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Alexander Chaplin

Alexander Chaplin

Known For Acting
Birthday Mar 20, 1971 (54)
Birthplace New York City, New York, U.S.
Popularity 0.9 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   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, Chap ... lin 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). Chaplin's character ends up on the stand for not disclosing information, protected by the attorney-client privilege, given to him by the serial killer. As a teen, Chaplin attended Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center in upstate New York. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexander Chaplin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

The Assistant

The Assistant

2020

as Max

The Report

The Report

2019

as Sean Murphy

Wish I Was Here

Wish I Was Here

2014

as Rabbi Rosenberg

Syrup

Syrup

2013

as Paul

Cop Dog

Cop Dog

2008

as Barry

The Wedding Weekend

The Wedding Weekend

2006

as Ted

Dog Gone Love

Dog Gone Love

2004

as Steven Merritt

30 Days

30 Days

1999

as Mike Charles

The Basketball Diaries

The Basketball Diaries

1995

as Bobo

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Spin City

as James Hobert

Episodes: 100

First Aired: Sep 17, 1996

Scrubs

as Mr. Thompson

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Oct 02, 2001

Ugly Betty

as Fabian

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 2006

FBI

as Neil Jacobs

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 2018

Homicide: Life on the Street

as Johnny

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 31, 1993

Silicon Valley

as Venture Capitalist

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 06, 2014

The New Yorker Presents

as Tim Schwimmer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 16, 2016

Scorpion

as Simon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 2014

Ray Donovan

as Father Flannery

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 30, 2013

Law & Order

as Defense Attorney Tim Schwimmer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1990

Elementary

as Davis Potter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 2012

Blindspot

as Garret Young

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 2015

Shake It Up

as Sergei

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 2010

Chicago P.D.

as Dr. Lewis Macy

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 08, 2014

The Good Wife

as Arthur Schumacher

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 2009

Numb3rs

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 23, 2005

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