Stephen Tobolowsky
Actor

Stephen Tobolowsky

14 Movies
14 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 14
Birthday May 30, 1951 (75 years old)
Place of Birth Dallas, Texas, USA
Also Known As Stephen Tobolowski, Steven Tobolowsky, Π‘Ρ‚ΠΈΠ²Π΅Π½ Воболовски, ΣτίβΡν Ξ€ΞΏΞΌΟ€ΞΏΞ»ΟŒΞ²ΟƒΞΊΞΉ
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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 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.

Filmography (254)

Mimics 2026
Woodstockers 2026
Mary the Widow 2026
Freakier Friday 2025
Thelma & Louise: Born to Live 2025
The Cowboy Killer 2025
Haul Out the Halloween 2025
Poolman 2024
Watching Walter 2024
Nobody Wants This 2024
Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues 2023
Love Virtually 2023
Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up 2023
Candy Cane Lane 2023
Frog and Toad 2023
Haul Out the Holly 2022
Hollywood Signs 2022
The Really Loud House 2022
Minx 2022
Hacks 2021
Dicktown 2020
Stars in the House 2020
ThunderCats Roar 2020
Fractured 2019
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" 2019
Loners 2019
The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween 2019
Fantastic Mr. Murray 2019
Green Eggs and Ham 2019
Schooled 2019
Monsters at Large 2018
Strange Nature 2018
The Cool Kids 2018
Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown 2017
One Day at a Time 2017
No Activity 2017
White Famous 2017
The Confirmation 2016
Where is Rocky II? 2016
Mamaboy 2016
Welcome to the Men's Group 2016
Six L.A. Love Stories 2016
Fuller House 2016
Bad Internet 2016
Justice League Action 2016
The Barber 2015
The Primary Instinct 2015
We Bare Bears 2015
Another Period 2015
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl 2015
Dr. Ken 2015
Mr. Peabody & Sherman 2014
Atlas Shrugged: Part III 2014
Hello Ladies: The Movie 2014
Christian Mingle 2014
Guys and Girls Can't Be Friends 2014
Silicon Valley 2014
The Hotwives of Orlando 2014
Friends with Better Lives 2014
Toy Story of Terror! 2013
The Goldbergs 2013
The Lorax 2012
The Last Ride 2012
Say It Ain't Solo 2012
Pearblossom Hwy 2012
The Mindy Project 2012
You May Not Kiss the Bride 2011
Hard Breakers 2011
Magnificat 2011
Hail Mary 2011
Buried 2010
Peep World 2010
Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want 2010
Pound Puppies 2010
Justified 2010
The Defenders 2010
The Face is Familiar 2009
The Time Traveler's Wife 2009
Glee 2009
Community 2009
Archer 2009
Beethoven's Big Break 2008
Waiting for Yvette 2008
The Rainbow Tribe 2008
True Jackson, VP 2008
Boxboarders! 2007
Wild Hogs 2007
The Valley of Light 2007
Loveless in Los Angeles 2007
John from Cincinnati 2007
Raines 2007
Californication 2007
The Sarah Silverman Program. 2007
Blind Dating 2006
Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party 2006
Promise Me Tomorrow 2006
Failure to Launch 2006
The Sasquatch Gang 2006
Big Day 2006
Heroes 2006
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip 2006
The New Adventures of Old Christine 2006
Living 'til the End 2005
McBride: The Doctor is Out...Really Out 2005
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous 2005 Robots 2005
The Closer 2005
Ghost Whisperer 2005
Night Stalker 2005
Garfield 2004
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! 2004
Debating Robert Lee 2004
Little Black Book 2004
Deadwood 2004
Desperate Housewives 2004
Boston Legal 2004
Complete Savages 2004
Entourage 2004
Frankie and Johnny Are Married 2003
Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey 2003
National Security 2003
Freaky Friday 2003
View from the Top 2003
Las Vegas 2003
Oliver Beene 2003
Kingpin 2003
Married to the Kellys 2003
Love Liza 2002
The Country Bears 2002
Par 6 2002
Ritual 2002
Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time 2002
CSI: Miami 2002
Do Over 2002
The Dead Zone 2002
Freddy Got Fingered 2001
Black River 2001
The Prime Gig 2001
The Day the World Ended 2001
On the Edge 2001
Reba 2001
According to Jim 2001
Off Centre 2001
The Lone Gunmen 2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent 2001
Memento 2000
Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes 2000
The Operator 2000
Bossa Nova 2000
Stanley's Gig 2000
Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion 2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2000
Malcolm in the Middle 2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm 2000
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command 2000
The Insider 1999
Don't Look Under the Bed 1999
One Man's Hero 1999
Roswell 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999
The West Wing 1999
Snoops 1999
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars 1998
Black Dog 1998
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story 1998
Around the Fire 1998
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn 1998
That '70s Show 1998
Two Guys and a Girl 1998
Any Day Now 1998
Will & Grace 1998
Hercules 1998
Mr. Magoo 1997
King of the Hill 1997
The Practice 1997
Power 98 1996
Night Visitors 1996
The Glimmer Man 1996
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco 1996
The Curse of Inferno 1996
The Pretender 1996
Mr. Rhodes 1996
Suddenly Susan 1996
Arli$$ 1996
Murder in the First 1995 Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde 1995
Murder One 1995
Dweebs 1995
A Whole New Ballgame 1995
The Drew Carey Show 1995
The Naked Truth 1995
The Home Court 1995
Radioland Murders 1994
Trevor 1994
My Father the Hero 1994
Chicago Hope 1994
Blue Skies 1994
Groundhog Day 1993
The Pickle 1993
Josh & S.A.M. 1993
Calendar Girl 1993
Against the Grain 1993
Harts of the West 1993
Cafe Americain 1993
Basic Instinct 1992
Memoirs of an Invisible Man 1992
Single White Female 1992
Where the Day Takes You 1992
Sneakers 1992
Roadside Prophets 1992
Hero 1992
Mad About You 1992
Thelma & Louise 1991
Wedlock 1991
Deadly Medicine 1991
Tagget 1991
The Marla Hanson Story 1991
To the Moon, Alice 1991
Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster 1991
Baby Talk 1991
Bird on a Wire 1990
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael 1990
Funny About Love 1990
The Grifters 1990
Last Flight Out 1990
Mirror Mirror 1990
Shannon's Deal 1990
Great Balls of Fire! 1989
Roe vs. Wade 1989
In Country 1989
Breaking In 1989
Seinfeld 1989
The Simpsons 1989
Mississippi Burning 1988
Two Idiots in Hollywood 1988
Checking Out 1988
Spaceballs 1987
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd 1987
Nobody's Fool 1986
Designing Women 1986
L.A. Law 1986
227 1985
The Philadelphia Experiment 1984
Swing Shift 1984
Crazy like a Fox 1984
Cocaine and Blue Eyes 1983
Cagney & Lacey 1982
Falcon Crest 1981
Knots Landing 1979
Keep My Grave Open 1977
Alice 1976
Tony Awards 1956
Butterfly in the Typewriter
American Men