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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 30, 1951
Place of Birth
Dallas, Texas, USA
Also Known As
- Stephen Tobolowski
- Steven Tobolowsky
- Стивен Тоболовски
- Στίβεν Τομπολόβσκι
- استیون توبولوسکی
Stephen Tobolowsky
3.1 Popularity
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.
Known For
0.0
Melvin Reinhold
Mimics
2026
6.6
Ned Broadhead
Haul Out the Halloween
2025
6.8
Mr. Elton Bates
Freakier Friday
2025
0.0
God
The Cowboy Killer
2025
8.5
Self
Thelma & Louise: Born to Live
2025
7.5
Rabbi Cohen
Nobody Wants This
2024
🎬
0.0
Walter
Watching Walter
2024
4.3
Stephen Toronkowski / Blanche
Poolman
2024
6.0
Mr. Benedetto (uncredited)
Candy Cane Lane
2023
6.0
Ned
Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up
2023
Credits
Mimics
as Melvin Reinhold
2026
0.0
Haul Out the Halloween
as Ned Broadhead
2025
6.6
Freakier Friday
as Mr. Elton Bates
2025
6.8
The Cowboy Killer
as God
2025
0.0
Thelma & Louise: Born to Live
as Self
2025
8.5
Nobody Wants This
as Rabbi Cohen
2024
7.5
🎬
Watching Walter
as Walter
2024
0.0
Poolman
as Stephen Toronkowski / Blanche
2024
4.3
Candy Cane Lane
as Mr. Benedetto (uncredited)
2023
6.0
Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up
as Ned
2023
6.0
Love Virtually
as Dr. Divine
2023
5.0
Frog and Toad
as Dragonfly (voice)
2023
8.5
Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues
as Self
2023
7.4
Haul Out the Holly
as Ned
2022
6.0
The Really Loud House
as Walter Phillipini
2022
7.7
Hollywood Signs
as Self
2022
1.5
Minx
as Conrad Ross
2022
6.7
Hacks
as Henry Weeks
2021
7.5
Dicktown
as John’s Dad
2020
5.6
Stars in the House
as Self
2020
0.0
ThunderCats Roar
as Driller (voice)
2020
2.9
Green Eggs and Ham
as Chad (voice)
2019
8.0
Fantastic Mr. Murray
as Self - Interviewee
2019
6.3
The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween
as Creepy Rattlechains (voice)
2019
6.6
Fractured
as Dr. Berthram
2019
6.7
Loners
as Mr. Tessman
2019
3.2
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
as Mr. Bentley
2019
6.6
Schooled
as Earl Ball
2019
6.2
The Cool Kids
as Leonard
2018
5.3
Strange Nature
as Mayor Paulson
2018
5.7
Monsters at Large
as Mr. Phillips
2018
5.1
No Activity
as (voice)
2017
6.8
White Famous
as Stu Beggs
2017
4.4
Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown
as Andy Gunderson (voice)
2017
7.8
One Day at a Time
as Dr. Berkowitz
2017
7.8
Justice League Action
as Professor Stein (voice)
2016
7.1
Mamaboy
as Reverend Weld
2016
4.2
Six L.A. Love Stories
as Professor John Dobler
2016
5.0
Welcome to the Men's Group
2016
2.0
Bad Internet
as James
2016
6.8
Where is Rocky II?
as Byron (segment: "Monument One")
2016
5.0
The Confirmation
as Father Lyons
2016
6.4
Fuller House
as Mr. Gerald
2016
7.4
Dr. Ken
as Joe
2015
5.6
We Bare Bears
as Stephen ( voice)
2015
7.7
Another Period
as Thomas Edison
2015
6.8
The Primary Instinct
as Himself
2015
6.9
The Barber
as Chief Hardaway
2015
5.7
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
as Alan Dolfe
2015
7.1
Hello Ladies: The Movie
as Alan
2014
6.5
Christian Mingle
as Douglas McCarver
2014
5.7
Atlas Shrugged: Part III
as Dr. Hugh Akston
2014
4.5
The Hotwives of Orlando
as Phil
2014
5.2
Silicon Valley
as Jack Barker
2014
8.1
Friends with Better Lives
as Dr. Adleman
2014
6.5
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
as Principal Purdy (voice)
2014
6.7
Guys and Girls Can't Be Friends
as Andy
2014
6.0
Toy Story of Terror!
