Who is Stephen Tobolowsky?

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If you know who he is, then name as many of his films as possible?

mallimalar_2000 · Accepted Answer

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Stephen Tobolowsky
Born: 30-May-1951
Birthplace: Dallas, TX


Gender: Male
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. And on the small screen, he's done Seinfeld, Mad About You, The Practice Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Drew Carey Show, among many others.

His aunt, Hermine Tobolowsky, was a feminist and activist, who led the movement to add the Equal Legal Rights Amendment to the Texas Constitution. It was adopted in 1972. She died in 1995. 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. 

Wife: Ann Hearn (actress, Evening Shade)


    High School: Kimball High School (1969)
    University: BA Drama, Southern Methodist University
    University: MA Drama, University of Illinois


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    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Just My Luck (12-May-2006) 
    Failure to Launch (10-Mar-2006) 
    Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (11-Mar-2005) 
    Robots (10-Mar-2005) [VOICE]
    Little Black Book (06-Aug-2004) 
    Garfield (11-Jun-2004) 
    Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (23-Jan-2004) 
    Freaky Friday (6-Aug-2003) 
    Kingpin (2-Feb-2003) 
    National Security (15-Jan-2003) 
    The Country Bears (21-Jul-2002) 
    Love Liza (14-Jan-2002) 
    The Day the World Ended (23-Nov-2001) 
    Black River (6-Jul-2001) 
    Memento (5-Sep-2000) 
    The Prime Gig (1-Sep-2000) 
    Bossa Nova (21-Feb-2000) 
    Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes (2000) 
    The Insider (5-Nov-1999) 
    One Man's Hero (2-Aug-1999) 
    Around the Fire (10-Apr-1999) 
    The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (19-May-1998) [VOICE]
    Black Dog (01-May-1998) 
    Mr. Magoo (25-Dec-1997) 
    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) 
    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) 
    Radioland Murders (21-Oct-1994) 
    My Father the Hero (4-Feb-1994) 
    Trevor (Jan-1994) 
    Josh and S.A.M. (24-Nov-1993) 
    Calendar Girl (03-Sep-1993) 
    The Pickle (30-Apr-1993) 
    Groundhog Day (12-Feb-1993) 
    Roadside Prophets (8-Oct-1992) 
    Hero (2-Oct-1992) 
    Where the Day Takes You (11-Sep-1992) 
    Sneakers (9-Sep-1992) 
    Single White Female (14-Aug-1992) 
    Basic Instinct (20-Mar-1992) 
    Memoirs of an Invisible Man (28-Feb-1992) 
    Wedlock (05-Sep-1991) 
    Thelma & Louise (24-May-1991) 
    The Grifters (Jan-1991) 
    Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (12-Oct-1990) 
    Funny About Love (21-Sep-1990) 
    Bird on a Wire (18-May-1990) 
    Breaking In (13-Oct-1989) 
    In Country (7-Sep-1989) 
    Great Balls of Fire! (30-Jun-1989) 
    Mississippi Burning (9-Dec-1988) 
    Spaceballs (24-Jun-1987) 
    Nobody's Fool (Nov-1986) 
    The Philadelphia Experiment (05-Oct-1984) 
    Swing Shift (13-Apr-1984)

Anonymous · Answer

Stephen Tobolowsky (born May 30, 1951 in Dallas, Texas) is an American actor. Tobolowsky (pronounced tow-buh-lov-skee) is a character actor most often cast as supporting characters that are amiable, brainy, and/or clueless. Perhaps through sheer force of repetition, he is best known from his role in 1993's Groundhog Day, in which he played Bill Murray's annoying high school classmate and insurance salesman, Ned Ryerson who Murray's character keeps running into when he keeps repeating Feburary 2nd. Tobolowsky would later reunite with Murray 11 years later in the movie version of the comic strip Garfield: The Movie in which Tobolowsky played the villianous TV star Happy Chapman (Murray himself provided the voice of the orange feline). He also had a memorable guest spot on Seinfeld as Kramer's holistic healer in the second season episode, "The Heart Attack."

