Stephen Tobolowsky

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Stephen Tobolowsky

Stephen Tobolowsky AKA Stephen Harold Tobolowsky

Born: 30-May-1951
Birthplace: Dallas, TX [1]

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day

Stephen Tobolowsky is a character actor, appearing in small roles in several films every year. He's balding, middle-aged, pudgy, and white -- utterly forgettable, really -- but like the best character actors, chances are you remember him without even knowing it. In Groundhog Day, he was Ned Ryerson, the annoying insurance salesman who pestered Bill Murray every morning. In Mememto, he was Guy Pearce's doppelganger. In Single White Female, he was Bridget Fonda's leering boss. In Sneakers, he was the "Passport?" guy. In Thelma & Louise, he was a dogged FBI agent. In Spaceballs, he was Captain of the Guard.

He co-wrote David Byrne's True Stories, and wrote and directed the bizarre but rarely-seen "make me a star" story Two Idiots in Hollywood, based on his own play. He directed Holly Hunter in the original New York stage production of The Miss Firecracker Contest. Tobolowsky has appeared in dozens of movies, from Swing Shift to The Insider, Adaptation to Freaky Friday to Freddy Got Fingered. On the small screen, he's done Seinfeld, Mad About You, The Practice. Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Drew Carey Show, among many others.

He was a high school friend of Stevie Ray Vaughan, sang in Vaughn's first amateur band, and had a long relationship with playwright Beth Henley. His aunt, Hermine Tobolowsky, was a feminist and activist, who led the movement to add the Equal Legal Rights Amendment to the Texas Constitution (adopted in 1972). He is also a distant relative of 1960s schlockmeister Edwin Tobolowsky, producer of Zontar: The Thing from Venus, Mars Needs Women, and In the Year 2889.

[1] Methodist Dallas Medical Center.

Father: David Tobolowsky (pediatrician)
Mother: June Tobolowsky (nurse)
Girlfriend: Beth Henley (playwright, cohabited 1970s)
Wife: Ann Hearn (actress, b. 27-Jun-1953, m. 1988, two sons)
Son: Robert
Son: William

High School: Kimball High School, Dallas, TX (1969)
University: BA Drama, Southern Methodist University (1973)
University: MA Drama, University of Illinois

McCain-Palin Victory 2008
Jewish Ancestry Maternal
Russian Ancestry
Risk Factors: Marijuana, Cocaine, LSD

TELEVISION
Heroes Bob (2007-08)
John from Cincinnati Mark Lewinsky (2007)
Big Day The Garf (2006-07)
Deadwood Hugo Jarry (2005-06)

FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Atlas Shrugged III: Who Is John Galt? (12-Sep-2014)
Mr. Peabody & Sherman (7-Feb-2014) [VOICE]
The Lorax (2-Mar-2012) [VOICE]
Peep World (15-Sep-2010) · Ephraim
Buried (23-Jan-2010) [VOICE]
Hard Breakers (2010)
The Time Traveler's Wife (14-Aug-2009) · Dr. Kendrick
Beethoven's Big Break (30-Dec-2008)
The Rainbow Tribe (20-Sep-2008)
Totally Baked (20-Apr-2007)
Wild Hogs (2-Mar-2007)
The Valley of Light (28-Jan-2007)
Blind Dating (28-Jul-2006)
Failure to Launch (10-Mar-2006)
The Sasquatch Gang (Jan-2006) · Dalrymple
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (11-Mar-2005)
Robots (10-Mar-2005) [VOICE]
Little Black Book (6-Aug-2004) · Carl
Garfield (11-Jun-2004) · Happy Chapman
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (23-Jan-2004) · George Ruddy
Frankie and Johnny Are Married (4-Sep-2003) · Murray Mintz
Freaky Friday (6-Aug-2003) · Mr. Bates
Kingpin (2-Feb-2003)
National Security (15-Jan-2003) · Billy Narthax
The Country Bears (21-Jul-2002) · Norbert Barrington
Par 6 (16-Apr-2002)
Love Liza (14-Jan-2002) · Tom Bailey
The Day the World Ended (23-Nov-2001)
Black River (6-Jul-2001)
Ritual (2001)
Memento (5-Sep-2000) · Sammy
The Prime Gig (1-Sep-2000) · Mick
Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion (21-Apr-2000)
Bossa Nova (21-Feb-2000)
Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes (2000) · Dewey Wise
The Insider (5-Nov-1999)
Don't Look Under the Bed (9-Oct-1999)
One Man's Hero (2-Aug-1999)
Around the Fire (10-Apr-1999)
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (29-Sep-1998) [VOICE]
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (19-May-1998) [VOICE]
Black Dog (1-May-1998)
Mr. Magoo (25-Dec-1997) · Agent Chuck Stupak
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (29-Sep-1997)
Boys Life 2 (7-Mar-1997)
The Curse of Inferno (1997)
The Glimmer Man (4-Oct-1996) · Christopher Maynard
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (8-Mar-1996) [VOICE]
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (25-Aug-1995)
Murder in the First (20-Jan-1995) · Mr. Henkin
Radioland Murders (21-Oct-1994)
My Father the Hero (4-Feb-1994) · Mike
Trevor (Jan-1994)
Josh and S.A.M. (24-Nov-1993)
Calendar Girl (3-Sep-1993)
The Pickle (30-Apr-1993)
Groundhog Day (12-Feb-1993) · Ned
Roadside Prophets (8-Oct-1992)
Hero (2-Oct-1992) · Wallace
Where the Day Takes You (11-Sep-1992)
Sneakers (9-Sep-1992) · Dr. Werner Brandes
Single White Female (14-Aug-1992)
Basic Instinct (20-Mar-1992) · Dr. Lamott
Memoirs of an Invisible Man (28-Feb-1992) · Warren Singleton
Wedlock (5-Sep-1991)
Thelma & Louise (24-May-1991) · Max
Tagget (14-Feb-1991)
Face Value (4-Feb-1991)
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (12-Oct-1990)
Funny About Love (21-Sep-1990)
The Grifters (14-Sep-1990) · Jeweler
Last Flight Out (22-May-1990)
Bird on a Wire (18-May-1990) · Joe Weyburn
Mirror, Mirror (1990)
Breaking In (13-Oct-1989) · District Attorney
In Country (7-Sep-1989)
Great Balls of Fire! (30-Jun-1989) · Jud Phillips
Roe vs. Wade (15-May-1989)
Checking Out (21-Apr-1989) · Pharmacist
Mississippi Burning (9-Dec-1988) · Townley
Spaceballs (24-Jun-1987) · Captain of the Guard
Nobody's Fool (Nov-1986) · Kirk
The Philadelphia Experiment (5-Oct-1984) · Barney
Swing Shift (13-Apr-1984)
Keep My Grave Open (1976)

Official Website:
http://www.tobolowskyfiles.com

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