Stephen Tobolowsky
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Stephen Tobolowsky

Born 30 May 1951 · Dallas, Texas, USA
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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).

Known for

Memento
The Simpsons
Groundhog Day
Robots
Malcolm in the Middle
Basic Instinct
Freaky Friday
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Garfield
Thelma & Louise
The Lorax
Spaceballs
Mimics
The Cowboy Killer
Woodstockers
Mary the Widow
Freaks Part II
Freakier Friday
Haul Out the Halloween
Poolman
Love Virtually
Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up
Haul Out the Holly
Fractured
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Loners
The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween
Monsters at Large
Strange Nature
Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown
The Confirmation
Where is Rocky II?
Mamaboy
Welcome to the Men's Group
Six L.A. Love Stories
The Barber
The Primary Instinct
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Atlas Shrugged: Part III
Hello Ladies: The Movie
Christian Mingle
Guys and Girls Can't Be Friends
Toy Story of Terror!
The Lorax
The Last Ride
Pearblossom Hwy
You May Not Kiss the Bride
Hard Breakers
Magnificat
Hail Mary
Buried
Peep World
Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want
The Time Traveler's Wife
Beethoven's Big Break
Waiting for Yvette
The Rainbow Tribe
Blind Dating
Boxboarders!
Wild Hogs
The Valley of Light
Loveless in Los Angeles
Promise Me Tomorrow
Failure to Launch
The Sasquatch Gang
Living 'til the End
McBride: The Doctor is Out...Really Out
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Robots
Garfield
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
Debating Robert Lee
Little Black Book
Frankie and Johnny Are Married
National Security
Freaky Friday
Love Liza
The Country Bears
Par 6
Freddy Got Fingered
Black River
The Prime Gig
The Day the World Ended
On the Edge
Memento
Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes
The Operator
Bossa Nova
Stanley's Gig
Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion
The Insider
Don't Look Under the Bed
One Man's Hero
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
Black Dog
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
Around the Fire
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Mr. Magoo
Power 98
Night Visitors
The Glimmer Man
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
The Curse of Inferno
Murder in the First
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
Radioland Murders
Trevor
My Father the Hero
Groundhog Day
The Pickle
Josh & S.A.M.
Calendar Girl
Basic Instinct
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Single White Female
Where the Day Takes You
Sneakers
Roadside Prophets
Hero
Thelma & Louise
Wedlock
Deadly Medicine
Tagget
The Marla Hanson Story
To The Moon, Alice
Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster
Bird on a Wire
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
Funny About Love
The Grifters
Last Flight Out
Mirror Mirror
Great Balls of Fire!
Roe vs. Wade
In Country
Breaking In
Mississippi Burning
Two Idiots in Hollywood
Checking Out
Spaceballs
Nobody's Fool
True Stories
The Philadelphia Experiment
Swing Shift
Cocaine and Blue Eyes
Keep My Grave Open
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