Stephen Tobolowsky

ActorProducerWriterDirector May 30 (age 74) Dallas, Texas, USA 1956–2026 (70 year career)

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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 Pro…

Known For

Film

Memento

Sammy

Film

Groundhog Day

Ned Ryerson

Film

Thelma & Louise

Max

Film

Silicon Valley

Jack Barker

Film

Mississippi Burning

Townley

Film

Basic Instinct

Dr. Lamott

Film

The Insider

Eric Kluster

Film

Spaceballs

Captain of the Guard

Filmography

Acting (256)

Movies (147)

Mimics

2026

as Melvin Reinhold

Woodstockers

2026

as Calvin

Mary the Widow

2026

as Ed

Freakier Friday

2025

as Mr. Elton Bates

6.9

Thelma & Louise: Born to Live

2025

as Self

8.5

Haul Out the Halloween

2025

as Ned Broadhead

6.3

The Cowboy Killer

2025

as God

Poolman

2024

as Stephen Toronkowski / Blanche

4.3

Watching Walter

2024

as Walter

Candy Cane Lane

2023

as Mr. Benedetto (uncredited)

5.9

Love Virtually

2023

as Dr. Divine

5.0

Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up

2023

as Ned

6.0

Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues

as Self

Hollywood Signs

as Self

Haul Out the Holly

as Ned

Loners

as Mr. Tessman

Fractured

as Dr. Berthram

The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween

2019

as Creepy Rattlechains (voice)

6.6

Fantastic Mr. Murray

2019

as Self - Interviewee

6.3

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

as Mr. Bentley

Monsters at Large

as Mr. Phillips

Strange Nature

as Mayor Paulson

Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown

2017

as Andy Gunderson (voice)

7.8

Six L.A. Love Stories

2016

as Professor John Dobler

5.0

The Confirmation

2016

as Father Lyons

6.4

Welcome to the Men's Group

2016

2.0

Where is Rocky II?

2016

as Byron (segment: "Monument One")

Mamaboy

as Reverend Weld

The Barber

as Chief Hardaway

The Primary Instinct

as Himself

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

2014

as Principal Purdy (voice)

6.7

Hello Ladies: The Movie

2014

as Alan

6.5

Atlas Shrugged: Part III

as Dr. Hugh Akston

Christian Mingle

as Douglas McCarver

Guys and Girls Can't Be Friends

as Andy

Toy Story of Terror!

as Ron (voice)

The Lorax

as Uncle Ubb (voice)

Pearblossom Hwy

as Rick Lawler

The Last Ride

as Ray

Say It Ain't Solo

as Self

Magnificat

as Neighbor

You May Not Kiss the Bride

as Plumber

Hard Breakers

as Max

Hail Mary

Buried

as Alan Davenport (voice)

6.6

Peep World

2010

as Ephraim

4.7

Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want

2010

as Father Joe (segment "Trevor")

3.5

The Time Traveler's Wife

as Dr. Kendrick

The Face is Familiar

Waiting for Yvette

as Alan

Beethoven's Big Break

as Sal

The Rainbow Tribe

as Principal Sands

Wild Hogs

as Charley

The Valley of Light

as Littlefield

Boxboarders!

as dr.james

Loveless in Los Angeles

as Jon

Failure to Launch

as Bud

The Sasquatch Gang

as Dalrymple

Blind Dating

as Dr. Perkins

Promise Me Tomorrow

as Carl Venable

Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party

2006

as Self

6.1

Robots

2005

as Bigmouth Executive / Forge (voice)

6.5

Living 'til the End

2005

as Dr. Shaw

3.0

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

2005

as Tom Abernathy

5.7

McBride: The Doctor is Out...Really Out

as Harry Evers

Garfield

as Happy Chapman

Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!

