| Robert Jayne | |
| Birth Date: | 16 July 1973 |
| Other Names: | Bobby Jacoby |
| Occupation: | Real estate developer, Designer, Actor, Blackjack Player |
| Years Active: | 1979–present |
| Spouse: | Ceacilie Carlson |
| Children: | 2 |
Robert Jayne (born July 16, 1973),[1] also known as Bobby Jacoby, is an American actor, real estate developer and professional blackjack player.
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 with Dick Christie, Marla Pennington, Jerry Supiran, Emily Schulman & Tiffany Brissette in Small Wonder.
His film credits include: Iron Eagle, Tremors, , 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 as a spatial design expert, his work has been featured in the Los Angeles Times[2] With work focused on "turn-around properties", Jayne built a company with long-time friend Donovan Bowes, RJC Design Build, Inc., which served hundreds of investment developments through construction and development.
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.[3] 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.[4]
Under the name "Bobby J", Jayne played in the first World Series of Blackjack against such notables Stanford Wong and Hollywood Dave[5] It pitted some of the best and well-known blackjack players from around the world.
Jayne's siblings, Billy Jayne, Susan Jayne, Laura Jacoby, as well as his half-brother Scott Jacoby are also actors.[6] Jayne is of Jewish descent.[7]
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 1998 | Can't Hardly Wait | Homeboy #2 | |
| 2000 | The Right Temptation | Travis | |
| 2001 | Pearl Harbor | Sunburnt Sailor | |
| 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 |