Stephen Tobolowsky

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Stephen Tobolowsky Wiki Biography

Stephen Harold Tobolowsky was born on 30 May 1951, in Dallas, Texas USA, of Jewish descent. He is an actor, author and musician, but probably best known for his varied roles in the films “Groundhog Day”, “Memento”, “Sneakers”, “Freaky Friday”, “Garfield” and “Wild Hogs”, and in the television series “Deadwood”, “Heroes”, “Glee”, “Californication” and “Silicon Valley”.

A noted actor, how wealthy is Stephen Tobolowsky? Sources state that Tobolowsky has acquired a wealth of over $1.5 million, as of mid-2017, collected through his involvement in the entertainment industry.

Tobolowsky grew up in Dallas, along with his brother. There he matriculated from Justin F. Kimball High School, and attended Southern Methodist University.

His acting career started in the ’70s, working primarily in theater, and aside from acting, he also wrote and directed several plays, such as “Two Idiots in Hollywood”, which later spawned the same-titled film in which he served as director.

The ’80s saw Tobolowsky landing several film roles, such as in “The Philadelphia Experiment”, “Breaking In” and “Great Balls of Fire!”, as well as numerous television guest appearances. His popularity grew and his wealth began to increase.

His film career really took off during the ’90s, and he went on to land roles in around 40 films by the end of the decade, establishing a great reputation in the acting world. His most notable parts of this time were in “Bird on a Wire”, “Basic Instinct”, “Groundhog Day”, “Radioland Murders”, “Mr. Magoo” and “The Insider”, to name a few. Aside from reinforcing his popularity and showing his great acting skills, these big screen projects greatly increased his fortune as well. The ’90s also saw Tobolowsky being extremely busy with small screen projects, making many TV guest appearances and appearing in several TV films, as well as landing recurring roles in series like “Against the Grain”, “Blue Skies”, “Dweebs” and “Mr. Rhodes”, further expanding his net worth.

Work continued to flow in steadily for Tobolowsky in the 2000s as well. He cemented his reputation as a true star by playing the role of the amnesiac Sammy Jankis in the neo-noir psychological thriller “Memento”, Werner Brandes in “Sneakers”, Mr. Bates in the teen fantasy-comedy film “Freaky Friday”, Happy Chapman in the comedy “Garfield” and Charley in the biker comedy “Wild Hogs”. His extensive television work during this time included the recurring part of Hugo Jarry in “Deadwood”, Bob Bishop in “Heroes” and Sandy Ryerson in “Glee”; his net worth became quite healthy!

From 2011 to 2014 Tobolowsky played Stu Beggs in the popular series “Californication”, and then portrayed Principal Ball in the series “The Goldbergs” from 2014 to 2017. All contributed to his wealth.

As of 2016 Tobolowsky has played Jack Barker in the comedy series “Sillicon Valley”, and since 2017 he has portrayed Dr. Berkowitz in the sitcom “One Day at a Time”. As for films, he is currently involved in several projects, including “Strange Nature” and “Monsters at Large”, set to be released in 2017.

Aside from acting, Tobolowsky has earned money by being the creator of the documentary films “Stephen Tobolowsky’s Birthday Party” and “The Primary Instinct”. He has also co-written the film “True Stories”.

In addition, he has run a monthly audio podcast called “The Tobolowsky Files”, containing his autobiographical stories, which he has also turned into books called “The Dangerous Animals Club” and “Cautionary Tales”, further improving his popularity status and his net worth as well. He also has a weekly podcast called “Big Problems – An Advice Podcast”.

Tobolowsky’s career, which has included over 200 films and television shows, writing screenplays, directing, as well as running podcasts and writing books, has enabled him to reach stardom. Being involved in such diverse projects has also enabled him to amass a sizable fortune.

Speaking about his personal life, Tobolowsky has been married to actress Ann Hearn since 1988. They have two children together.

IMDB Wikipedia $1.5 million 1951 1951-05-30 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Actor Actors Ann Hearn Ann Hearn (m. 1988) Dallas Dave Tobolowsky Film director June Tobolowsky Justin F. Kimball High School May 30 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play Playwright Screenwriter Southern Methodist University Stephen Harold Tobolowsky Stephen Tobolowski Stephen Tobolowsky Stephen Tobolowsky Net Worth Steven Tobolowsky Texas Theatre Director Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play United States United States of America University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Voice Actor