as George Ruddy

Little Black Book

as Carl

Debating Robert Lee

as Debate Judge

Freaky Friday

as Mr. Bates

National Security

as Billy Narthax

Frankie and Johnny Are Married

2003

as Murray Mintz

6.0

View from the Top

2003

as Frank Thomas (uncredited)

5.6

Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey

2003

as Self

7.9

Ritual

2002

as Dr. Javitz (uncredited)

4.6

Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time

2002

as Self

5.0

The Country Bears

2002

as Norbert Barrington

Love Liza

as Tom Bailey

Par 6

as T.T. Riley

Freddy Got Fingered

2001

as Uncle Neil

4.7

On the Edge

2001

as Tom (wraparound segments)

5.6

Black River

2001

as Mayor Tom Thompson

5.5

The Day the World Ended

as Ed Turner

The Prime Gig

as Mick

Memento

as Sammy

Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes

as Dewey Wise

Stanley's Gig

as Abe Cohen

Bossa Nova

as Trevor

The Operator

as Doc

Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion

as B.J. McQueen

The Insider

as Eric Kluster

Don't Look Under the Bed

1999

as Michael McCausland

6.5

One Man's Hero

1999

as Captain Gaine

5.3

The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story

as Tabaqui (voice)

Black Dog

as McClaren

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

1998

as Bill Bardo

3.8

The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars

1998

as Calculator (voice)

Around the Fire

as Doc

Mr. Magoo

as Agent FBI Chuck Stupak

4.5

The Curse of Inferno

1996

as Lonnie Martin

4.9

Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco

as Bando (voice)

Night Visitors

as Taylor

The Glimmer Man

as Christopher Maynard

Power 98

as Rick Harris

Murder in the First

as Mr. Henkin

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

as Oliver Mintz

My Father the Hero

as Mike

Radioland Murders

as Max Applewhite

Trevor

as Father Joe

Groundhog Day

as Ned Ryerson

Calendar Girl

as Antonio

The Pickle

as Mike Krakower

Josh & S.A.M.

as Thomas 'Thom' Whitney

4.7

Sneakers

1992

as Dr. Werner Brandes

Basic Instinct

as Dr. Lamott

Single White Female

as Mitch Myerson

Where the Day Takes You

1992

as Charles

6.1

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

as Warren Singleton

Hero

as Wallace

Roadside Prophets

as Ranger Bob

Thelma & Louise

as Max

Wedlock

as Warden Holliday

Tagget

as Al Hentz

Deadly Medicine

1991

as Ron Sutton

1.0

To the Moon, Alice

1991

as Sitcom Producer

The Marla Hanson Story

1991

as Defense Attorney

6.2

Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster

1991

as Sergeant Phil Baranski

Bird on a Wire

as Joe Weyburn

The Grifters

as Jeweler

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

1990

as Mayor Bill Klepler

Mirror Mirror

as Mr. Anderson

Funny About Love

as Hugo

Last Flight Out

as Doctor Timothy Brandon

Great Balls of Fire!

as Jud Phillips

In Country

as Pete

Roe vs. Wade

as Darryl Horwath

Breaking In

as District Attorney

Mississippi Burning

as Townley

Checking Out

as Pharmacist

Two Idiots in Hollywood

1988

as Prosecuting Attorney

1.0

Spaceballs

1987

as Captain of the Guard

Nobody's Fool

as Kirk

Swing Shift

as French deMille / Documentary Narrator

5.5

The Philadelphia Experiment

1984

as Barney

6.1

Cocaine and Blue Eyes

as TV Clerk

Keep My Grave Open

as Robert

Butterfly in the Typewriter

as The Abbot

Television (109)

Nobody Wants This

as Rabbi Cohen

Frog and Toad

as Dragonfly (voice)

Minx

as Conrad Ross

The Really Loud House

as Walter Phillipini

Hacks

as Henry Weeks

Stars in the House

as Self

ThunderCats Roar

as Driller (voice)

Dicktown

as John’s Dad

Green Eggs and Ham

as Chad (voice)

