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Stephen Tobolowsky Biography (1951-)

Full name, Stephen Harold Tobolowsky; born May 30, 1951, in Dallas, TX; married Anne Hearn (an actress); children: (with other) Robert Alexander; (with Hearn) William Elijah. Addresses: Agent: c/o Innovative Artists, 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2850, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, director, screenwriter

Birth Details

May 30, 1951

Dallas, Texas, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Robert, Keep My Grave Open (also known as The House Where HellFroze Over), Jefferson and Century, 1980
• French de Mille, documentary narrator, Swing Shift, Warner Bros.,1984
• Barney, The Philadelphia Experiment, New World, 1984
• Kirk, Nobody's Fool, Island, 1986
• Captain of the Guard, Spaceballs, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1987
• Townley, Mississippi Burning, Orion, 1988
• Prosecuting attorney, Two Idiots in Hollywood, 1988
• Pharmacist, Checking Out, Warner Bros., 1989
• John Phillips, Great Balls of Fire, Orion, 1989
• District attorney, Breaking In, Samuel Goldwyn, 1989
• Pete, In Country, Warner Bros., 1989
• Joe Weyburn, Bird on a Wire, Universal, 1990
• Dr. Hugo Blatt, Funny about Love, Paramount, 1990
• (As Stephen Tobolowski) Bill Klepler, Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael, Paramount, 1990
• Jeweler, The Grifters, Universal, 1990
• Mr. Anderson, Mirror, Mirror, Academy Entertainment, 1991
• Max, Thelma and Louise, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Pathe, 1991
• Warren Singleton, Memoirs of an Invisible Man (also known as Les aventures d'un homme invisible), Warner Bros., 1992
• Dr. Lamott, Basic Instinct, TriStar, 1992
• Ranger Bob, Roadside Prophets, Fine Line, 1992
• Mitchell Meyerson, Single White Female, Columbia, 1992
• Dr. Werner Brandes, Sneakers, Universal, 1992
• Charles, Where the Day Takes You, New Line Cinema, 1992
• James Wallace, Hero (also known as Accidental Hero), Columbia, 1992
• Ned, Groundhog Day, Columbia, 1993
• Mike Krakower, The Pickle, Columbia, 1993
• Antonio Gallo, Calendar Girl, Columbia, 1993
• Thom Whitney, Josh and S.A.M., Columbia, 1993
• Mike, My Father, the Hero (also known as My father, ce heros), Buena Vista, 1994
• Max Applewhite, Radioland Murders, Universal, 1994
• Father Joe, Trevor, 1994
• Mr. Henkin, Murder in the First (also known as Meurtre a Alcatraz), Warner Bros., 1995
• Oliver Mintz, Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde, HBO Home Video, 1995
• Voice of Bando, Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco, Buena Vista, 1996
• Rick Harris, Power 98, Warner Vision, 1996
• Christopher Maynard, The Glimmer Man, Warner Bros., 1996
• Father Joe, "Trevor," Boys Life 2, Strand Releasing, 1997
• Bill Bardo, An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn, Buena Vista, 1997
• FBI Agent Chuck Stupak, Mr. Magoo, Buena Vista, 1997
• Lonnie Martin, The Curse of Inferno (also known as The Stick Up), Motion Picture Corporation of America, 1997
• Agent McClaren, Black Dog, MCA/Universal, 1998
• (As Stephen Tobolowski) Voice of calculator, The Brave Little ToasterGoes to Mars, Walt Disney Home Video, 1998
• Doc, Around the Fire, A-pix Entertainment, 1999
• Captain Gaine, One Man's Hero (also known as Heroes sin patria), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Orion, 1999
• Erin Kluster, president of CBS News, The Insider, Buena Vista, 1999
• Father Jon, Trevor, 1999
• Trevor, Bossa Nova, Columbia TriStar, 2000
• Doc, The Operator, Black Wolf Productions, 2000
• B. J. McQueen, Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion (also known as Alien Fury and Countdown to Invasion), Paramount, 2000
• Abe Cohen, Stanley's Gig, 2000
• Mick, The Prime Gig, Fine Line/New Line Cinema, 2000
• Sammy, Memento, Columbia TriStar, 2000
• The husband, Urban Chaos Theory, 2000
• Dewey Wise, Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes, 2000
• (Uncredited) Uncle Neil, Freddy Got Fingered, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001
• Dr. Martin Ullberg, It Is What It Is, Cooler Heads Productions, 2001
• Tom Bailey, Love Liza, Sony Pictures Classics, 2002
• T. T. Riley, Par 6, Par 6 Productions, 2002
• Mr. Barrison, The Country Bears, Buena Vista/Walt Disney, 2002
• Steve Neely, Adaptation, Columbia, 2002
• Frank Thomas, A View from the Top, Miramax, 2002
• Also appeared in Half Moon Street and City Slickers.
• Film Work
• Staging (Shakespearean sequence), Nobody's Fool, Island, 1986
• Director, Two Idiots in Hollywood, 1988
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Sam Steinberg, Ohara, ABC, 1987
• Niles Hardeman, Against the Grain, NBC, 1993
• Oak, Blue Skies, ABC, 1994