Stephen Tobolowsky Quick Info

Full Name Charles Brandes
Net Worth $1.5 Million
Date Of Birth May 30, 1951
Place Of Birth Dallas, Texas, United States
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Profession Actor, Playwright, Theatre Director, Film director, Voice Actor, Screenwriter
Education Justin F. Kimball High School, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Southern Methodist University
Nationality American
Spouse Ann Hearn
Parents Dave Tobolowsky, June Tobolowsky
Nicknames Stephen Harold Tobolowsky , Steven Tobolowsky , Stephen Tobolowski
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/stephentobolowsky
Twitter http://www.twitter.com/tobolowsky
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0864997/
Nominations Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Movies Groundhog Day, Memento, Garfield: The Movie, Freaky Friday, Stephen Tobolowsky’s Birthday Party, Thelma & Louise, Mississippi Burning, Basic Instinct, Bird on a Wire, The Insider, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Wild Hogs, The Primary Instinct, The Time Traveler’s Wife, True Stories, Radioland Murders, The C…
TV Shows Californication, Heroes, Deadwood, Manhattan, AZ, Mr. Rhodes, Dweebs, Blue Skies, Against the Grain, The Mindy Project, One Day at a Time, A Whole New Ballgame, American Men

Stephen Tobolowsky Trademarks

  1. Often plays egomaniacal characters
  2. He usually plays annoying business men-types that the heroes or villains loathe to deal with.

