Stephen Tobolowsky

Personal Info

Birthday

May 30, 1951

(74 years old)

Place of Birth

Dallas, Texas, USA

Also Known As

Stephen Tobolowski

Steven Tobolowsky

Стивен Тоболовски

Στίβεν Τομπολόβσκι

استیون توبولوسکی

Stephen Tobolowsky

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.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

King of the Hill

Seinfeld

CSI: Miami

Desperate Housewives

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Archer

Filmography

2025
Freakier Friday
as Mr. Elton Bates
The Cowboy Killer
as God
Thelma et Louise, un western féministe
as Self
2024
Watching Walter
as Walter
Poolman
as Stephen Toronkowski / Blanche
2023
Candy Cane Lane
as Mr. Benedetto (uncredited)
Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up
as Ned
Love Virtually
as Dr. Divine
Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues
as Self
2022
Haul Out the Holly
as Ned
Hollywood Signs
as Self
2019
Fantastic Mr. Murray
as Self - Interviewee
The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants: Hack-a-ween
as Creepy Rattlechains (voice)
Fractured
as Dr. Berthram
Loners
as Mr. Tessman
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
as Mr. Bentley
2018
Strange Nature
as Mayor Paulson
Monsters at Large
as Mr. Phillips
2017
Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown
as Andy Gunderson (voice)
2016
Mamaboy
as Reverend Weld
Six L.A. Love Stories
as Professor John Dobler
Where is Rocky II?
as Byron (segment: "Monument One")
The Confirmation
as Father Lyons
2015
The Primary Instinct
as Himself
The Barber
as Chief Hardaway
2014
Hello Ladies: The Movie
as Alan
Christian Mingle
as Douglas McCarver
Atlas Shrugged: Part III
as Dr. Hugh Akston
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
as Principal Purdy (voice)
Guys and Girls Can't Be Friends
as Andy
2013
Toy Story of Terror!
as Ron (voice)
2012
Pearblossom Hwy
as Rick Lawler
The Last Ride
as Ray
Say It Ain't Solo
as Himself
The Lorax
as Uncle Ubb (voice)
2011
Magnificat
as Neighbor
Hard Breakers
as Max
You May Not Kiss the Bride
as Plumber
2010
Buried
as Alan Davenport (voice)
Peep World
as Ephraim
Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want
as Father Joe (segment "Trevor")
2009
The Time Traveler's Wife
as Dr. Kendrick
2008
Beethoven's Big Break
as Sal
The Rainbow Tribe
as Principal Sands
Waiting for Yvette
as Alan
2007
Boxboarders!
as dr.james
Wild Hogs
as Charley
The Valley of Light
as Littlefield
Loveless in Los Angeles
as Jon
2006
Blind Dating
as Dr. Perkins
Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party
as Self
Failure to Launch
as Bud
The Sasquatch Gang
as Dalrymple
Promise Me Tomorrow
as Carl Venable
2005
Living 'til the End
as Dr. Shaw
McBride: The Doctor is Out...Really Out
as Harry Evers
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
as Tom Abernathy
Robots
as Bigmouth Executive / Forge (voice)
2004
Debating Robert Lee
as Debate Judge
Little Black Book
as Carl
Garfield
as Happy Chapman
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
as George Ruddy
2003
Frankie and Johnny Are Married
as Murray Mintz
Freaky Friday
as Mr. Bates
View from the Top
as Frank Thomas (uncredited)
Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey
as Self
National Security
as Billy Narthax
2002
Love Liza
as Tom Bailey
Ritual
as Dr. Javitz (uncredited)
The Country Bears
as Norbert Barrington
Par 6
as T.T. Riley
Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time
as Self
2001
The Day the World Ended
as Ed Turner
Black River
as Mayor Tom Thompson
On the Edge
as Tom (wraparound segments)
The Prime Gig
as Mick
Freddy Got Fingered
as Uncle Neil
2000
Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes
as Dewey Wise
Memento
as Sammy
Stanley's Gig
as Abe Cohen
Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion
as B.J. McQueen
The Operator
as Doc
Bossa Nova
as Trevor
1999
The Insider
as Eric Kluster
Don't Look Under the Bed
as Michael McCausland
One Man's Hero
as Captain Gaine
1998
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
as Tabaqui (voice)
Around the Fire
as Doc
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
as Calculator (voice)
Black Dog
as McClaren
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
as Bill Bardo
1997
Mr. Magoo
as Agent FBI Chuck Stupak
1996
The Curse of Inferno
as Lonnie Martin
Night Visitors
as Taylor
The Glimmer Man
as Christopher Maynard
Power 98
as Rick Harris
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
as Bando (voice)
1995
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
as Oliver Mintz
Murder in the First
as Mr. Henkin
1994
Radioland Murders
as Max Applewhite
My Father the Hero
as Mike
Trevor
as Father Joe
1993
Josh and S.A.M.
as Thomas 'Thom' Whitney
Romeo Is Bleeding
as District Attorney (uncredited)
Calendar Girl
as Antonio
The Pickle
as Mike Krakower
Groundhog Day
as Ned Ryerson
1992
Hero
as Wallace
Sneakers
as Dr. Werner Brandes
Single White Female
as Mitch Myerson
Roadside Prophets
as Ranger Bob
Basic Instinct
as Dr. Lamott
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
as Warren Singleton
Where the Day Takes You
as Charles
1991
Deadly Medicine
as Ron Sutton
To the Moon, Alice
as Sitcom Producer
Thelma & Louise
as Max
Wedlock
as Warden Holliday
Tagget
as Al Hentz
Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster
as Sergeant Phil Baranski
The Marla Hanson Story
as Defense Attorney
1990
Mirror Mirror
as Mr. Anderson
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
as Mayor Bill Klepler
Funny About Love
as Hugo
The Grifters
as Jeweler
Last Flight Out
as Doctor Timothy Brandon
Bird on a Wire
as Joe Weyburn
1989
Breaking In
as District Attorney
In Country
as Pete
Great Balls of Fire!
as Jud Phillips
Roe vs. Wade
as Darryl Horwath
1988
Mississippi Burning
as Townley
Checking Out
as Pharmacist
Two Idiots in Hollywood
as Prosecuting Attorney
1987
Spaceballs
as Captain of the Guard
1986
Nobody's Fool
as Kirk
1984
The Philadelphia Experiment
as Barney
Swing Shift
as French deMille / Documentary Narrator
1983
Cocaine and Blue Eyes
as TV Clerk
1977
Keep My Grave Open
as Robert