Stephen Tobolowsky

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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

Groundhog Day

19937.6

Memento

20008.2

The Lorax

20126.5

Basic Instinct

19926.9

Robots

20056.5

Freaky Friday

20036.6

Spaceballs

19876.9

Freakier Friday

20256.8

Thelma & Louise

19917.6

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

20146.7

Garfield

20045.7

The Insider

19997.5

Sneakers

19926.9

Wild Hogs

20076.0

The Time Traveler's Wife

20097.0

Failure to Launch

20065.8

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

20055.7

Mississippi Burning

19887.7

Bird on a Wire

19906.2

Fractured

20196.8

Candy Cane Lane

20236.0

The Glimmer Man

19965.4

National Security

20036.0

Buried

20106.6

The Grifters

19906.5

Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown

20177.8

Hero

19926.3

Murder in the First

19957.1

Single White Female

19926.3

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

19925.9

Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco

19966.6

The Philadelphia Experiment

19846.1

Black Dog

19986.4

View from the Top

20035.6

Freddy Got Fingered

20014.7

Mr. Magoo

19974.5

My Father the Hero

19945.4

The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story

19985.7

Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!

20045.7

Atlas Shrugged: Part III

20144.5

You May Not Kiss the Bride

20115.6

Little Black Book

20045.3

Hello Ladies: The Movie

20146.5

Great Balls of Fire!

19896.3

The Country Bears

20024.8

Hollywood Signs

20221.5

In Country

19895.6

Wedlock

19915.8

Poolman

20244.3

Funny About Love

19904.9

Radioland Murders

19945.9

Hail Mary

2011

The Sasquatch Gang

20065.9

Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey

20037.9

Swing Shift

19845.6

The Valley of Light

20076.5

Blind Dating

20066.0

Don't Look Under the Bed

19996.5

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

19906.2

Where the Day Takes You

19926.1

Ritual

20024.7

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

19954.7

Butterfly in the Typewriter

2026

The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars

19985.7

Beethoven's Big Break

20085.2

The Pickle

19935.0

The Barber

20155.7

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

19983.9

Hard Breakers

20113.6

Love Liza

20026.4

Strange Nature

20185.7

Haul Out the Holly

20226.1

The Prime Gig

20016.0

The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween

20196.6

Mary the Widow

2026

The Day the World Ended

20014.3

Freaks Part II

2026

The Confirmation

20166.4

Josh & S.A.M.

19934.9

Roe vs. Wade

19896.0

Calendar Girl

19935.2

Peep World

20104.8

Woodstockers

2026

On the Edge

20015.5

Fantastic Mr. Murray

20196.2

Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up

20236.1

One Man's Hero

19995.4

To the Moon, Alice

19917.0

Mimics

20265.5

Mirror Mirror

19905.2

Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes

20004.6

The Face is Familiar

20092.0

Monsters at Large

20185.1

Around the Fire

19983.9

Six L.A. Love Stories

20165.0

Thelma & Louise: Born to Live

20258.5

Breaking In

19895.7

Haul Out the Halloween

20256.3

Christian Mingle

20145.7

Checking Out

19884.4

The Rainbow Tribe

20085.8

Debating Robert Lee

20046.5

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

20196.6

Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time

20026.5

The Last Ride

20125.3

Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion

20004.1

Black River

20015.6

Welcome to the Men's Group

20162.7

Say It Ain't Solo

20122.0

Power 98

19964.3

The Primary Instinct

20156.9

Love Virtually

20235.0

Loveless in Los Angeles

20073.9

Stanley's Gig

20006.2

Bossa Nova

20005.5

Cocaine and Blue Eyes

19834.3

The Marla Hanson Story

19916.7

Frankie and Johnny Are Married

20037.5

The Operator

20004.1

McBride: The Doctor is Out...Really Out

20056.9

Two Idiots in Hollywood

19884.0

Boxboarders!

20074.2

Roadside Prophets

19925.5

Where is Rocky II?

20165.0

Loners

20193.8

Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster

19916.7

Nobody's Fool

19864.4

Promise Me Tomorrow

20069.0

Last Flight Out

1990

The Curse of Inferno

19965.0

Guys and Girls Can't Be Friends

20146.0

Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party

20066.2

Trevor

19946.9

The Cowboy Killer

2025

Keep My Grave Open

19774.0

Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want

20103.5

Night Visitors

19966.5

Par 6

20027.0

Mamaboy

20164.2

Magnificat

20116.7

Deadly Medicine

19914.0

Waiting for Yvette

20084.6

Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues

20237.4

Pearblossom Hwy

20124.7

Living 'til the End

20055.5

Tagget

19918.0

Watching Walter

2024

The Five Keys to Mastery

20059.0

Toy Story of Terror!

20137.2