Stephen Tobolowsky Quotes

  • [2011] The most difficult role I’ve ever had, but one of the most rewarding, was Memento (2000). I’ll mention that because we had no lines in the script, and Chris [Christopher Nolan, writer-director] wanted us to improvise our part. I was playing someone with amnesia, which means you can’t remember what you’re doing, and Chris was going to cover it from different angles. So part of my brain had to remember what it was doing, and another part had to not remember what I was doing. And that was certainly the most difficult thing that I’d ever done. So that film was the most difficult, and in terms of script to stage, one of the most successful, in that when I read the script, I thought, “This could be the greatest scripts I’ve ever read”, and when I saw the film, I thought, “This is an absolutely amazing film, and it lives up to the promises of the script”. Ninety percent of the time, the final product of the film falls somewhat short of your reading of the script. And a few… Groundhog Day (1993) was an example of a script where I read it and the process and shooting of the film was superior to the original script. But “Memento” started off as a brilliant piece of writing, and ended up as a brilliant movie.
  • [2011, on working with Steven Seagal on The Glimmer Man (1996)] So I show up at Steven’s home on Stone Canyon Road. My audition was at 10 a.m. And I sat in his living room, which was filled with saddles. Saddles. All over the place. Like, ornate saddles. And I waited until 12:30. Steven came downstairs. He had been asleep. And at that point, I was kind of… What do you call it? You know, when waiting to do an audition, you develop a certain amount of stress. Like athletes who build up lactic acid in their body. At that time, I was still with lactic acid. Or whatever. My body became a toxic-waste dump. So I really don’t remember the audition too much, because I was so traumatized-there’s the trauma – I was traumatized by waiting to audition. They wanted me to shoot one of the first days of shooting. They called me at 7 in the morning, which I’m used to, but the crew call was 9. So I came in two hours early. The reason they wanted me two hours early was that they wanted to discuss hair with the hairdresser. But because I was bald, the hairdresser didn’t come in, so I was stuck waiting in the parking lot for someone to show up for two hours. When, finally, people showed up, John Gray came in and told me in a panic that Steven Seagal wanted to rewrite the script. He decided it was bad for his karma to constantly be killing people in movies, so he didn’t want to kill me, anymore. And I said, “Well, it’s important in the script that he kills me, because I’m, like, a serial killer”. And he said, “Don’t get into it with him. He believes it hurts his karmic development if he were to kill people”. And Warner Brothers is furious, because they told Steven, “Steven, we hired you because you’re good at killing people. And you know, you dance with who brought you. We’re not casting you to do a peace-loving cop, we’re casting you to murder people”. So, we got in to rehearse our scene, and Steven says, “You wanna go over the lines?” And I go, “Sure”. “By the way, I should mention I think we should change the end, because I shouldn’t kill you”. And John Gray is standing behind us doing the ix-nay sign, with his finger going across his throat, like, “Don’t talk, don’t talk, don’t talk. Don’t say anything”. I said, “Steven, that is an amazing argument. I never really thought of that before. But coming from my character’s perspective, I am trapped in hell, being a serial killer. It is the worst thing that I could imagine. So if you were to kill me, you would actually be freeing me to come back in a reincarnational form as something better, and I would be able to atone for my sins here on Earth. So I think you would be doing me a huge favor”. And Steven said, “I never thought of it that way”. So we shot the scene where he shoots me. We put in the prosthetics where my whole chest explodes when he shoots me, and then he walks up with the gun smoking, and looks down at me. We do this whole scene where I hold a priest hostage. He looks down at me, smoking, and John patted me on the back, and he said, “Thank you, Stephen, for getting us out of that one”. Fade out. Fade in. Two and a half months later, I get a phone call from John Gray. He said, “Oh, dear. We’re in trouble. Steven Seagal started ad-libbing in another scene about, “Thank God I didn’t kill the guy in the church”. So we have to find some way to add some lines to indicate that you’re not dead. So can you come in and look at the scene and see if we can put something into the film to indicate that you are still alive?” So I’m watching the film. Keenen Ivory Wayans walks in to watch the scene. We do the whole scene where I’m holding the priest, Steven shoots me, my chest explodes in slow-motion! I mean, the entire chest cavity goes! I fall out of frame, Steven walks up with the smoking gun. And John Gray said, “Maybe you can add a line off-camera here”. And I said, “Like what? What would I add? Like, ‘You missed me!’ or, ‘Thank God it’s just a flesh wound’, or ‘Oh no! I’m injured!'” I mean, my whole chest exploded. Keenen Ivory Wayans just rolls his eyes and walks out of the room. So I added, off-camera, “Finish me. Finish me off, you son of a bitch! Finish me!” It’s ludicrous! And I don’t know what they ended up showing. I don’t know if they ended up cutting that entirely, cutting me getting shot, cutting what I said, but I knew we were in the area of high comedy at that point.