After starting on the New York theater scene, Stephen moved to Hollywood to enter the film business. He has appeared in over 100 films and at least as many television projects. Throughout his career he has maintained a connection to the theater by directing and acting in plays in New York and Los Angeles. He directed one movie, Two Idiots in Hollywood, which was based on his play of the same name. Stephen also co-wrote the film True Stories with David Byrne. In 2005 he released a documentary film, Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party, featuring a performance in which he tells stories from his life to a group of friends.

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National Lampoon's Totally Baked: A Potumentary (2006) (post-production) (attached) .... Jesco Rollins
Blind Guy Driving (2006) (post-production) .... Dr. Perkins
The Guys (2006) (TV) (completed) 
Loveless in Los Angeles (2006) (completed) .... Jon


Just My Luck (2006) (uncredited) 
Pope Dreams (2006) .... Carl Venable
Love Hollywood Style (2006) .... Marty Greenbaum/Devil
Failure to Launch (2006) .... Bud
"Ghost Whisperer" 
    - Dead Man's Ridge (2006) TV Episode .... Dr. Edward
The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang (2006) .... Ernie Dalrymple
"Desperate Housewives" 
    - No One Is Alone (2006) TV Episode .... Bud Penrod
"Night Stalker" 
    - Timeless (2005) TV Episode 
"Curb Your Enthusiasm" 
    - The Seder (2005) TV Episode .... Len Dunkel
"Reba" 
    - Grannies Gone Wild (2005) TV Episode .... Judge
Living 'til the End (2005) .... Dr. Shaw
The Importance of Blind Dating (2005) .... Patrick
"The Closer" 
    - The Butler Did It (2005) TV Episode .... James Bloom
McBride: The Doctor Is Out, Really Out (2005) (TV) .... Harry Evers
"Deadwood" 
    - Boy-the-Earth-Talks-To (2005) TV Episode .... Hugo Jarry
    - Something Very Expensive (2005) TV Episode .... Hugo Jarry
    - Complications (2005) TV Episode .... Hugo Jarry
    - Requiem for a Gleet (2005) TV Episode .... Hugo Jarry
"CSI: Miami" 
    - Whacked (2005) TV Episode .... Assistant State Attorney Don Haffman
    - Killer Date (2005) TV Episode .... Assistant State Attorney Don Haffman
    - Pro Per (2004) TV Episode .... Assistant State Attorney Don Haffman
    - Freaks and Tweaks (2003) TV Episode .... Assistant State Attorney Don Haffman
    - Simple Man (2003) TV Episode .... Assistant State Attorney Don Haffman
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005) .... Tom Abernathy
Robots (2005) (voice) .... Bigmouth Executive/Forge
... aka Robots: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version) 
"American Dragon: Jake Long" 
    - Adventures in Troll-Sitting (2005) TV Episode (voice) .... Troll
Boxboarders! (2005) .... Dr. James
"Complete Savages" 
    - Voodude (2004) TV Episode .... Mr. Frehley
"Will & Grace" 
    - Company (2004) TV Episode .... Ned Weathers
Little Black Book (2004) .... Carl
Garfield (2004) .... Happy Chapman
... aka Garfield: The Movie (USA: promotional title) 
"According to Jim" 
    - The Marriage Bank (2004) TV Episode .... Dr. Ted
