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Stephen Tobolowsky

American actor · United States · On the map · Actors · Born 1951 · age 75

Stephen Harold Tobolowsky is an American character actor and writer. 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...

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2025Freakier FridayFilm, Mr. Elton Bates2019FracturedFilm, Dr. Berthram2014“Marriage isn’t about the good days. Anyone can make a life with anyone else when you are having a good day. Marriage is about the bad days. When you have lost confidence.”In their words16 August 2014Stephen Tobolowsky in a Facebook post on 16 August 2014.

“[…] it seems like people make the mistake of thinking love is about the bedroom. It's not. It's about the emergency room. Love and marriage is who will sit there and wait.”In their words8 July 2014Stephen Tobolowsky in a Facebook post on 8 July 2014.

“My son Robert, the scientist, told me at dinner that blue is not blue. That what we call blue is actually something that absorbs all other energy frequencies and rejects blue.”In their words3 July 2014Stephen Tobolowsky in a Facebook post on 3 July 2014.

“The element that people don't consider is that a friendship is about the only relationship we experience that is mutually voluntary.”In their words16 June 2014Stephen Tobolowsky in a Facebook comment on 16 June 2014.

Mr. Peabody & ShermanFilm, 2014Principal Purdy (voice)2013The GoldbergsSeries, Principal Ball2012The LoraxFilm, Uncle Ubb (voice)2007CalifornicationSeries, Stu BeggsWild HogsFilm, 2007Charley2006HeroesSeries, Bob Bishop2005Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and FabulousFilm, Tom Abernathy2004Boston LegalSeries, Dr. Alvin Azinabinacroft2003Freaky FridayFilm, Mr. Bates2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentSeries, Jim Halliwell2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSeries, Spencer FreibergMementoFilm, 2000Sammy1998Will & GraceSeries, Ned WeathersBlack DogFilm, 1998McClaren1996Homeward Bound II: Lost in San FranciscoFilm, Bando (voice)1994Chicago HopeSeries, Dr. Ted Joseph1992Basic InstinctFilm, Dr. Lamott1990Bird on a WireFilm, Joe Weyburn1989SeinfeldSeries, Tor Eckman1988Mississippi BurningFilm, Townley1984The Philadelphia ExperimentFilm, Barney1979Knots LandingSeries, Steve Comiskey1951Born30 May 1951

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  • Memento 2000
  • Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown 2017
  • Mississippi Burning 1988
  • Groundhog Day 1993
  • Thelma & Louise 1991

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Filmography 40

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Television 24

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  1. It's funny how we imagine that lifelong relationships have to be build on a mountain top of moments, so huge they're written across the sky in letters a mile wide.

    Stephen Tobolowsky in his podcast The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 35 - Playing It As It Lays., Own words

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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.

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Born 1951 · age 75

In the same film or series as Stephen

Patrick SwayzeAlso in Black Dog (1998)Mark HarmonAlso in Freaky Friday (2003)Jennifer Jason LeighAlso in Single White Female (1992)Michael McKeanAlso in Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)Samantha MathisAlso in Buried (2010)Lily RabeAlso in Fractured (2019)