Cast
Stephen Tobolowsky
Acting
Cast
Stephen Tobolowsky
Known for
Acting
Born
1951-05-30
From
Dallas, Texas, USA
Also known as Stephen Tobolowski, Steven Tobolowsky, Стивен Тоболовски
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.
★8.2
MOVIE2000
Memento
as Sammy
★6.8
MOVIE2025
Freakier Friday
as Mr. Elton Bates
★6.9
MOVIE1992
Basic Instinct
as Dr. Lamott
★6.5
MOVIE2012
The Lorax
as Uncle Ubb (voice)
★6.9
MOVIE1987
Spaceballs
as Captain of the Guard
★7.6
MOVIE1993
Groundhog Day
as Ned Ryerson
★6.5
MOVIE2005
Robots
as Bigmouth Executive / Forge (voice)
★7.6
MOVIE1991
Thelma & Louise
as Max
★5.7
MOVIE2004
Garfield
as Happy Chapman
★6.9
MOVIE1992
Sneakers
as Dr. Werner Brandes
★6.7
MOVIE2014
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
as Principal Purdy (voice)
★6.6
MOVIE2003
Freaky Friday
as Mr. Bates
★5.8
MOVIE2006
Failure to Launch
as Bud
★6.8
MOVIE2019
Fractured
as Dr. Berthram
★6.0
MOVIE2007
Wild Hogs
as Charley
★6.0
MOVIE2023
Candy Cane Lane
as Mr. Benedetto (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE2009
The Time Traveler's Wife
as Dr. Kendrick
★6.6
MOVIE2010
Buried
as Alan Davenport (voice)
★6.0
MOVIE2003
National Security
as Billy Narthax
★7.7
MOVIE1988
Mississippi Burning
as Townley
★7.5
MOVIE1999
The Insider
as Eric Kluster
★6.2
MOVIE1990
Bird on a Wire
as Joe Weyburn
★7.8
MOVIE2017
Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown
as Andy Gunderson (voice)
★5.7
MOVIE2005
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
as Tom Abernathy
★5.6
MOVIE2003
View from the Top
as Frank Thomas (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1990
The Grifters
as Jeweler
★6.1
MOVIE1984
The Philadelphia Experiment
as Barney
★6.3
MOVIE1992
Single White Female
as Mitch Myerson
★5.9
MOVIE1992
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
as Warren Singleton
★6.3
MOVIE1992
Hero
as Wallace
★4.7
MOVIE2001
Freddy Got Fingered
as Uncle Neil
★6.0
MOVIE2026
Mimics
as Melvin Reinhold
★4.7
MOVIE2002
The Country Bears
as Norbert Barrington
★6.5
MOVIE2007
The Valley of Light
as Littlefield
★5.6
MOVIE2011
You May Not Kiss the Bride
as Plumber
★6.4
MOVIE2014
Hello Ladies: The Movie
as Alan
★5.4
MOVIE1996
The Glimmer Man
as Christopher Maynard
★7.1
MOVIE1995
Murder in the First
as Mr. Henkin
★4.5
MOVIE2014
Atlas Shrugged: Part III
as Dr. Hugh Akston
MOVIE2026
Mary the Widow
as Ed
★5.3
MOVIE2004
Little Black Book
as Carl
★6.6
MOVIE1996
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
as Bando (voice)
★5.7
MOVIE2004
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
as George Ruddy
★6.1
MOVIE1992
Where the Day Takes You
as Charles
★5.4
MOVIE1994
My Father the Hero
as Mike
★4.5
MOVIE1997
Mr. Magoo
as Agent FBI Chuck Stupak
★6.0
MOVIE2006
Blind Dating
as Dr. Perkins
★3.9
MOVIE1998
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
as Bill Bardo
★6.3
MOVIE1989
Great Balls of Fire!
as Jud Phillips
★5.7
MOVIE1998
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
as Tabaqui (voice)
★6.5
MOVIE1999
Don't Look Under the Bed
as Michael McCausland
★6.4
MOVIE1998
Black Dog
as McClaren
MOVIE2026
Woodstockers
as Calvin
★1.5
MOVIE2022
Hollywood Signs
as Self
★6.1
MOVIE2022
Haul Out the Holly
as Ned
★4.9
MOVIE1990
Funny About Love
as Hugo
★5.6
MOVIE1984
Swing Shift
as French deMille / Documentary Narrator
★6.4
MOVIE2016
The Confirmation
as Father Lyons
★4.3
MOVIE2024
Poolman
as Stephen Toronkowski / Blanche
MOVIETBA
Butterfly in the Typewriter
as The Abbot
MOVIE2026
Freaks Part II
★4.7
MOVIE1995
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
as Oliver Mintz
★6.0
MOVIE1989
Roe vs. Wade
as Darryl Horwath
★2.0
MOVIE2009
The Face is Familiar
★3.6
MOVIE2011
Hard Breakers
as Max
★5.2
MOVIE1990
Mirror Mirror
as Mr. Anderson
★4.6
MOVIE2000
Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes
as Dewey Wise
★5.9
MOVIE1994
Radioland Murders
as Max Applewhite
★5.7
MOVIE2015
The Barber
as Chief Hardaway
★5.8
MOVIE1991
Wedlock
as Warden Holliday
★4.3
MOVIE2001
The Day the World Ended
as Ed Turner
★5.9
MOVIE2006
The Sasquatch Gang
as Dalrymple
★5.2
MOVIE1993
Calendar Girl
as Antonio
★6.7
MOVIE1991
The Marla Hanson Story
as Defense Attorney
★7.0
MOVIE1991
To the Moon, Alice
as Sitcom Producer
★5.2
MOVIE2008
Beethoven's Big Break
as Sal
★6.2
MOVIE1990
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
as Mayor Bill Klepler
★5.7
MOVIE2014
Christian Mingle
as Douglas McCarver
★6.5
MOVIE2004
Debating Robert Lee
as Debate Judge
★5.7
MOVIE1998
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
as Calculator (voice)
★6.7
MOVIE1991
Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster
as Sergeant Phil Baranski
★3.9
MOVIE1998
Around the Fire
as Doc
★4.7
MOVIE2002
Ritual
as Dr. Javitz (uncredited)
★4.3
MOVIE1983
Cocaine and Blue Eyes
as TV Clerk
★6.6
MOVIE2019
The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween
as Creepy Rattlechains (voice)
★5.0
MOVIE2016
Six L.A. Love Stories
as Professor John Dobler
★6.3
MOVIE2019
Fantastic Mr. Murray
as Self - Interviewee
★5.8
MOVIE2008
The Rainbow Tribe
as Principal Sands
★4.8
MOVIE2010
Peep World
as Ephraim
★5.4
MOVIE1999
One Man's Hero
as Captain Gaine
★5.0
MOVIE2016
Where is Rocky II?
