Actor
Alexander Chaplin
March 20, 1971 · New York City, New York, U.S.
Alexander Chaplin (born March 20, 1971) is an American actor. Chaplin's most prominent role was that of speechwriter James Hobert on the sitcom Spin City. He was born as Alexander Gaberman in New York City. As with the rest of the Spin City main cast, Chaplin has featured in creator Bill Lawrence's subsequent sitcom, Scrubs, playing a drug addict who tries to trick Elliot into giving him prescription medication in "My Moment of Un-Truth" and later tricks Jordan into giving him money in "My Rite of Passage". His character later appeared in "My Scrubs" as a drugs counsellor for the hospital, claiming to be reformed. Chaplin also appeared in an episode of Law & Order (Season 14, episode 1, "Bodies") as pompous yet ethical legal-aid attorney Timothy Schwimmer who has to defend a serial killer (played by Ritchie Coster).
Notable work
8.2Scorpion (2014)
as Simon
8.4Chicago P.D. (2014)
as Dr. Lewis Macy
7.4Blindspot (2015)
as Garret Young
7.4The Basketball Diaries (1995)
as Bobo
8.1Silicon Valley (2014)
as Venture Capitalist
7.6Elementary (2012)
as Davis Potter
7The Report (2019)
as Sean Murphy
7.9FBI (2018)
as Neil Jacobs
7.5Ray Donovan (2013)
as Father Flannery
6.5Wish I Was Here (2014)
as Rabbi Rosenberg
7.3Law & Order (1990)
as Defense Attorney Tim Schwimmer
7.6The Good Wife (2009)
as Arthur Schumacher
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