---
name: "Alexander Chaplin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alexander-chaplin"
fi1m_id: "alexander-chaplin"
imdb_id: "nm0300040"
tmdb_id: 87951
wikidata_id: "Q939174"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 March 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-27T08:27:51.826595+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alexander Chaplin

## Identity

Alexander Chaplin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alexander-chaplin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alexander-chaplin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0300040
- **TMDB ID:** 87951
- **Wikidata ID:** Q939174
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Chaplin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q939174, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0300040/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/87951

Actor. Born 20 March 1971 in New York City, New York, U.S..

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 March 1971, New York City, New York, U.S.
- **Also known as:** Sandy Gaberman, Alexander Gaberman, Sandy Chaplin
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Chaplin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q939174, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0300040/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/87951

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Assistant*](https://film.one/film/the-assistant.md) (81)

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## Biography

Alexander Chaplin is an American actor. Born Alexander Gaberman on 20 March 1971 in New York City, he trained at the Juilliard School and earlier attended Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center.

He is best known for playing speechwriter James Hobert in the sitcom *Spin City* (1996–2000). Other film and television credits include *The Basketball Diaries* (1995, as Bobo), recurring appearances in *Scrubs*, and roles in *The Report* (2019) and *The Assistant* (2020) as Max. He is the son-in-law of producer and director Harold Prince.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Assistant* (2020), Fi1m 81, as Max — [page](https://film.one/film/the-assistant.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Assistant* (2020), as Max — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-assistant.md)
- *The Report* (2019), as Sean Murphy
- *FBI* (2018), series, as Neil Jacobs
- *The New Yorker Presents* (2016), series, as Tim Schwimmer
- *Blindspot* (2015), series, as Garret Young
- *Scorpion* (2014), series, as Simon
- *Madam Secretary* (2014), series, as Chad Sorenson
- *Wish I Was Here* (2014), as Rabbi Rosenberg
- *Silicon Valley* (2014), series, as Venture Capitalist — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/silicon-valley.md)
- *Chicago P.D.* (2014), series, as Dr. Lewis Macy
- *Ray Donovan* (2013), series, as Father Flannery
- *Syrup* (2013), as Paul
- *Elementary* (2012), series, as Davis Potter
- *Shake It Up* (2010), series, as Sergei
- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as Arthur Schumacher — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *Cop Dog* (2008), as Barry
- *New York City Serenade* (2007), as Terry
- *The Wedding Weekend* (2006), as Ted
- *Ugly Betty* (2006), series, as Fabian
- *Numb3rs* (2005), series, as Austin Parker
- *Dog Gone Love* (2004), as Steven Merritt
- *Alma Mater* (2002), Actor
- *Scrubs* (2001), series, as Mr. Thompson
- *30 Days* (1999), as Mike Charles
- *Spin City* (1996), series, as James Hobert
- *The Basketball Diaries* (1995), as Bobo
- *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), series, as Johnny — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/homicide-life-on-the-street.md)
- *Temptations* (1992), as Spinner
- *Second Chances* (1992), as Spinner
- *First Impressions* (1992), as Spinner
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Defense Attorney Tim Schwimmer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

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