  • [2011, on Where the Day Takes You (1991)] My first pedophilic role. First of many, with Balthazar Getty. I worked with dear [director] Mark Rocco, who also has passed away now, way too young. And he also cast me later in Murder in the First (1995), another crime of opportunity, because Oliver Stone didn’t show up to do a stunt-casting role they had had for him in the movie, “Murder in the First”. So Mark called me up that morning and said, “Can you get to the studio and play Oliver Stone’s part? We shoot it today”. So, I ran over there and tried to learn the lines, and shot what we did that day. “Where the Day Takes You” was unusual, because I remember I told Mark, “Well, you know, I play the piano some. What if I do a scene, with Balthazar Getty, where I kind of play the piano and do the scene talking to him?” not knowing the hell I just volunteered myself for, of having to do the scene from many different angles, playing the piano and having it land at the same time. Mark was a pretty inventive filmmaker, and he got around it somehow, because I certainly wasn’t good enough to act and play the piano exactly the same way in every shot. So Mark cut around that and made it work, and I think it is a great scene in the movie. That’s one of those “Where are They Now?” films. We had Ricki Lake before she had her talk show, and we had Sean Astin there, before he went off to New Zealand. Also Balthazar Getty. It was a phenomenal cast…Will Smith was in the movie. I think it was his first film. When he was a rapper. It was splendid cinematography for that film. We did the entire film for $2 million. It was far richer and more troubling… I mean, it’s a very worthwhile movie. And again, it makes me think of poor Mark Rocco. Way too young. Way too young, my goodness.
  • [2011, on landing Basic Instinct (1992)] I had auditioned for Paul Verhoeven three months before to play some different part in the movie. And Howard Feuer, the casting director who did Groundhog Day (1993) and cast me in In Country (1989). He was also the casting director of Basic Instinct (1992). Again, in terms of a crime of opportunity, Howard Feuer called me up at home and said, “Stephen, are you a fast study?” and I said, “I think so”, and he said, “Well, we have this part that shoots tomorrow, and we have no one to play it. Mr. Verhoeven liked your original audition three months ago for some other part, and said it would be okay if you could play it. Can you come in and read this part for Paul Verhoeven, again, and see if he okays it?” So I drove over to the studio, and they threw the part at me, and it was a huge kind of expository speech, and whenever I get those things, I try to channel Robert Duvall, because he is the greatest expository actor that ever could be. I don’t know how he’s done it. He’s done it for years, where he gets all of the speeches where he kind of explains to “Michael Corleone” about how the laws work and everything like this, and it’s fascinating. And this was a speech that said basically nothing, as I recall. I think I say that the principal, Sharon Stone, was either a murderer pretending to be crazy, or that she was crazy pretending to be a murderer. The speech didn’t make a ton of sense, but I think that’s what it was, and I tried to channel Mr. Duvall. I don’t remember a lot about that film. Except I was doing another film, and that was one of the few times I did two films in the same week. I did that movie on Monday, and then on Wednesday, I did Where the Day Takes You (1991).
  • [2011] Swing Shift (1984) was the first movie where I had a make-up person start to draw in hair on my head because I looked too bald. I had no idea what she was doing, and she said, “Honey, I can see your skull”. And that’s when it dawned on me that I was going to end up being one of those bald character actors. But that was the first film where they started drawing hair. They still thought it was worth the effort to draw in the hair.
  • The very best character actors are made of equal parts discipline and madness, and the fact that our faces are more familiar than our names is not our curse, but our blessing. The character actor’s goal, after all, is not to earn the adulation of the public; it is to give lives to a hundred nameless spirits who make us laugh or cry, who are both familiar and new, who show us that their journey is our journey, and who, like everyone in the audience, never get to kiss Renée Zellweger.
  • My first day on Groundhog Day (1993), Bill Murray shook hands with me and said, “Hello, nice to meet you – now show me what you’re going to do”. I jumped into a few enormously energetic moments of “Ned Ryerson” and Bill held up his hand. “Fine, fine, you can do that”, he said. “It’s funny”. Bill walked away. I then asked the director, Harold Ramis, if I should play “Ned” a little more down to earth. Harold laughed and said: “No. Bill is the lead. He’s the stew. When you are a supporting character, you are the spice in the stew. Have fun”.
  • There was a part on Broadway…wow still hurts to talk about it. I flew to New York on my own dime. I had no career. But there was this part. I knew the playwright. He told me the role was perfect for me. I worked on the audition like crazy…I went in and killed on the audition. It was great. I got congrats from a lot of people. I was told I would be called back for final auditions in three weeks. I said I would be there. It meant me buying another plane ticket but I believed in myself and the play. I worked on the part for the next three weeks…then four weeks…then five…no phone call. Finally someone saw me with the script and asked what I was doing. I explained with some pride that I was going back to New York for a final call back on a Broadway show. She broke the news to me that the show had been in rehearsal for the last two weeks…ouch. I guess if I didn’t run into that girl I would still be working on that audition! [on losing an important role]

