Stephen Tobolowsky

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-05-30 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Dallas, Texas, USA

Stephen Tobolowsky

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 ...

Acting

2000

Memento

as Sammy

1993

Groundhog Day

as Ned Ryerson

1992

Basic Instinct

as Dr. Lamott

1991

1991

Wedlock

as Warden Holliday

1988

1990

Bird on a Wire

as Joe Weyburn

1992

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

as Warren Singleton

1998

1989

Great Balls of Fire!

as Jud Phillips

1994

Radioland Murders

as Max Applewhite

1990

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

as Mayor Bill Klepler

1995

Murder in the First

as Mr. Henkin

2004

Garfield

as Happy Chapman

1999

The Insider

as Eric Kluster

1997

Mr. Magoo

as Agent FBI Chuck Stupak

2010

Buried

as Alan Davenport (voice)

1992

Single White Female

as Mitch Myerson

2006

Blind Dating

as Dr. Perkins

2001

Freddy Got Fingered

as Uncle Neil

1993

The Pickle

as Mike Krakower

1995

2007

Boxboarders!

as dr.james

2001

Black River

as Mayor Tom Thompson

2002

Love Liza

as Tom Bailey

2001

1990

1990

The Grifters

as Jeweler

1993

Josh and S.A.M.

as Thomas 'Thom' Whitney

1998

Black Dog

as McClaren

2002

The Country Bears

as Norbert Barrington

2001

1999

Don't Look Under the Bed

as Michael McCausland

1991

Deadly Medicine

as Ron Sutton

2014

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

as Principal Purdy (voice)

2000

2005

2012

The Lorax

as Uncle Ubb (voice)

2012

2023

Love Virtually

as Dr. Divine

1996

Power 98

as Rick Harris

2006

Promise Me Tomorrow

as Carl Venable

1994

Trevor

as Father Joe

2002

Par 6

as T.T. Riley

2010

Peep World

as Ephraim

2011

2001

On the Edge

as Tom (wraparound segments)

1996

2000

1988

Two Idiots in Hollywood

as Prosecuting Attorney

1989

Roe vs. Wade

as Darryl Horwath

1992

Sneakers

as Dr. Werner Brandes

2014

Atlas Shrugged: Part III

as Dr. Hugh Akston

2023

Candy Cane Lane

as Mr. Benedetto (uncredited)

1991

Tagget

as Al Hentz

2014

Christian Mingle

as Douglas McCarver

2009

2015

The Barber

as Chief Hardaway

2015

1996

The Glimmer Man

as Christopher Maynard

1999

One Man's Hero

as Captain Gaine

2016

The Confirmation

as Father Lyons

2022

2000

Bossa Nova

as Trevor

1983

1990

Last Flight Out

as Doctor Timothy Brandon

1992

Roadside Prophets

as Ranger Bob

2000

Stanley's Gig

as Abe Cohen

2004

Debating Robert Lee

as Debate Judge

2024

Poolman

as Stephen Toronkowski / Blanche

2007

Wild Hogs

as Charley

2007

The Valley of Light

as Littlefield

2003

National Security

as Billy Narthax

2003

Freaky Friday

as Mr. Bates

1990

Mirror Mirror

as Mr. Anderson

1987

Spaceballs

as Captain of the Guard

2016

Where is Rocky II?

as Byron (segment: "Monument One")

2012

2011

Magnificat

as Neighbor

1992

Hero

as Wallace

2017

Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown

as Andy Gunderson (voice)

2016

Mamaboy

as Reverend Weld

1986

1993

Calendar Girl

as Antonio

1977

2012

Pearblossom Hwy

as Rick Lawler

2018

Monsters at Large

as Mr. Phillips

1989

In Country

as Pete

1989

Breaking In

as District Attorney

2018

Strange Nature

as Mayor Paulson

1991

The Marla Hanson Story

as Defense Attorney

2019

Fractured

as Dr. Berthram

2019

Loners

as Mr. Tessman

2019

2019

Fantastic Mr. Murray

as Self - Interviewee

1991

To the Moon, Alice

as Sitcom Producer

1996

The Curse of Inferno

as Lonnie Martin

2003

View from the Top

as Frank Thomas (uncredited)

1993

Romeo Is Bleeding

as District Attorney (uncredited)

2002

Ritual

as Dr. Javitz (uncredited)

2006

The Sasquatch Gang

as Dalrymple

2013

Toy Story of Terror!

as Ron (voice)

1984

Swing Shift

as French deMille / Documentary Narrator

2005

Robots

as Bigmouth Executive / Forge (voice)

1998

1998

2010

Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want

as Father Joe (segment "Trevor")

2008

The Rainbow Tribe

as Principal Sands

2016

Six L.A. Love Stories

as Professor John Dobler

1988

Checking Out

as Pharmacist

2024

2025

Freakier Friday

as Mr. Bates

-

Mimics

as Melvin Reinhold

Production

1986

True Stories

as Writer

2015

The Primary Instinct

as Executive Producer

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