"It's All Relative" 
    - Philip in a China Shop (2004) TV Episode .... Roy
"Married to the Kellys" 
    - Talk Radio (2004) TV Episode .... Henry Conway
Frankie and Johnny Are Married (2004) .... Murray Mintz
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004) .... George Ruddy
"The West Wing" 
    - The Stormy Present (2004) TV Episode .... Max Milkman
Debating Robert Lee (2004) .... Judge #1
"Las Vegas" 
    - Donny, We Hardly Knew Ye (2003) TV Episode .... Donny Rollins
Freaky Friday (2003) .... Mr. Bates
"The Dead Zone" 
... aka Stephen King's Dead Zone (USA) 
    - Plague (2003) TV Episode .... Jim Pratt
"Oliver Beene" 
    - Divorce-o-Rama (2003) TV Episode .... Ringmaster Bob
View from the Top (2003) (uncredited) .... Frank Thomas
"Kingpin" (2003) (mini) TV Series .... Dr. Klein's lawyer
National Security (2003) .... Billy Narthax
Twins (2003) (TV) 
Adaptation. (2002) (scenes deleted) .... Ranger Steve Neely
"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" 
... aka Law & Order: CI (USA: promotional abbreviation) 
    - Malignant (2002) TV Episode .... Jim Halliwell
The Country Bears (2002) .... Norbert Barrington
Par 6 (2002) .... T.T. Riley
"Malcolm in the Middle" 
    - Lois' Makeover (2002) TV Episode .... Mr. Fisher
Love Liza (2002) .... Tom Bailey
"Off Centre" 
    - Swing Time (2001) TV Episode .... Milt Flack
The Day the World Ended (2001) (TV) .... Principal Ed Turner
"Roswell" 
... aka Roswell High (UK) (USA: working title) 
    - Secrets and Lies (2001) TV Episode .... Julius Walters
"Dead Last" 
    - Gastric Distress (2001) TV Episode .... Ghost Doctor
It Is What It Is (2001/I) .... Dr. Martin Ullberg
Black River (2001) (TV) .... Mayor
... aka Dean Koontz's Black River 
On the Edge (2001) (TV) .... Tom
Freddy Got Fingered (2001) (uncredited) .... Uncle Neil
"The Lone Gunmen" 
    - Madam, I'm Adam (2001) TV Episode .... Adam Burgess
"King of the Hill" 
    - The Exterminator (2001) TV Episode (voice) .... Dr. Benson/Burt Halverstrom
"Bull" 
    - Blood, Flopsweat and Tears (2001) TV Episode .... Mr. Siegel
The Gene Pool (2001) (TV) .... Walter Westfield
Ritual (2001/I) .... Dr. Javitz
... aka Tales from the Crypt Presents: Revelation (USA) 
... aka Tales from the Crypt Presents: Voodoo (Philippines: English title) 
"Buzz Lightyear of Star Command" 
    - Mindwarp (2000) TV Episode (voice) .... Gil
"That's Life" 
    - The Screw-Up (2000) TV Episode 
Memento (2000) .... Sammy
The Prime Gig (2000) .... Mick
"Hollywood Off-Ramp" 
    - Club Brigadoon (2000) TV Episode 
Stanley's Gig (2000) .... Abe Cohen
Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion (2000) (TV) .... B.J. McQueen
... aka Alien Fury (USA) 
... aka Countdown to Invasion (International: English title) 
"Any Day Now" 
    - The Toolshed Behind the Church (2000) TV Episode 
    - Making Music with the Wrong Man (1998) TV Episode .... Mr. Brinkman
The Operator (2000) .... Doc
Bossa Nova (2000) .... Trevor
Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes (2000) .... Dewey Wise
Urban Chaos Theory (2000) .... The Husband