as Ron (voice)
2013
7.2
The Goldbergs
as Principal Ball
2013
7.5
Pearblossom Hwy
as Rick Lawler
2012
4.7
The Mindy Project
as Marc Shulman
2012
6.3
The Last Ride
as Ray
2012
5.3
🎬
Say It Ain't Solo
as Himself
2012
2.0
The Lorax
as Uncle Ubb (voice)
2012
6.5
Magnificat
as Neighbor
2011
6.7
Hail Mary
2011
0.0
Hard Breakers
as Max
2011
3.6
You May Not Kiss the Bride
as Plumber
2011
5.6
Pound Puppies
as Mr. Geekman (voice)
2010
5.2
Buried
as Alan Davenport (voice)
2010
6.6
The Defenders
as Judge Gelineau
2010
7.1
Peep World
as Ephraim
2010
4.7
Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want
as Father Joe (segment "Trevor")
2010
3.5
Justified
as Jerry Barkley
2010
8.0
Archer
as Robert (voice)
2009
8.0
Community
as Professor Peter Sheffield
2009
8.0
The Time Traveler's Wife
as Dr. Kendrick
2009
6.9
The Face is Familiar
2009
2.0
Glee
as Sandy Ryerson
2009
6.8
Beethoven's Big Break
as Sal
2008
5.2
True Jackson, VP
as Lars Balthazar
2008
7.9
The Rainbow Tribe
as Principal Sands
2008
5.8
Waiting for Yvette
as Alan
2008
5.1
Californication
as Stu Beggs
2007
7.6
John from Cincinnati
2007
6.2
Boxboarders!
as dr.james
2007
3.4
Raines
2007
7.5
Wild Hogs
as Charley
2007
6.0
The Sarah Silverman Program.
as Bill Fantastimart
2007
6.3
The Valley of Light
as Littlefield
2007
6.5
Loveless in Los Angeles
as Jon
2007
3.3
Big Day
2006
5.7
Heroes
as Bob Bishop
2006
7.5
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006
7.3
Blind Dating
as Dr. Perkins
2006
6.0
Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party
as Self
2006
6.1
The New Adventures of Old Christine
as Principal James Merrow
2006
7.1
Failure to Launch
as Bud
2006
5.8
The Sasquatch Gang
as Dalrymple
2006
5.8
Promise Me Tomorrow
as Carl Venable
2006
10.0
Living 'til the End
as Dr. Shaw
2005
3.0
Night Stalker
2005
5.1
Ghost Whisperer
as Dr. Peltier
2005
8.1
The Closer
as James Bloom
2005
7.9
McBride: The Doctor is Out...Really Out
as Harry Evers
2005
7.2
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
as Tom Abernathy
2005
5.7
Robots
as Bigmouth Executive / Forge (voice)
2005
6.5
Desperate Housewives
as Bud Penrod
2004
7.9
Boston Legal
as Dr. Alvin Azinabinacroft
2004
7.9
Complete Savages
as Mr. Frehley
2004
6.3
Debating Robert Lee
as Debate Judge
2004
6.3
Little Black Book
as Carl
2004
5.3
Entourage
as Mayor of Beverly Hills
2004
7.4
Garfield
as Happy Chapman
2004
5.7
Deadwood
as Hugo Jarry
2004
8.1
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
as George Ruddy
2004
5.7
Frankie and Johnny Are Married
as Murray Mintz
2003
6.0
Married to the Kellys
as Henry Conway
2003
9.0
Las Vegas
as Donny Rollins
2003
7.0
Freaky Friday
as Mr. Bates
2003
6.6
View from the Top
as Frank Thomas (uncredited)
2003
5.6
Oliver Beene
as Ringmaster Bob
2003
8.2
Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey
as Self
2003
7.9
Kingpin
2003
6.1
National Security
as Billy Narthax
2003
6.0
Love Liza
as Tom Bailey
2002
6.4
CSI: Miami
as Don Haffman
2002
7.7
Do Over
2002
6.8
Ritual
as Dr. Javitz (uncredited)
2002
4.7
The Country Bears
as Norbert Barrington
2002
4.7
The Dead Zone
as Jim Pratt
2002
7.3
Par 6
as T.T. Riley
2002
0.0
Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time
as Self
2002
5.0
The Day the World Ended
as Ed Turner
2001
4.1
Off Centre
2001
8.3
Reba
as Judge
2001
6.5
According to Jim
as Dr. Ted
2001
6.5
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Jim Halliwell
2001
7.6
Memento - Chronological Version
as Sammy
2001
0.0
Black River
as Mayor Tom Thompson
2001
5.5
On the Edge
as Tom (wraparound segments)
2001
5.6
The Prime Gig
as Mick
2001
5.9
Freddy Got Fingered
as Uncle Neil
2001
4.7
The Lone Gunmen
2001
6.7
Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes
as Dewey Wise
2000
3.8
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Len Dunkel
2000
8.0
Memento
as Sammy
2000
8.2
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Spencer Freiberg
2000
7.6
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
as Gil (voice)
2000
6.6
🎬
Stanley's Gig
as Abe Cohen
2000
5.8
Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion
as B.J. McQueen
2000
3.3
The Operator
as Doc
2000
3.4
Bossa Nova
as Trevor
2000
5.5
Malcolm in the Middle
as Mr. Fisher
2000
8.5
The Insider
as Eric Kluster
1999
7.5
Don't Look Under the Bed