Stephen Tobolowsky Important Facts

  • Has a form of ESP he calls “hearing tones”. While working with David Byrne on his film “True Stories”, he told Byrne about his gift, who was inspired to write the song “Radio Head” about him. The band Radiohead took its name from this song.
  • Inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame on March 7, 2013 in Austin, Texas.
  • Played two characters with the last name “Ryerson”. “Ned Ryerson” in Groundhog Day (1993) (movie) and “Sandy Ryerson” in Glee (2009) (TV).
  • Very good friends with cinematographer/director Robert Brinkmann.
  • Broke his neck in five places while horseback riding in Iceland underneath an active volcano after the wind picked he and the horse up off the ground and blew them off the road. He was required to wear a neck brace for three and a half months and maintains that the experience has taught him to cherish every day.
  • His aunt was the head librarian at Ben Franklin Junior High School in Dallas (now Hillcrest High School) for many years.
  • To develop a plotline for the 1986 film True Stories (1986) he and rocker David Byrne once stared wordlessly for two hours at Byrne’s wall. On the wall were hundreds of pencil drawings of ideas for the film by Byrne. That very night, he wrote a thirty-page treatment for the film and was soon hired as a writer.
  • Was the lead singer in the first band formed by guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan. They went to school together in Dallas. Not true. Please change to: In 1970, Tobolowsky recorded two songs on an album of Dallas garage bands called “A New Hi.” Stevie Ray Vaughan played lead guitar with them. It was Stevie’s first studio recording.
  • His name is pronounced tow-buh-law-skee.
  • Edwin Tobolowsky is his third cousin.
  • Was nominated for a Tony award in 2002 as Best Featured Actor in a Play for his role in the revival of “Morning’s At Seven”.
  • One of the actor’s heroes is his late aunt, ‘Hermine Tobolowsky’, known as the “mother of the Texas Equal Rights Amendment”.
  • Surfing channels in Vancouver recently, he watched himself getting older and balder in old episodes of Seinfeld (1989), the film Thelma & Louise (1991) and the made-for-TV movie The Marla Hanson Story (1991).
  • Was almost murdered twice in one week in Hartford, Connecticut by different people. As he admitted, “That’s unusual.” The first instance occurred when he was in a pub with Beth Henley. After a brawl with a man who was attacking Henley, he was held at gunpoint at the pub. Later that week, when he and Henley went to a pizza parlor next to the pub, where he was stabbed. Fortunately, the knife only partly penetrated his belt buckle.
  • Once held hostage at gunpoint at a supermarket in Snyder Plaza in Dallas.
  • Attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, with actress Patricia Richardson and playwright Beth Henley during late 1960s and early 1970s.
  • Turned down the role of Al on Home Improvement (1991).
  • Attended Kimball High School. High School Debate champ.
  • He played Principal Flutie in the unaired Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) pilot episode.

