The next year he appeared in two miniseries, Alice to Nowhere and The Dirtwater Dynasty and feature films Echoes of Paradise (alongside Wendy Hughes) and Jilted (opposite Tina Bursill).
After a guest role in the rebooted American Mission: Impossible series in 1988, he appeared in two more miniseries, The Magistrate and Cassidy and feature film Kokoda Crescent (all 1989).
Jacobs had early 1990s guest roles in long-running medical series G.P., anthology miniseries Seven Deadly Sins and drama thriller Snowy.
He had 1990s television guest appearances in Blue Murder, Halifax f.p., One West Waikiki, Police Rescue, State Coroner, All Saints, Medivac, Wildside and Stingers.
He appeared in the 2000s TV movies Ihaka: Blunt Instrument and BlackJack: Sweet Science, as well as 2001 comedy feature The Man Who Sued God (alongside Billy Connolly).