Schooled

as Earl Ball

The Cool Kids

as Leonard

No Activity

as (voice)

One Day at a Time

as Dr. Berkowitz

White Famous

as Stu Beggs

Fuller House

as Mr. Gerald

Justice League Action

2016

as Professor Stein (voice)

Bad Internet

as James

We Bare Bears

as Stephen ( voice)

Dr. Ken

as Joe

Another Period

as Thomas Edison

Big Time in Hollywood, Fl

as Alan Dolfe

Silicon Valley

as Jack Barker

Silicon Valley

as Jack Barker

Friends with Better Lives

2014

as Dr. Adleman

6.5

The Hotwives of Orlando

as Phil

The Goldbergs

as Principal Ball

The Mindy Project

as Marc Shulman

Justified

as Jerry Barkley

Pound Puppies

as Mr. Geekman (voice)

The Defenders

as Judge Gelineau

Community

as Professor Peter Sheffield

Glee

as Sandy Ryerson

Archer

as Robert (voice)

True Jackson, VP

as Lars Balthazar

Californication

as Stu Beggs

The Sarah Silverman Program.

as Bill Fantastimart

Raines

John from Cincinnati

Heroes

as Bob Bishop

The New Adventures of Old Christine

2006

as Principal James Merrow

7.1

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

Big Day

The Closer

as James Bloom

Ghost Whisperer

as Dr. Peltier

Night Stalker

Desperate Housewives

as Bud Penrod

Boston Legal

as Dr. Alvin Azinabinacroft

Deadwood

as Hugo Jarry

Entourage

as Mayor of Beverly Hills

Complete Savages

as Mr. Frehley

Las Vegas

as Donny Rollins

Kingpin

Oliver Beene

as Ringmaster Bob

Married to the Kellys

as Henry Conway

CSI: Miami

as Don Haffman

The Dead Zone

as Jim Pratt

Do Over

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Jim Halliwell

According to Jim

as Dr. Ted

Reba

as Judge

The Lone Gunmen

Off Centre

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Spencer Freiberg

Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Len Dunkel

Malcolm in the Middle

2000

as Mr. Fisher

8.5

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

2000

as Gil (voice)

6.6

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Edwin Adelson

The West Wing

as Dr. Max Milkman

Roswell

as Julius Walters

Snoops

as Michael Bench

Will & Grace

as Ned Weathers

That '70s Show

as Professor

Hercules

as Numericles (voice)

Two Guys and a Girl

as Father Viteri

Any Day Now

King of the Hill

as Dr. Benson / Burt Halverstrom (voice)

7.4

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

as Principal Flutie

The Practice

as Clyde Burrows

Arli$$

as Craig Levitz

The Pretender

as Dr. Alan Trader

Suddenly Susan

as Dr. Gerken

Mr. Rhodes

The Drew Carey Show

as Councilman

Murder One

as Dr. Andross

The Naked Truth

as Vincent Hartford

The Home Court

as Jeffrey Solomon

A Whole New Ballgame

1995

as Dr. Warner Brakefield

Dweebs

Chicago Hope

as Ted Joseph

Blue Skies

as Oak

Against the Grain

as Niles Hardeman

Cafe Americain

as Roger Livingston

Harts of the West

Mad About You

as Principal Hocksacker

Baby Talk

Shannon's Deal

The Simpsons

as Merle (voice)

Seinfeld

as Tor Eckman

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

as Alex

L.A. Law

as Michael Segal

Designing Women

227

Crazy like a Fox

as Hotel Clerk

Cagney & Lacey

Falcon Crest

as Doctor

Knots Landing

as Steve Comiskey

Alice

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

American Men

as Sterling Moss

Crew (5)

Movies (5)

The Primary Instinct

Executive Producer

The Primary Instinct

Writer

Two Idiots in Hollywood

1988

Director

1.0

Two Idiots in Hollywood

Writer

True Stories

Writer