"Snoops" 
    - A Criminal Mind (1999) TV Episode .... Mr. Bench
    - Bedfellas (1999) TV Episode .... Mr. Bench
    - Singer in the Band (1999) TV Episode .... Michael Bench
"Odd Man Out" 
    - In the Name of the Father (1999) TV Episode .... Alan Carlson
The Insider (1999) .... Eric Kluster
"Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place" 
... aka Two Guys and a Girl (USA: third season title) 
    - Berg's New Roommate (1999) TV Episode .... Father Viteri
"That '70s Show" 
    - Laurie and the Professor (1999) TV Episode .... The Professor
Don't Look Under the Bed (1999) (TV) .... Michael McCausland
One Man's Hero (1999) .... Capt. Gaine
... aka Batallón de San Patricio, El (Mexico) 
... aka Héroes sin patria (Spain) 
... aka Herois sense pàtria (Spain: Catalan title) 
Around the Fire (1999) .... Doc
"The Practice" 
    - Closet Justice (1999) TV Episode .... Clyde Burrows
"Mad About You" 
    - Uncle Phil Goes Back to High School (1999) TV Episode .... Principal
"Vengeance Unlimited" 
... aka Mr. Chapel 
    - Eden (1998) TV Episode .... Mayor Bob Laird
"Suddenly Susan" 
    - Don't Tell (1998) TV Episode .... Dr. Gerken
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998) (V) (voice) .... Tabaqui the Hyena
"Hercules" 
... aka Disney's Hercules (USA: complete title) 
    - Hercules and the Techno Greeks (1998) TV Episode (voice) .... Numericles
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (1998) (V) (voice) (as Stephen Tobolowski) .... Calculator
Black Dog (1998) .... ATF Agent McClaren
... aka Black Dog (France) 
"The Closer" 
    - Morality Bites (1998) TV Episode .... Phil
Mr. Magoo (1997) .... Agent Chuck Stupak, FBI
"The Drew Carey Show" 
    - The Dog and Pony Show (1997) TV Episode .... The Councilman
"Promised Land" 
... aka Home of the Brave 
    - Par from the Course (1997) TV Episode .... Fred Argyle
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997) .... Bill Bardo
... aka Burn Hollywood Burn (UK: video title) 
"Murder One" 
    - Chapter Eighteen, Year Two (1997) TV Episode .... Dr. Andross
    - Chapter Fifteen, Year Two (1997) TV Episode .... Dr. Andross
    - Chapter Sixteen, Year Two (1997) TV Episode .... Dr. Andross
"The Naked Truth" 
... aka Wilde Again 
    - The Birds (1997) TV Episode .... Vincent Hartford
Boys Life 2 (1997) .... Father Joe (segment "Trevor")
The Curse of Inferno (1997) .... Lonnie Martin
... aka The Stick Up 
Night Visitors (1996) (TV) .... Taylor
The Glimmer Man (1996) .... Christopher Maynard
"Mr. Rhodes" (1996) TV Series .... Ray Heary
"The Pretender" 
    - Pilot (1996) TV Episode .... Dr. Trader
Power 98 (1996) .... Rick Harris
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996) (voice) .... Bando
"The Home Court" 
    - Touched by an Anger (1996) TV Episode .... Jeffrey Solomon
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" 
... aka BtVS (USA: promotional abbreviation) 
... aka Buffy 
... aka Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Series 
    - Unaired Pilot Presentation (1996) TV Episode .... Principal Flutie
"Dweebs" (1995) TV Series .... Karl
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995) .... Oliver Mintz
"Chicago Hope" 
    - Songs from the Cuckoo Birds (1995) TV Episode .... Dr. Ted Joseph
    - Full Moon (1995) TV Episode .... Dr. Ted Joseph
Murder in the First (1995) .... Mr. Henkin
... aka Meurtre à Alcatraz (France) 
"A Whole New Ballgame" (1995) TV Series .... Dr. Warner Brakefield
Radioland Murders (1994) .... Max Applewhite
"Blue Skies" (1994) TV Series .... Oak
"Harts of the West" 
    - Back in the Panties Again (1994) TV Episode 
My Father the Hero (1994) .... Mike
... aka My father, ce héros (France) 
Trevor (1994) .... Father Jon
... aka Ellen DeGeneres Presents 'Trevor' (USA: TV title) 
"Cafe Americain" 
    - Toast of the Town (1993) TV Episode 
Josh and S.A.M. (1993) .... Thomas 'Thom' Whitney
"Against the Grain" (1993) TV Series .... Niles Hardeman
Romeo Is Bleeding (1993) (uncredited) .... District Attorney
Calendar Girl (1993) .... Antonio Gallo
"When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn" (1993) (mini) TV Series .... Det. Keefe
The Pickle (1993) .... Mike Krakower
"Civil Wars" 
    - A Liver Runs Through It (1993) TV Episode 
Groundhog Day (1993) .... Ned Ryerson
"Picket Fences" 
    - Be My Valentine (1993) TV Episode .... Ben Sasha
Roadside Prophets (1992) .... Ranger Bob
Hero (1992/I) .... James Wallace, Channel 4 Station Manager
... aka Accidental Hero 
Where the Day Takes You (1992) .... Charles
Sneakers (1992) .... Dr. Werner Brandes
Single White Female (1992) .... Mitch Myerson
Basic Instinct (1992) .... Dr. Lamott
... aka Basic Instinct (France) 
... aka Ice Cold Desire (Singapore: English title: censored version) 
Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) .... Warren Singleton
... aka Aventures d'un homme invisible, Les (France) 
Deadly Medicine (1991) (TV) .... Ron Sutton
Wedlock (1991) .... Warden Holliday
... aka Deadlock 
Thelma & Louise (1991) .... Max
"Seinfeld" 
    - The Heart Attack (1991) TV Episode .... Tor
"Shannon's Deal" 
    - Greed (1991) TV Episode .... Baker
"Baby Talk" 
    - Whiz Kid (1991) TV Episode .... Dr. Ezra Farr
"Down Home" 
    - Mail Order Tran (1991) TV Episode .... Honis
Tagget (1991) (TV) .... Al Hentz
... aka Dragonfire 
Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster (1991) (TV) .... Sergeant Phil Baranski
... aka The Case of the Maligned Mobster 
The Marla Hanson Story (1991) (TV) .... Defense Attorney
... aka Face Value 
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990) (as Stephen Tobolowski) .... Mayor Bill Klepler
Funny About Love (1990) .... Hugo
The Grifters (1990) .... Jeweler
Last Flight Out (1990) (TV) .... Doctor Timothy Brandon
Bird on a Wire (1990) .... Joe Weyburn
To the Moon, Alice (1990) (TV) .... Sitcom Producer
Mirror, Mirror (1990) .... Mr. Anderson


