) and Mothertime (1998). As an actor, he stars alongside Danny Huston in Boxing Day, Bernard Rose's forthcoming adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novella Master and Man.

Biography

Commençant par un travail d'acteur dans les années 1960 à la télévision anglaise, il devient réalisateur et scénariste à la BBC dans les années 1980. Il réalise deux téléfilms d'envergure pour la chaîne : Hallelujah Anyhow en 1992 et Mothertime en 1998.

Dans les années 1990, il part s'installer aux USA et devient scénariste pour différentes séries dont Les Aventures du jeune Indiana Jones (1992 et 1993) et écrira quelques épisodes de la série destiné au marché de la vidéo. En 1995, il est engagé par le producteur Philip David Segal afin de rédiger le scénario de Le Seigneur du Temps un téléfilm destiné à relancer la série Doctor Who. À l'époque, le projet vivait un enfer de développement et deux scénaristes avant lui avaient été virés. Finalement, le script de Jacobs sera retenu, mais l'épisode sera considéré comme un échec par la Fox qui ne donnera pas de suite au projet.

Jacobs écrira aussi pour le cinéma les scénarios de Paperhouse (1988), Lassie : Des amis pour la vie (1995) ainsi qu'une des toutes premières versions de Kuzco, l'empereur mégalo (2000) . Pour LucasArts il écrira aussi des scénarios pour les jeux vidéo Outlaws (1997) et Star Wars: Starfighter (2001)

Vers le milieu des années 2000, Matthew Jacobs reprit la carrière d'acteur, notamment pour des cours-métrages. En 2012, il joue dans le téléfilm Boxing Day au côté de Danny Huston.

Best films

The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
(Original Story)

Usually with

Bernard Rose
Bernard Rose
(6 films)
Adam McKay
Adam McKay
(1 films)
Danny Huston
Danny Huston
(3 films)
John Debney
John Debney
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Matthew Jacobs (14 films)

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Actor

Vice
Vice (2018)
, 2h12
Directed by Adam McKay
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Historical
Themes Politique
Actors Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Jesse Plemons, Sam Rockwell, Bill Pullman
Roles Antonin Scalia
Rating71% 3.598383.598383.598383.598383.59838
Dans les années 1960, le jeune Dick Cheney préfère se battre et traîner dans les bars plutôt que de suivre ses études. Alors qu'il vit de petits boulots, son épouse Lynne, qui veut atteindre par son intermédiaire les sommets que sa condition de femme lui interdit, le somme de se ressaisir et de mettre fin à sa débauche après être allée le chercher une deuxième fois au poste de police pour ivresse sur la voie publique. Après un stage, Dick décroche, au service de Donald Rumsfeld, un poste d'assistant à la Maison-Blanche dès 1969 durant la présidence de Richard Nixon. Il y découvre sa vocation : agir au plus près du pouvoir tout en restant dans l'ombre. Profitant de l'affaire du Watergate qui écarte plusieurs Républicains du pouvoir, il devient ensuite chef de cabinet de Gerald Ford.
Boxing Day
Boxing Day (2012)

Directed by Bernard Rose
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Danny Huston, Matthew Jacobs, Lyne Renée
Roles Nick
Rating57% 2.86012.86012.86012.86012.8601
Mr. Nice
Mr. Nice (2010)
, 2h1
Directed by Bernard Rose
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Rhys Ifans, Chloë Sevigny, Crispin Glover, David Thewlis, Olivia Grant, Omid Djalili
Roles Eddie Laxton
Rating62% 3.1480753.1480753.1480753.1480753.148075
The film begins in 2010, with a 65-year-old Howard Marks going onto a stage in front of a packed theatre to great applause. Marks asks if there are any plain-clothes policemen sat in the audience, to which the reply is negative. Then, while lighting up a joint, Marks asks "who here is a dope (marijuana) smoker?", to even greater applause. The film then diverts into Marks' internal monologue as he recounts his life.