Stephen Tobolowsky Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place 1999 TV Series Father Viteri Actor
The Insider 1999 Eric Kluster Actor
That ’70s Show 1999 TV Series The Professor Actor
Don’t Look Under the Bed 1999 TV Movie Michael McCausland Actor
One Man’s Hero 1999 Captain Gaine Actor
The Practice 1999 TV Series Clyde Burrows Actor
Mad About You 1999 TV Series Principal Hocksacker Actor
Vengeance Unlimited 1998 TV Series Mayor Bob Laird Actor
Suddenly Susan 1998 TV Series Dr. Gerken Actor
The Jungle Book: Mowgli’s Story 1998 Video Tabaqui (voice) Actor
Around the Fire 1998 Doc Actor
Hercules 1998 TV Series Numericles Actor
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars 1998 Video Calculator (voice, as Stephen Tobolowski) Actor
Black Dog 1998 McClaren Actor
Life with Louie 1997-1998 TV Series Actor
The Closer 1998 TV Series Phil Actor
The Curse of Inferno 1997 Lonnie Martin Actor
Mr. Magoo 1997 Agent Chuck Stupak Actor
The Drew Carey Show 1997 TV Series Councilman Actor
Promised Land 1997 TV Series Fred Argyle Actor
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn 1997 Bill Bardo Actor
Murder One 1997 TV Series Dr. Andross Actor
The Naked Truth 1997 TV Series Vincent Hartford Actor
Mr. Rhodes 1996-1997 TV Series Ray Heary Actor
Boys Life 2 1997 Father John (segment “Trevor”) Actor
Night Visitors 1996 TV Movie Taylor Actor
The Glimmer Man 1996 Christopher Maynard Actor
Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1996 TV Series Principal Flutie Actor
The Pretender 1996 TV Series Dr. Alan Trader Actor
Power 98 1996 Rick Harris Actor
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco 1996 Bando (voice) Actor
The Home Court 1996 TV Series Jeffrey Solomon Actor
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde 1995 Oliver Mintz Actor
Chicago Hope 1995 TV Series Dr. Ted Joseph Actor
Murder in the First 1995 Mr. Henkin Actor
A Whole New Ballgame 1995 TV Series Dr. Warner Brakefield Actor
Dweebs 1995 TV Series Karl Actor
Blue Skies 1994 TV Series Oak Actor
Radioland Murders 1994 Max Applewhite Actor
Harts of the West 1994 TV Series Dave’s former boss Actor
My Father the Hero 1994 Mike Actor
Trevor 1994 Short Father Jon Actor
Against the Grain 1993 TV Series Niles Hardeman Actor
Cafe Americain 1993 TV Series Roger Actor
Josh and S.A.M. 1993 Thom Whitney Actor
Romeo Is Bleeding 1993 District Attorney (uncredited) Actor
Calendar Girl 1993 Antonio Gallo Actor
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn 1993 TV Movie Det. Keefe Actor
The Pickle 1993 Mike Krakower Actor
Civil Wars 1993 TV Series Eugene Paxton Actor
Picket Fences 1993 TV Series Ben Sasha Actor
Groundhog Day 1993 Ned Actor
Hero 1992/I Wallace Actor
Sneakers 1992 Dr. Werner Brandes Actor
Single White Female 1992 Mitchell Myerson Actor
Roadside Prophets 1992 Ranger Bob Actor
Basic Instinct 1992 Dr. Lamott Actor
Memoirs of an Invisible Man 1992 Warren Singleton Actor
Where the Day Takes You 1991 Charles Actor
Deadly Medicine 1991 TV Movie Ron Sutton Actor
To the Moon, Alice 1991 Short Sitcom Producer Actor
Thelma & Louise 1991 Max Actor
Wedlock 1991 Warden Holliday Actor
Seinfeld 1991 TV Series Tor Actor
Shannon’s Deal 1991 TV Series Baker Actor
Baby Talk 1991 TV Series Dr. Ezra Farr Actor
Down Home 1991 TV Series Honis Actor
Tagget 1991 TV Movie Al Hentz Actor
Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster 1991 TV Movie Sergeant Phil Baranski Actor
The Marla Hanson Story 1991 TV Movie Defense Attorney Actor
Lifestories 1990 TV Series Josh Gant Actor
Mirror Mirror 1990 Mr. Anderson Actor
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael 1990 Mayor Bill Klepler (as Stephen Tobolowski) Actor
Funny About Love 1990 Hugo Actor
The Grifters 1990 Jeweler Actor
Last Flight Out 1990 TV Movie Doctor Timothy Brandon Actor
Bird on a Wire 1990 Joe Weyburn Actor
L.A. Law 1989 TV Series Dr. Michael Segal Actor
In Country 1989 Pete Actor
Breaking In 1989 District Attorney Actor
Great Balls of Fire! 1989 Jud Phillips Actor
Roe vs. Wade 1989 TV Movie Darryl Horwath Actor
Checking Out 1989 Pharmacist Actor
Mississippi Burning 1988 Clayton Townley Actor
Two Idiots in Hollywood 1988 Prosecuting Attorney Actor
Spaceballs 1987 Captain of the Guard Actor
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd 1987 TV Series Alex Actor
Designing Women 1986 TV Series Boyd Actor
Nobody’s Fool 1986 Kirk Actor
227 1986 TV Series Professor Actor
Stir Crazy 1985 TV Series Salesman Actor
Cagney & Lacey 1985 TV Series Russell Phelps Actor
Falcon Crest 1985 TV Series Doctor Actor
Knots Landing 1985 TV Series Steve Comiskey Actor
Alice 1985 TV Series Caveman Carl Actor
The Philadelphia Experiment 1984 Barney Actor
Swing Shift 1984 French deMille / Documentary Narrator Actor
Cocaine and Blue Eyes 1983 TV Movie TV Clerk Actor
Keep My Grave Open 1977 Robert Actor
Monsters at Large 2017 completed Mr. Phillips Actor
Strange Nature 2017 post-production Mayor Paulson Actor
Fifty Minutes 2016/I Short post-production Dr. Bell Actor
Loners 2016 post-production Mr. Tessman Actor
The Loss of Lillian 2016 Short completed Dr. Taylor Actor
White Famous TV Movie pre-production Actor
Justice League Action 2016-2017 TV Series Professor Martin Stein
