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Stephen Tobolowsky

Stephen Tobolowsky

Actor · Born 1951-05-30 · Dallas, Texas, USA

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Biography

Stephen Harold Tobolowsky is an American character actor. He is known for film roles such as insurance agent Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day and amnesiac Sammy Jankis in Memento, as well as such television characters as Commissioner Hugo Jarry in Deadwood, Bob Bishop in Heroes, Sandy Ryerson in Glee, Stu Beggs in Californication and White Famous, "Action" Jack Barker in Silicon Valley, Dr. Leslie Berkowitz in One Day at a Time, Principal Earl Ball in The Goldbergs, and Dr. Schulman in The Mindy Project. Tobolowsky was born on May 30, 1951, in Dallas, Texas. He studied geology at Southern Methodist University but switched to theater after being cast in a production of "The Crucible." He later attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he graduated with a degree in drama. Tobolowsky began his acting career in the early 1980s, appearing in films such as The Philadelphia Experiment (1984), Nobody's Fool (1986), and Spaceballs (1987). He also had a recurring role on the television series Seinfeld (1989-1998). Tobolowsky's breakthrough role came in 1993, when he played Ned Ryerson in the comedy Groundhog Day. His performance in the film was critically acclaimed, and h…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Memento (2000) — Sammy
  2. The Simpsons (1989) — Merle (voice)
  3. Groundhog Day (1993) — Ned Ryerson
  4. Robots (2005) — Bigmouth Executive / Forge (voice)
  5. Malcolm in the Middle (2000) — Mr. Fisher
  6. Basic Instinct (1992) — Dr. Lamott
  7. Freaky Friday (2003) — Mr. Bates
  8. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Edwin Adelson
  9. Garfield (2004) — Happy Chapman
  10. The Lorax (2012) — Uncle Ubb (voice)
  11. Thelma & Louise (1991) — Max
  12. Spaceballs (1987) — Captain of the Guard
  13. Buried (2010) — Alan Davenport (voice)
  14. Fractured (2019) — Dr. Berthram
  15. The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) — Dr. Kendrick
  16. Heroes (2006) — Bob Bishop
  17. Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014) — Principal Purdy (voice)
  18. Wild Hogs (2007) — Charley
  19. Seinfeld (1989) — Tor Eckman
  20. Community (2009) — Professor Peter Sheffield
  21. The Insider (1999) — Eric Kluster
  22. Desperate Housewives (2004) — Bud Penrod
  23. Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005) — Tom Abernathy
  24. Mississippi Burning (1988) — Townley
  25. Silicon Valley (2014) — Jack Barker
  26. Ghost Whisperer (2005) — Dr. Peltier
  27. We Bare Bears (2015) — Stephen ( voice)
  28. Failure to Launch (2006) — Bud
  29. CSI: Miami (2002) — Don Haffman
  30. That '70s Show (1998) — Professor
  31. Archer (2009) — Robert (voice)
  32. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) — Spencer Freiberg
  33. Californication (2007) — Stu Beggs
  34. National Security (2003) — Billy Narthax
  35. Sneakers (1992) — Dr. Werner Brandes
  36. Bird on a Wire (1990) — Joe Weyburn
  37. Toy Story of Terror! (2013) — Ron (voice)
  38. Deadwood (2004) — Hugo Jarry
  39. Glee (2009) — Sandy Ryerson
  40. Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) — Len Dunkel

Directed

  1. Two Idiots in Hollywood (1988) — Director