"L.A. Law" 
    - Lie Down and Deliver (1989) TV Episode .... Dr. Michael Segal
Breaking In (1989) .... District Attorney
In Country (1989) .... Pete
Great Balls of Fire! (1989) .... Jud Phillips
Roe vs. Wade (1989) (TV) .... Darryl Horwath
Checking Out (1989) .... Pharmacist
Mississippi Burning (1988) .... Clayton Townley
Two Idiots in Hollywood (1988) .... Prosecuting Attorney
Spaceballs (1987) .... Captain of the Guard
"The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd" 
    - Here's Why You Should Never Wear High Heels to the Bank (1987) TV Episode .... Alex
"Designing Women" 
    - Design House (1986) TV Episode .... Boyd
Nobody's Fool (1986) .... Kirk
"227" 
    - We the People (1986) TV Episode .... Professor
"Cagney & Lacey" 
    - Ordinary Hero (1985) TV Episode .... Russell Phelps
"Falcon Crest" 
    - The Phoenix (1985) TV Episode .... Doctor
"Knots Landing" 
    - A Man of Good Will (1985) TV Episode .... Steve Comiskey
"Alice" 
    - Vera, the Nightbird (1985) TV Episode .... Caveman Carl
The Philadelphia Experiment (1984) .... Barney
Swing Shift (1984) .... French de Mille/Documentary Narrator
Cocaine and Blue Eyes (1983) (TV) .... TV Clerk


Keep My Grave Open (1976) .... Robert
... aka The House Where Hell Froze Over 



Filmography as: Actor, Director, Miscellaneous Crew, Writer, Composer, Himself

Director - filmography
(2000s) (1980s) 

A Host of Trouble (2005) 


Two Idiots in Hollywood (1988) 



Filmography as: Actor, Director, Miscellaneous Crew, Writer, Composer, Himself

Miscellaneous Crew - filmography

Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time (2002) (V) (special thanks) 
Tadpole (2002) (special thanks) 



Filmography as: Actor, Director, Miscellaneous Crew, Writer, Composer, Himself

Writer - filmography

Two Idiots in Hollywood (1988) (also play) 
True Stories (1986) 



Filmography as: Actor, Director, Miscellaneous Crew, Writer, Composer, Himself

Composer - filmography

Two Idiots in Hollywood (1988) 



Filmography as: Actor, Director, Miscellaneous Crew, Writer, Composer, Himself

Himself - filmography

The 5 Keys to Mastery (2005) (V) .... Self
Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party (2005) .... Himself
Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey (2003) (V) .... Himself
"Movie Lover's Road Trip" (2003) TV Series .... Himself

Anonymous · Answer

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