Non
Actor
One Day at a Time 2017 TV Series Dr. Leslie Berkowitz Actor
Mamaboy 2016 Reverend Weld Actor
The Goldbergs 2014-2016 TV Series Principal Ball Actor
Blunt Talk 2016 TV Series Daniel Rudolph Actor
6 Love Stories 2016 Professor John Dobler Actor
Silicon Valley 2016 TV Series Jack Barker Actor
Welcome to the Men’s Group 2016 Carl Actor
The Confirmation 2016 Father Lyons Actor
Fuller House 2016 TV Series Mr. Gerald Actor
The Mindy Project 2012-2015 TV Series Marc Shulman Actor
Dr. Ken 2015 TV Series Joe Actor
Another Period 2015 TV Series Thomas Edison Actor
Hollywood Adventures 2015 Wronald Wright Actor
Big Time in Hollywood, FL 2015 TV Series Alan Actor
Guys and Girls Can’t Be Friends 2014 Andy Actor
Hello Ladies 2014 TV Series Alan Actor
Christian Mingle 2014 Douglas ‘The Admiral’ McCarver Actor
The Barber 2014/II Chief Gary Hardaway Actor
Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt? 2014 Dr. Hugh Akston Actor
The Hotwives of Orlando 2014 TV Series Phil Actor
Californication 2011-2014 TV Series Stu Beggs Actor
Next Time on Lonny 2014 TV Series Dr. Grant Actor
Batman: Arkham Origins – Cold, Cold Heart 2014 Video Game Ferris Boyle (voice) Actor
Friends with Better Lives 2014 TV Series Dr. Adleman Actor
Mr. Peabody & Sherman 2014 Principal Purdy (voice) Actor
Batman: Arkham Origins 2013 Video Game Mobsters
Joker Thugs (voice)
Actor
Toy Story of Terror 2013 TV Short Ron the Manager (voice) Actor
Justified 2012-2013 TV Series FBI Agent Jerry Barkley Actor
The Flipside 2013 TV Series short James Actor
A Little Something on the Side 2012 Short Larry Actor
Pearblossom Hwy 2012 Rick Lawler Actor
IM Nowruz 2012 Short Interviewer Actor
The Lorax 2012 Uncle Ubb (voice) Actor
Work It 2012 TV Series Dr. David Deutsch Actor
Hail Mary 2011 TV Movie Actor
Magnificat 2011 Short Neighbor Actor
Pound Puppies 2011 TV Series Mr. Geekman Actor
Glee 2009-2011 TV Series Sandy Ryerson Actor
Community 2011 TV Series Professor Peter Sheffield Actor
You May Not Kiss the Bride 2011 Plumber Actor
The Defenders 2011 TV Series Judge Gelineau Actor
The Last Ride 2011 Ray Actor
Hard Breakers 2010 Max Actor
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 2010 TV Series Edwin Adelson Actor
Peep World 2010 Ephraim Actor
True Jackson, VP 2010 TV Series Lars Balthazar Actor
The Sarah Silverman Program. 2010 TV Series Bill Fantastimart Actor
Buried 2010 Alan Davenport (voice) Actor
Clara’s Carma 2010 Short Dr. Simmons Actor
Glee: Director’s Cut Pilot Episode 2009 TV Movie Sandy Ryerson Actor
The Time Traveler’s Wife 2009 Dr. Kendrick Actor
The New Adventures of Old Christine 2009 TV Series Principal James Merrow Actor
Rita Rocks 2009 TV Series Bill Bowman Actor
He Likes Guys 2009 Alan (segment “Waiting for Yvette”) Actor
Beethoven’s Big Break 2008 Video Sal Actor
Heroes 2007-2008 TV Series Bob Bishop Actor
The Rainbow Tribe 2008 Principal Sands Actor
Waiting for Yvette 2008 Short Alan Actor
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2008 TV Series Spencer Freiberg Actor
John from Cincinnati 2007 TV Series Mark Lewinsky Actor
Entourage 2007 TV Series Mayor of Beverly Hills Actor
Loveless in Los Angeles 2007 Jon Actor
Boxboarders! 2007 Dr. Stephen James Actor
Totally Baked 2007 Jesco Rollins (Segment “American Farmer”) Actor
Raines 2007 TV Series Wally Anderson Actor
Wild Hogs 2007 Charley Actor
Boston Legal 2007 TV Series Dr. Alvin Azinabinacroft Actor
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip 2007 TV Series Joe Actor
Big Day 2006-2007 TV Series The Garf Actor
The Valley of Light 2007 TV Movie Littlefield Actor
American Men 2006 TV Movie Sterling Moss Actor
Deadwood 2005-2006 TV Series Hugo Jarry Actor
Blind Dating 2006 Dr. Perkins Actor
Desperate Housewives 2006 TV Series Bud Penrod Actor
Pope Dreams 2006 Carl Venable Actor
Love Hollywood Style 2006 Marty Greenbaum / Devil Actor
Failure to Launch 2006 Bud Actor
Night Stalker 2006 TV Series Titus Berry Actor
Ghost Whisperer 2006 TV Series Dr. Edward Actor
The Sasquatch Gang 2006 Dalrymple Actor
Curb Your Enthusiasm 2005 TV Series Len Dunkel Actor
Reba 2005 TV Series Judge Actor
Living ’til the End 2005 Dr. Shaw Actor
The Importance of Blind Dating 2005 Short Patrick Actor
The Closer 2005 TV Series James Bloom Actor
McBride: The Doctor Is Out… Really Out 2005 TV Movie Harry Evers Actor
CSI: Miami 2003-2005 TV Series Assistant State Attorney Don Haffman Actor
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous 2005 Tom Abernathy Actor
Robots 2005 Bigmouth Executive / Forge (voice) Actor
American Dragon: Jake Long 2005 TV Series Troll Actor
Complete Savages 2004 TV Series Mr. Frehley Actor
Will & Grace 2004 TV Series Ned Weathers Actor
Debating Robert Lee 2004 Debate Judge Actor
Little Black Book 2004 Carl Actor
Garfield 2004 Happy Chapman Actor
According to Jim 2004 TV Series Dr. Ted Actor
It’s All Relative 2004 TV Series Roy Actor
Married to the Kellys 2004 TV Series Henry Conway Actor
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! 2004 George Ruddy Actor
The West Wing 2004 TV Series Dr. Max Milkman Actor
Las Vegas 2003 TV Series Donny Rollins Actor
Frankie and Johnny Are Married 2003 Murray Mintz Actor
Freaky Friday 2003 Mr. Bates Actor
