---
name: "John Jacobs"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-jacobs"
fi1m_id: "john-jacobs"
imdb_id: "nm1124997"
tmdb_id: 28635
wikidata_id: "Q22278334"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T12:44:40.215998+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."
---

# John Jacobs

## Identity

John Jacobs

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-jacobs
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-jacobs
- **IMDb ID:** nm1124997
- **TMDB ID:** 28635
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22278334
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacobs_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22278334, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1124997/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28635

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 2012–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Seth MacFarlane](https://film.one/person/seth-macfarlane.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacobs_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22278334, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1124997/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28635

## Biography

John Jacobs is an American film and television producer. He is president of Smart Entertainment, which he formed in 2001.

Jacobs trained at the American Film Institute. He has produced the films *Anger Management* (2003), *Blades of Glory* (2007), *Beverly Hills Chihuahua* (2008), *Ted* (2012), *Ted 2* (2015), *The Boy Next Door* (2015) and *Ricky Stanicky* (2024), as well as the television series *ted* (2024). He has also served as consulting producer on the animated series *Family Guy* and *American Dad!*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ted* (2012), Fi1m 64, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/ted.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *Ricky Stanicky* (2024), Producer
- *ted* (2024), series, Producer
- *Dashing Through the Snow* (2023), Producer
- *Maya* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Ted 2* (2015), Producer
- *The Boy Next Door* (2015), Producer
- *Ted* (2012), Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/ted.md)
- *Beverly Hills Chihuahua* (2008), Producer
- *Blades of Glory* (2007), Producer
- *The Ringer* (2005), Producer
- *My Boss's Daughter* (2003), Producer
- *Anger Management* (2003), Executive Producer
- *Married to It* (1991), Executive Producer

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