• Dr. Warner Brakefield, A Whole New Ballgame, ABC, 1995
• Karl, Dweebs, CBS, 1995
• Ray Heary, Mr. Rhodes, NBC, 1996
• Also appeared as voice of Numericles, Hercules (also known as Disney's Hercules).
• Miniseries
• Detective Keefe, When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn (also known as Soldiers of Misfortune), CBS, 1993
• Mayor, Black River (also known as Dean Koontz's Black River), 2001
• Movies
• Daryl Horwood, Roe vs. Wade, NBC, 1989
• Dr. Timothy Brandon, "Last Flight Out," AT&T Presents, NBC, 1990
• Defense Attorney Crain, The Marla Hanson Story (also known as If Looks Could Kill: The Marla Hanson Story, Face Value, and Surfaces: The Marla Hanson Story), NBC, 1991
• Sergeant Phil Baranski, Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster, NBC, 1991
• Al Hentz, Tagget (also known as Dragonfire), 1991
• Warden George Holliday, Deadlock (also known as Wedlock), HBO, 1991
• Ron Sutton, Deadly Medicine, NBC, 1991
• Taylor, Night Visitors, NBC, 1996
• Michael McCausland, Don't Look under the Bed, The Disney Channel,1999
• Ed Turner, The Day the World Ended, HBO, 2001
• Episodic
• Caveman Carl, "Vera, the Nightbird," Alice, 1985
• Boyd, "Design House," Designing Women, 1986
• Alex, "Here's Why You Should Never Wear High Heels to the Bank," The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, 1987
• Dr. Michael Segal, "Lie Down and Deliver," L.A. Law, 1989
• Dr. Ezra Farr, "Whiz Kid," Baby Talk, 1991
• Tor, "The Heart Attack," Seinfeld, NBC, 1991
• Ben Sasha, "Be My Valentine," Picket Fences, 1993
• Dr. Ted Joseph, "Full Moon," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1995
• Dr. Ted Joseph, "Songs from the Cuckoo Birds," Chicago Hope, CBS,1995
• Jeffrey Solomon, "Touched by an Anger," The Home Court, NBC, 1996
• Vincent Hartford, "The Birds," The Naked Truth, NBC, 1997
• Fred Argyle, "Par from the Course," Promised Land, CBS, 1997
• The councilman, "The Dog and Pony Show," The Drew Carey Show, ABC,1997
• Mr. Brinkman, "Making Music with the Wrong Man," Any Day Now, Lifetime, 1998
• Dr. Gerken, "Don't Tell," Suddenly Susan, NBC, 1998
• Mayor Bob Laird, "Eden," Vengeance Unlimited, ABC, 1998
• Principal, "Uncle Phil Goes Back to High School," Mad about You, NBC, 1999
• Clyde Burrows, "Closet Justice," The Practice, ABC, 1999
• Mr. Bench, "Singer in the Band," Snoops, ABC, 1999
• Mr. Bench, "Bedfellas," Snoops, ABC, 1999
• Mr. Bench, "A Criminal Mind," Snoops, ABC, 1999
• The professor, "Laurie and the Professor," That '70s Show, Fox, 1999
• Alan Carlson, "In the Name of the Father," Odd Man Out, ABC, 1999
• "Club Brigadoon," Hollywood Off-Ramp, E! Entertainment Television,2000
• "The Screw-Up," That's Life, ABC, 2000
• Voice of Gil, "Mindwarp," Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (animated), The Disney Channel, 2000
• "The Exterminator," King of the Hill (animated), Fox, 2001
• Adam Burgess, "Madam, I'm Adam," The Lone Gunmen, Fox, 2001
• Julius Walters, "Secrets and Lies," Roswell, UPN, 2001
• Milt Flack, "Swing Time," Off Centre, The WB, 2001
• Mr. Fisher, "Lois' Makeover," Malcolm in the Middle, Fox, 2002
• Appeared in episodes of Laverne and Shirley, Mary Hartman, MaryHartman, and Crazy Like a Fox; also appeared as Mr. Siegel, "Blood, Flopsweat and Tears," Bull, TNT.
• Pilots
• TV clerk, Cocaine and Blue Eyes, NBC, 1983
• Dr. Trader, The Pretender, NBC, 1996
• Walter Westfield, Gene Pool, The WB, 2001
• Specials
• Rational mind couple (man), The Marriage Counselor, HBO and Playboy Channel, 1988
• Blackie, Hot Prospects, CBS, 1989
• Sitcom producer, "To the Moon, Alice," Showtime 30-Minute Movie, Showtime, 1990
• Other
• Tom, On the Edge, 2001
• Stage Appearances
• Leon Darnell, The Wake of Jamey Foster, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, 1982
• The Marriage of Bette and Boo, Los Angeles Theatre Center, Los Angeles, 1989
• Also appeared in The Three Sisters, The Wild Duck, Barabbus, and The Glass Menagerie, all L.A. Theatre Center; in UncleVanya; The Waiting Room; and Living Out, Mark Taper Forum,Los Angeles.
• Stage Work
• Director
• The Miss Firecracker Contest, off-Broadway production, 1984-1985
• The Lucky Spot, off-Broadway production, 1987
• Homer Bolton, Morning's at Seven, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 2002
• Also directed The Bridgehead; The Debutante Ball; The Secret Rapture; Our Town; and What Every Woman Knows, Los Angeles.
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• (With David Byrne and Beth Henley) True Stories, Warner Bros., 1986
• Also wrote screen adaptation of his own play, Two Idiots in Hollywood, 1988; wrote Rules of the Road, HBO.
• Film Music
• Two Idiots in Hollywood, 1988
• Music for the Stage
• Original music, Day of Hope, Los Angeles Theatre Center, Los Angeles, 1991