The Dead Zone 2003 TV Series Dr. Jim Pratt Actor
Oliver Beene 2003 TV Series Ringmaster Bob Actor
View from the Top 2003 Frank Thomas (uncredited) Actor
Lloyd in Space 2003 TV Series Actor
Kingpin 2003 TV Mini-Series Dr. Klein’s lawyer Actor
National Security 2003 Billy Narthax Actor
Twins 2003 TV Movie Actor
Adaptation. 2002 Ranger Steve Neely (scenes deleted) Actor
Do Over 2002 TV Series Mr. Meyers Actor
Law & Order: Criminal Intent 2002 TV Series Jim Halliwell Actor
Ritual 2002 Dr. Javitz (uncredited) Actor
The Country Bears 2002 Norbert Barrington Actor
Par 6 2002 T.T. Riley Actor
Malcolm in the Middle 2002 TV Series Mr. Fisher Actor
Love Liza 2002 Tom Bailey Actor
The Gene Pool 2001 TV Movie Walter Westfield Actor
Off Centre 2001 TV Series Milt Flack Actor
The Day the World Ended 2001 TV Movie Principal Ed Turner Actor
Roswell 2001 TV Series Julius Walters Actor
Dead Last 2001 TV Series Ghost Doctor Actor
It Is What It Is 2001/I Dr. Martin Ullberg Actor
Black River 2001 TV Movie Mayor Tom Thompson Actor
On the Edge 2001 TV Movie Tom (wraparound segments) Actor
Freddy Got Fingered 2001 Uncle Neil (uncredited) Actor
The Lone Gunmen 2001 TV Series Adam Burgess Actor
King of the Hill 2001 TV Series Dr. Benson / Burt Halverstrom Actor
Bull 2001 TV Series Mr. Siegel Actor
Urban Chaos Theory 2000 Short The Husband Actor
Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes 2000 Dewey Wise Actor
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command 2000 TV Series Gil Actor
That’s Life 2000 TV Series Study Advisor Roger Robinson Actor
Memento 2000 Sammy Jankis Actor
The Prime Gig 2000 Mick Actor
Hollywood Off-Ramp 2000 TV Series Actor
Stanley’s Gig 2000 Abe Cohen Actor
Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion 2000 TV Movie B.J. McQueen Actor
Any Day Now 1998-2000 TV Series Mr. Brinkman Actor
The Operator 2000 Doc Actor
Bossa Nova 2000 Trevor Actor
Manhattan, AZ 2000 TV Series Dr. Bob Actor
Snoops 1999 TV Series Michael Bench Actor
Odd Man Out 1999 TV Series Alan Carlson Actor
The Primary Instinct 2015 Documentary writer Writer
Two Idiots in Hollywood 1988 play / screenplay Writer
True Stories 1986 Writer
Glee 2009-2010 TV Series performer – 3 episodes Soundtrack
Glee: Director’s Cut Pilot Episode 2009 TV Movie performer: “Where is Love?” – uncredited Soundtrack
A Little Something on the Side 2012 Short Director
A Host of Trouble 2005 Short Director
Two Idiots in Hollywood 1988 Director
Two Idiots in Hollywood 1988 Composer
The Primary Instinct 2015 Documentary executive producer Producer
Bloodfist II 1990 advisor Miscellaneous
Lake Los Angeles 2014 special thanks Thanks
Say It Ain’t Solo 2012 Short special thanks Thanks
Starz Inside: The Face Is Familiar 2009 TV Movie documentary special thanks Thanks
Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time 2002 Video documentary short special thanks Thanks
Tadpole 2000 special thanks Thanks
The 2nd Annual Carney Awards 2016 TV Movie Himself – Winner Self
Where Is Rocky II? 2016 Documentary Byron (segment: “Monument One”) Self
The Primary Instinct 2015 Documentary Himself Self
Home & Family 2014 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Bikeman Begins 2014 Documentary Himself Self
Say It Ain’t Solo 2012 Short Himself Self
Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show 2011 TV Series Himself Self
Pop Wrapped TV 2010 TV Series documentary Sandy Ryerson Self
Glee Casting Session 2009 TV Movie documentary Sandy Ryerson Self
Starz Inside: The Face Is Familiar 2009 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Heroes Unmasked 2008 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Sidewalks Entertainment 2008 TV Series Himself Self
Cheap Seats: Without Ron Parker 2006 TV Series Himself Self
The 50 Greatest Comedy Films 2006 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
The 5 Keys to Mastery 2005 Video documentary Himself Self
Stephen Tobolowsky’s Birthday Party 2005 Documentary Himself Self
Movie Lover’s Road Trip 2003 TV Series Himself Self
The 56th Annual Tony Awards 2002 TV Special Himself – Nominee: Best Featured Actor in a Play Self
Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey 2002 Video documentary Himself Self
Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time 2002 Video documentary short Himself / interviewee Self
Glee Encore 2011 Video Sandy Ryerson Archive Footage
Heroes Unmasked 2008 TV Series documentary Bob Bishop Archive Footage
The Drew Carey Show 1998 TV Series Judge Archive Footage
The 63rd Annual Academy Awards 1991 TV Special Jeweler (uncredited) Archive Footage

Stephen Tobolowsky Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
2015 Streamy Award The Streamy Awards Best Ensemble Cast The Hotwives of Orlando (2014) Won
2014 BTVA Special/DVD Voice Acting Award Behind the Voice Actors Awards Best Vocal Ensemble in a TV Special/Direct-to-DVD Title or Theatrical Short Toy Story of Terror (2013) Won
2015 Streamy Award The Streamy Awards Best Ensemble Cast The Hotwives of Orlando (2014) Nominated
2014 BTVA Special/DVD Voice Acting Award Behind the Voice Actors Awards Best Vocal Ensemble in a TV Special/Direct-to-DVD Title or Theatrical Short Toy Story of Terror (2013) Nominated