Scriptwriter

Justin and the Knights of Valour, 1h30
Origin Espagne
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Children's films
Actors Saoirse Ronan, Freddie Highmore, Mark Strong, Antonio Banderas, Julie Walters, Olivia Williams
Rating59% 2.998412.998412.998412.998412.99841
Justin (Freddie Highmore) lives in the kingdom of Gabylonia, where bureaucrats rule and knights have been ousted. His dream is to become one of the Knights of Valour, like his grandfather, Sir Roland. But his father Reginald (Alfred Molina), a widower and the chief counsel to the Queen (Olivia Williams), wants his son to follow in his footsteps and become a lawyer. After an argument with his father, Justin seeks comfort from his grandmother (Julie Walters), a friend of the Queen, who encourages him to follow his dreams. Justin notices that his grandfather's sword is missing. He decides to go and find his grandfather's sword as his quest. His grandmother gives him a key which originally belonged to his grandfather and tells him to go to an abbey where three wise monks would train him. Before Justin leaves on his quest, he visits his crush Lara (Tamsin Egerton) who is a spoilt brat and the daughter of the kingdom's greatest economic. He wants to say farewell to her, though she is not really listening.
Mr. St. Nick
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Christmas films, Santa Claus in film
Actors Kelsey Grammer, Katherine Helmond, Ana Ortiz, Elaine Hendrix, Charles Durning, Brian Bedford
Rating50% 2.512362.512362.512362.512362.51236
King Nicholas XX (Durning) has been Santa Claus for 100 years and is now preparing to hand over the baton to his, and the Queen's (Helmond) son, Nick St. Nicholas (Grammer). Nick St. Nicholas is living the high life in Miami and is slightly reluctant to become Santa Claus. Jasper (Bedford), Nick's butler hires a new cook, Lorena (Ortiz). He then gets enticed into portraying a fictitious Santa Claus for a charity (Mr.SaintNick.com) by Heidi (Hendrix) and Hector (Garcia). Nick begins to fall in love with Heidi and asks her to marry him, little does he know that Hector and Heidi are transferring the charity's money into their own account in the Cayman Islands. Soon however, Nick starts to become closer to his loved ones (namely his father) and Nick starts to realizes how special being with your loved ones is. As that happens he also notices that he is getting to know Lorena better and is starting to develop feelings for Lorena too. Which makes him re-think about marrying Heidi. Nick eventually comes to see that he was wrong about everything and chooses Lorena instead.
The Emperor's New Groove, 1h15
Directed by Mark L. Dindal
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, Musical films, Buddy films, Children's films
Actors David Spade, John Goodman, Michael Herbig, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton, Wendie Malick
Roles Original Story
Rating74% 3.7021253.7021253.7021253.7021253.702125
The film opens with narration from Kuzco, a teenage Inca emperor who has been transformed into a llama. He tells the story of how his life as a ruler used to be and how it was ruined "for no reason". However, in his flashback he is shown to have been rude and narcisissitic, albeit charismatic. He even goes so far as insulting the appearances of potential brides and throwing an old man out the window for "throwing off his groove." After Kuzko fires his conniving advisor, Yzma, for abusing her power, she comes up with a scheme to usurp the throne with the help of Kronk, her dim-witted but jovial henchman. Meanwhile, Kuzco meets with Pacha, a kind peasant and village leader, and tells him that he wants to demolish his hilltop family home to build himself a lavish summer home called "Kuzcotopia". Pacha protests, but is dismissed.
Doctor Who
Doctor Who (1996)
, 1h29
Directed by Geoffrey Sax
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Adventure
Actors Paul McGann, Eric Roberts, Daphne Ashbrook, Sylvester McCoy, Yee Jee Tso, Will Sasso
Rating62% 3.1488753.1488753.1488753.1488753.148875
Sur la planète Skaro, le Maître, un Seigneur du Temps comme le Docteur, est jugé coupable de très nombreux crimes et est condamné par les Daleks à être exterminé. Sa dernière volonté est qu'on ramène ses restes sur sa planète d'origine, Gallifrey, accompagné par son ennemi juré, le Docteur. Ce dernier accepte et les cendres du Maître se voient transportées par le Docteur jusqu'à Gallifrey dans un petit conteneur.
Lassie
Lassie (1994)
, 1h34
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Tom Guiry, Helen Slater, Jon Tenney, Frederic Forrest, Richard Farnsworth, Michelle Williams
Roles Writer
Rating58% 2.9044352.9044352.9044352.9044352.904435
The Turner family moves from the big city (Baltimore, Maryland) to the rural countryside in Tazewell County, Virginia, hoping to start a new life. The move creates problems for everyone, especially 13-year-old Matt (Tom Guiry), who feels lost and alone in his new surroundings. But with the help of a stray Collie dog named Lassie that the family takes in, Matt learns to adjust and the two form an unbreakable bond.
Lorna Doone
Directed by Andrew Grieve
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Clive Owen, Miles Anderson, Billie Whitelaw, Robert Stephens, Sean Bean, Kenneth Haigh
Roles Writer
Rating58% 2.906382.906382.906382.906382.90638
West country yeoman John Ridd (Clive Owen) vows to avenge the death of his father by destroying the land-grabbing Doone family. Then he meets, and immediately falls in love with, the beautiful and innocent Lorna Doone (Polly Walker).
Paperhouse
Paperhouse (1989)
, 1h32
Directed by Bernard Rose
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Actors Glenne Headly, Elliott Spiers, Gemma Jones, Ben Cross, Steven O'Donnell, Barbara Keogh
Rating65% 3.299213.299213.299213.299213.29921
While suffering from glandular fever, 11-year-old Anna Madden draws a house. When she falls asleep, she has disturbing dreams in which she finds herself inside the house she has drawn. After she draws a face at the window, in her next dream she finds a disabled boy named Marc living in the house. She learns from her doctor that Marc is a real person.
Smart Money
Directed by Bernard Rose
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Actors Spencer Leigh, Bruce Payne, Iain Cuthbertson, Ken Campbell, Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Roles Writer
Rating60% 3.0443653.0443653.0443653.0443653.044365
The film is a comedy thriller about computer fraud. Leon, a computer hacker, and Freak, a programmer, team up with Fast Eddie, a video games expert, to get revenge on Lawrence McNeice, who framed Leon for a computer fraud he didn't commit.

Producer

Doctor Who
Doctor Who (1996)
, 1h29
Directed by Geoffrey Sax
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Adventure
Actors Paul McGann, Eric Roberts, Daphne Ashbrook, Sylvester McCoy, Yee Jee Tso, Will Sasso
Roles Co-Producer
Rating62% 3.1488753.1488753.1488753.1488753.148875
Sur la planète Skaro, le Maître, un Seigneur du Temps comme le Docteur, est jugé coupable de très nombreux crimes et est condamné par les Daleks à être exterminé. Sa dernière volonté est qu'on ramène ses restes sur sa planète d'origine, Gallifrey, accompagné par son ennemi juré, le Docteur. Ce dernier accepte et les cendres du Maître se voient transportées par le Docteur jusqu'à Gallifrey dans un petit conteneur.