as Byron (segment: "Monument One")
MOVIE2011
Hail Mary
★9.0
MOVIE2006
Promise Me Tomorrow
as Carl Venable
★8.5
MOVIE2025
Thelma & Louise: Born to Live
as Self
★6.4
MOVIE2002
Love Liza
as Tom Bailey
★5.7
MOVIE1989
Breaking In
as District Attorney
★4.4
MOVIE1988
Checking Out
as Pharmacist
★4.9
MOVIE1993
Josh & S.A.M.
as Thomas 'Thom' Whitney
★5.6
MOVIE1989
In Country
as Pete
★5.5
MOVIE2001
On the Edge
as Tom (wraparound segments)
★5.5
MOVIE2000
Bossa Nova
as Trevor
★3.9
MOVIE2007
Loveless in Los Angeles
as Jon
★6.1
MOVIE2023
Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up
as Ned
★4.2
MOVIE2016
Mamaboy
as Reverend Weld
★4.4
MOVIE1986
Nobody's Fool
as Kirk
★5.1
MOVIE2018
Monsters at Large
as Mr. Phillips
MOVIE2025
The Cowboy Killer
as God
★5.5
MOVIE1992
Roadside Prophets
as Ranger Bob
★4.0
MOVIE1988
Two Idiots in Hollywood
as Prosecuting Attorney
★5.0
MOVIE1996
The Curse of Inferno
as Lonnie Martin
★6.3
MOVIE2025
Haul Out the Halloween
as Ned Broadhead
★6.0
MOVIE2001
The Prime Gig
as Mick
★5.7
MOVIE2018
Strange Nature
as Mayor Paulson
★4.1
MOVIE2000
The Operator
as Doc
★6.9
MOVIE2015
The Primary Instinct
as Himself
★6.6
MOVIE2019
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
as Mr. Bentley
★5.3
MOVIE2012
The Last Ride
as Ray
MOVIE1990
Last Flight Out
as Doctor Timothy Brandon
★2.0
MOVIE2012
Say It Ain't Solo
as Self
★7.9
MOVIE2003
Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2002
Par 6
as T.T. Riley
★6.5
MOVIE1996
Night Visitors
as Taylor
★5.0
MOVIE1993
The Pickle
as Mike Krakower
★3.5
MOVIE2010
Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want
as Father Joe (segment "Trevor")
★4.3
MOVIE1996
Power 98
as Rick Harris
★2.7
MOVIE2016
Welcome to the Men's Group
★4.7
MOVIE2012
Pearblossom Hwy
as Rick Lawler
★6.8
MOVIE2005
McBride: The Doctor is Out...Really Out
as Harry Evers
★4.0
MOVIE1977
Keep My Grave Open
as Robert
★4.1
MOVIE2000
Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion
as B.J. McQueen
★4.2
MOVIE2007
Boxboarders!
as dr.james
★5.0
MOVIE2023
Love Virtually
as Dr. Divine
★6.9
MOVIE1994
Trevor
as Father Joe
★5.5
MOVIE2005
Living 'til the End
as Dr. Shaw
★6.2
MOVIE2006
Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party
as Self
★5.1
MOVIE2008
Waiting for Yvette
as Alan
★6.2
MOVIE2000
Stanley's Gig
as Abe Cohen
★5.6
MOVIE2001
Black River
as Mayor Tom Thompson
★3.8
MOVIE2019
Loners
as Mr. Tessman
★6.5
MOVIE2002
Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE2011
Magnificat
as Neighbor
★7.2
MOVIE2013
Toy Story of Terror!
as Ron (voice)
★4.0
MOVIE1991
Deadly Medicine
as Ron Sutton
★8.0
MOVIE1991
Tagget
as Al Hentz
★6.0
MOVIE2014
Guys and Girls Can't Be Friends
as Andy
★7.5
MOVIE2003
Frankie and Johnny Are Married
as Murray Mintz
MOVIE2024
Watching Walter
as Walter
★7.4
MOVIE2023
Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE2005
The Five Keys to Mastery
as Self