
Stephen Tobolowsky
Born May 30, 1951 · Dallas, Texas, USA
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.
Movies

The Lorax

Spaceballs

Basic Instinct

Groundhog Day

Freaky Friday

Memento

Freakier Friday

Robots

Failure to Launch

Candy Cane Lane

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

Thelma & Louise

Sneakers

The Time Traveler's Wife

Garfield

Mississippi Burning

Wild Hogs

The Insider

Bird on a Wire

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco

View from the Top

National Security

Murder in the First

Buried

Fractured

Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown

The Country Bears

Little Black Book

Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!

Hero

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Single White Female

The Glimmer Man

Freddy Got Fingered

The Philadelphia Experiment

The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story

My Father the Hero

The Grifters

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

Great Balls of Fire!

Radioland Murders

Where the Day Takes You

Atlas Shrugged: Part III

You May Not Kiss the Bride

Mr. Magoo

The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars

Hello Ladies: The Movie

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

Don't Look Under the Bed

The Valley of Light

Haul Out the Holly

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

Beethoven's Big Break

The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween

Blind Dating

Poolman

Wedlock

Josh & S.A.M.

Black Dog

Calendar Girl

The Confirmation

The Day the World Ended

Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up

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

The Face is Familiar

One Man's Hero

Butterfly in the Typewriter

Swing Shift

Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes

In Country

Hard Breakers

Six L.A. Love Stories

Ritual

Haul Out the Halloween

Where is Rocky II?

Hollywood Signs

Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey

Fantastic Mr. Murray

To The Moon, Alice

Cocaine and Blue Eyes

Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster

Funny About Love

Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time

Peep World

Christian Mingle

Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want

Love Liza

Frankie and Johnny Are Married

The Pickle

Around the Fire

Woodstockers

Welcome to the Men's Group

On the Edge

The Barber

The Marla Hanson Story

Loveless in Los Angeles

The Rainbow Tribe

The Last Ride

Two Idiots in Hollywood
TV Shows

CSI: Miami

Seinfeld

Desperate Housewives

The West Wing

King of the Hill

Chicago Hope

The Closer

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Heroes

The Practice

Boston Legal

Las Vegas

Ghost Whisperer

Knots Landing

Will & Grace

L.A. Law

Community

Malcolm in the Middle

Archer

Entourage

Falcon Crest

The Goldbergs

That '70s Show

Glee

The Drew Carey Show

Tony Awards

Hacks

Mad About You

The Mindy Project

The Dead Zone

Californication

We Bare Bears

Cagney & Lacey

Justified

According to Jim

Arli$$

Alice

The Pretender

Silicon Valley

Stars in the House

Roswell

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

Hercules

Pound Puppies

The New Adventures of Old Christine

Murder One

Fuller House

Deadwood

Crazy like a Fox

Nobody Wants This

Reba

Justice League Action

The Sarah Silverman Program

Two Guys and a Girl

Green Eggs and Ham

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

The Naked Truth

Dr. Ken

Designing Women

One Day at a Time

227

True Jackson, VP

Suddenly Susan

The Defenders

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

Another Period

Minx

ThunderCats Roar

Any Day Now

No Activity

The Really Loud House

Oliver Beene

Complete Savages

Off Centre

The Lone Gunmen

Night Stalker

Frog and Toad

Snoops

Schooled

John from Cincinnati

Friends with Better Lives

The Cool Kids

Married to the Kellys

Bad Internet

The Home Court

Shannon's Deal

Raines

Cafe Americain

Do Over

White Famous

Big Day

Harts of the West

Kingpin

Dicktown

Mr. Rhodes

Against the Grain

The Hotwives of Orlando

Big Time in Hollywood, Fl

Dweebs

Baby Talk
More Movies

The Prime Gig

Monsters at Large

Black River

Roe vs. Wade

The Sasquatch Gang

Thelma & Louise: Born to Live

Hail Mary

Mary the Widow

Freaks Part II

The Curse of Inferno

Mirror Mirror

Mimics

Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion

Roadside Prophets

Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party

Debating Robert Lee

McBride: The Doctor is Out...Really Out

Checking Out

Bossa Nova

Living 'til the End

Love Virtually

Breaking In

Nobody's Fool

Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues

Strange Nature

Guys and Girls Can't Be Friends

Power 98

Keep My Grave Open

Mamaboy

Loners

The Cowboy Killer

Night Visitors

The Operator

Stanley's Gig

Promise Me Tomorrow

Deadly Medicine

Trevor

Par 6

Waiting for Yvette

Boxboarders!

Pearblossom Hwy

Tagget

Magnificat

The Primary Instinct