as Michael McCausland
1999
6.5
Roswell
as Julius Walters
1999
7.7
Snoops
as Michael Bench
1999
7.0
The West Wing
as Dr. Max Milkman
1999
8.2
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Edwin Adelson
1999
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Mr. Kayman
1999
7.9
One Man's Hero
as Captain Gaine
1999
5.3
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
as Tabaqui (voice)
1998
5.7
Around the Fire
as Doc
1998
3.3
Will & Grace
as Ned Weathers
1998
6.8
Hercules
as Numericles (voice)
1998
6.9
That '70s Show
as Professor
1998
7.9
Any Day Now
1998
7.4
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
as Calculator (voice)
1998
5.7
Black Dog
as McClaren
1998
6.4
Two Guys and a Girl
as Father Viteri
1998
7.1
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
as Bill Bardo
1998
3.8
Mr. Magoo
as Agent FBI Chuck Stupak
1997
4.5
The Practice
as Clyde Burrows
1997
7.6
King of the Hill
as Dr. Benson / Burt Halverstrom (voice)
1997
7.4
The Curse of Inferno
as Lonnie Martin
1996
4.9
Night Visitors
as Taylor
1996
4.0
The Glimmer Man
as Christopher Maynard
1996
5.4
Mr. Rhodes
1996
0.0
The Pretender
as Dr. Alan Trader
1996
7.3
Suddenly Susan
as Dr. Gerken
1996
5.8
Power 98
as Rick Harris
1996
3.7
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
as Bando (voice)
1996
6.6
The Home Court
as Jeffrey Solomon
1995
0.0
Dweebs
1995
0.0
Murder One
1995
7.8
Murder One
as Dr. Andross
1995
7.8
The Drew Carey Show
as Councilman
1995
6.5
The Naked Truth
as Vincent Hartford
1995
6.4
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
as Oliver Mintz
1995
4.6
Murder in the First
as Mr. Henkin
1995
7.1
🎬
A Whole New Ballgame
as Dr. Warner Brakefield
1995
0.0
Radioland Murders
as Max Applewhite
1994
5.9
Chicago Hope
as Dr. Ted Joseph
1994
7.2
Chicago Hope
as Ted Joseph
1994
7.2
🎬
Blue Skies
as Oak
1994
0.0
My Father the Hero
as Mike
1994
5.3
Trevor
as Father Joe
1994
6.7
Josh & S.A.M.
as Thomas 'Thom' Whitney
1993
4.7
Against the Grain
as Niles Hardeman
1993
3.0
Harts of the West
1993
6.2
Cafe Americain
as Roger Livingston
1993
6.3
Calendar Girl
as Antonio
1993
5.1
The Pickle
as Mike Krakower
1993
4.7
Groundhog Day
as Ned Ryerson
1993
7.6
Hero
as Wallace
1992
6.3
Mad About You
as Principal Hocksacker
1992
6.7
Where the Day Takes You
as Charles
1992
6.1
Sneakers
as Dr. Werner Brandes
1992
6.9
Single White Female
as Mitch Myerson
1992
6.3
Roadside Prophets
as Ranger Bob
1992
5.5
Basic Instinct
as Dr. Lamott
1992
6.9
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
as Warren Singleton
1992
5.9
Deadly Medicine
as Ron Sutton
1991
1.0
🎬
To the Moon, Alice
as Sitcom Producer
1991
0.0
Thelma & Louise
as Max
1991
7.6
Wedlock
as Warden Holliday
1991
5.8
Baby Talk
1991
6.8
Tagget
as Al Hentz
1991
0.0
Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster
as Sergeant Phil Baranski
1991
6.5
The Marla Hanson Story
as Defense Attorney
1991
6.2
Mirror Mirror
as Mr. Anderson
1990
5.1
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
as Mayor Bill Klepler
1990
6.1
Funny About Love
as Hugo
1990
4.7
The Grifters
as Jeweler
1990
6.5
🎬
Last Flight Out
as Doctor Timothy Brandon
1990
0.0
Bird on a Wire
as Joe Weyburn
1990
6.2
Shannon's Deal
1990
8.0
The Simpsons
as Merle (voice)
1989
8.0
Breaking In
as District Attorney
1989
5.5
In Country
as Pete
1989
5.6
Seinfeld
as Tor Eckman
1989
8.3
Great Balls of Fire!
as Jud Phillips
1989
6.3
Roe vs. Wade
as Darryl Horwath
1989
6.3
Mississippi Burning
as Townley
1988
7.7
Checking Out
as Pharmacist
1988
4.2
Two Idiots in Hollywood
as Prosecuting Attorney
1988
1.0
Spaceballs
as Captain of the Guard
1987
6.9
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
as Alex
1987
6.0
Nobody's Fool
as Kirk
1986
4.2
Designing Women
1986
6.8
L.A. Law
as Dr. Michael Segal
1986
7.0
227
1985
6.7
Crazy like a Fox
as Hotel Clerk
1984
7.1
The Philadelphia Experiment
as Barney
1984
6.1
Swing Shift
as French deMille / Documentary Narrator
1984
5.5
Cocaine and Blue Eyes
as TV Clerk
1983
4.3
Cagney & Lacey
1982
7.0
Falcon Crest
as Doctor
1981
5.5
Knots Landing
as Steve Comiskey
1979
6.7
Keep My Grave Open
as Robert
1977
3.6
Alice
1976
7.1
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
5.9
Butterfly in the Typewriter
as The Abbot
N/A
0.0
🎬
American Men
as Sterling Moss
N/A
0.0