Stephen Tobolowsky

Acting · 2.4 popularity

Age

Movies

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Born: May 30, 1951
From: 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 he has since become one of the most recognizable character actors in Hollywood. Tobolowsky has continued to work steadily in film and television over the years. He has appeared in numerous other films, including Memento (2000), Mulholland Drive (2001), and The Informant! (2009). He has also had recurring roles on the television series Deadwood (2004-2006), Heroes (2006-2007), Californication (2007-2014), and Silicon Valley (2014-2019). In addition to his acting career, Tobolowsky is also a writer and a podcaster. He has written two books, The Dangerous Animals Club (2002) and The Tobolowsky Files (2017). He also hosts the podcast The Tobolowsky Files, in which he tells stories about his life and career.

Works

149 films

Memento

20008.2

Groundhog Day

19937.6

The Lorax

20126.5

Basic Instinct

19926.9

Robots

20056.5

Spaceballs

19876.9

Freaky Friday

20036.6

Freakier Friday

20256.8

Thelma & Louise

19917.6

Garfield

20045.7

Sneakers

19926.9

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

20146.7

Wild Hogs

20076.0

The Insider

19997.5

The Time Traveler's Wife

20097.0

The Glimmer Man

19965.4

Failure to Launch

20065.8

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

20055.7

Fractured

20196.8

Mississippi Burning

19887.7

National Security

20036.0

Bird on a Wire

19906.2

Buried

20106.6

Candy Cane Lane

20236.0

Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown

20177.8

Hail Mary

2011

The Grifters

19906.5

Hero

19926.3

Murder in the First

19957.1

Single White Female

19926.3

The Philadelphia Experiment

19846.1

Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco

19966.6

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

19925.9

Black Dog

19986.4

Freddy Got Fingered

20014.7

View from the Top

20035.6

Mr. Magoo

19974.5

My Father the Hero

19945.4

Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!

20045.7

The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story

19985.7

Little Black Book

20045.3

Atlas Shrugged: Part III

20144.5

Poolman

20244.3

Great Balls of Fire!

19896.3

You May Not Kiss the Bride

20115.6

Hollywood Signs

20221.5

Hello Ladies: The Movie

20146.5

The Sasquatch Gang

20065.9

The Country Bears

20024.8

The Valley of Light

20076.5

Wedlock

19915.8

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

19906.2

Butterfly in the Typewriter

2026

In Country

19895.6

Radioland Murders

19945.9

The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars

19985.7

Don't Look Under the Bed

19996.5

Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey

20037.9

The Barber

20155.7

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

19954.7

Beethoven's Big Break

20085.2

Funny About Love

19904.9

Swing Shift

19845.6

The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween

20196.6

Haul Out the Holly

20226.1

Blind Dating

20066.0

Where the Day Takes You

19926.1

Woodstockers

2026

Love Liza

20026.4

Ritual

20024.7

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

19983.9

Roe vs. Wade

19896.0

Fantastic Mr. Murray

20196.3

The Confirmation

20166.4

The Pickle

19935.0

Mary the Widow

2026

The Prime Gig

20016.0

Freaks Part II

2026

Strange Nature

20185.7

Hard Breakers

20113.6

One Man's Hero

19995.4

Mimics

20265.5

Mirror Mirror

19905.2

The Day the World Ended

20014.3

Josh & S.A.M.

19934.9

Calendar Girl

19935.2

Peep World

20104.8

Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes

20004.6

Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up

20236.1

Monsters at Large

20185.1

The Face is Familiar

20092.0

Thelma & Louise: Born to Live

20258.5

To the Moon, Alice

19917.0

Christian Mingle

20145.7

Haul Out the Halloween

20256.3

The Last Ride

20125.3

Checking Out

19884.4

Breaking In

19895.7

On the Edge

20015.5

Around the Fire

19983.9

Loveless in Los Angeles

20073.9

The Rainbow Tribe

20085.8

Debating Robert Lee

20046.5

Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time

20026.5

Welcome to the Men's Group

20162.7

Black River

20015.6

Power 98

19964.3

The Primary Instinct

20156.9

Frankie and Johnny Are Married

20037.5

Six L.A. Love Stories

20165.0

Cocaine and Blue Eyes

19834.3

The Marla Hanson Story

19916.7

Promise Me Tomorrow

20069.0

Where is Rocky II?

20165.0

Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion

20004.1

Par 6

20027.0

Stanley's Gig

20006.2

Bossa Nova

20005.5

McBride: The Doctor is Out...Really Out

20056.9

The Curse of Inferno

19965.0

Last Flight Out

1990

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"

20196.6

Night Visitors

19966.5

Roadside Prophets

19925.5

Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster

19916.7

Trevor

19946.9

Pearblossom Hwy

20124.7

The Operator

20004.1

Two Idiots in Hollywood

19884.0

Mamaboy

20164.2

Guys and Girls Can't Be Friends

20146.0

Nobody's Fool

19864.4

Loners

20193.8

Boxboarders!

20074.2

Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party

20066.2

Say It Ain't Solo

20122.0

Love Virtually

20235.0

Magnificat

20116.7

Deadly Medicine

19914.0

Living 'til the End

20055.5

Tagget

19918.0

Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want

20103.5

Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues

20237.4

The Cowboy Killer

2025

Keep My Grave Open

19774.0

Waiting for Yvette

20084.6

Watching Walter

2024

The Five Keys to Mastery

20059.0

Toy Story of Terror!

20137.2