Alexander Chaplin (né Gaberman; born March 20, 1971) is an American actor. Chaplin's most prominent role was that of
speechwriter
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James Hobert on the
sitcom
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Spin City
''Spin City'' is an American sitcom television series that aired from September 17, 1996, to April 30, 2002, on ABC. Created by Gary David Goldberg and Bill Lawrence, the show is set in a fictionalized version of the New York City mayor's off ...
''.
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.
Personal life
Chaplin is the son of a jazz musician and a novelist.
Profile
filmreference.com; accessed March 14, 2015. As a teen, Chaplin attended Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center in upstate New York
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. He and his wife, Daisy, producer Harold Prince
Harold Smith Prince (born Harold Smith; January 30, 1928 – July 31, 2019), commonly known as Hal Prince, was an American theatre director and producer known for his work in musical theatre.
One of the foremost figures in 20th-century theat ...
's daughter, changed their surnames to Chaplin, his mother-in-law's maiden name.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1971 births
Living people
Male actors from New York City
American male film actors
American male television actors
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors