Jacob Witkin

Actor May 12 (died age 78) Johannesburg, South Africa 1970–2019 (49 year career)

5.9 avg rating

Highest Rated

How I Met Your Mother

2005 · as Nora's Dad

8.1

Orbit

2019 · as Old Man

8.0

iCarly

2007 · as Police Officer

8.0

Known For

Film

Love and Death

Sushkin

Film

Hail, Caesar!

Saul of Tarsus

Film

Showgirls

Caesar

Film

Matinee

Dr. Diablo

Film

Phantom

Priest

Film

Sick Girl

Choking Man

Film

Arabian Adventure

Omar, the Goldsmith

Film

How I Met Your Mother

Nora's Dad

Filmography

Acting (51)

Movies (29)

Butcher's Bake Off: Hell's Kitchen

2019

as Sir Ian Cavenaugh (archive footage) (uncredited)

Orbit

as Old Man

Hail, Caesar!

as Saul of Tarsus

Evil Bong: High-5!

as Grampa

Postman Pat: The Movie

2014

as George Lancaster / Major Forbes (voice)

5.1

The Bijou: A One Way Crossing

2014

as Gregory Stanton

Phantom

2013

as Priest

5.9

Evil Bong 3: The Wrath of Bong

2011

as Gramps

4.1

Evil Bong 2: King Bong

2009

as Cyril

3.8

Gingerdead Man 2: The Passion of the Crust

2008

as Sir Ian Cavenaugh

4.6

All God's Children Can Dance

2008

4.3

For Heaven's Sake

2008

as Dr. Hosmer

Arizona Seaside

as The Major

Evil Bong

as Cyril

Sick Girl

as Choking Man

Dr. Moreau's House of Pain

2004

as Dr. Moreau

3.6

Puppet Master: The Legacy

as Eric Weiss

Fast Money

as Sir Stewart

Ladykiller

as Professor Dandridge

Showgirls

as Caesar

Matinee

as Dr. Diablo

Doubting Thomas

as Metaphrastes

A Cotswold Death

1982

as Sheik

7.0

Children of the Full Moon

1980

as Woodsman

7.7

Arabian Adventure

1979

as Omar, the Goldsmith

The Nativity

as Census Taker

Child of Hope

as Commissioner

Love and Death

1975

as Sushkin

7.5

Yesterday's Girl

1973

as Adrian (aged 39)

Television (22)

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

as Announcer

iCarly

as Police Officer

How I Met Your Mother

as Nora's Dad

Lost

as Howard Zukerman

Alias

as Politician

Walker, Texas Ranger

as McCumber

Super Force

Superboy

Lovejoy

as Carlo

Murder, She Wrote

as Alexander Sandsby

Reilly: Ace of Spies

as Ships Officer

Bergerac

as Hydrofoil Captain

The Chinese Detective

1981

7.2

Hammer House of Horror

as Woodcutter

Cribb

as Brodski

The Enigma Files

as Ibn Essif

Therese Raquin

as Doctor

Tales of the Unexpected

as Boris Duckworth

The Professionals

as Captain

Father Brown

Crown Court

as Arnold Parker

Play for Today

as The Sheik