1. Stephen Harold Tobolowsky was born on May 30,1951 and is an American character actor and writer.
15 Facts About Stephen Tobolowsky
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Stephen Tobolowsky 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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Stephen Tobolowsky has authored three books: The Dangerous Animals Club, Cautionary Tales, and My Adventures with God.
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Stephen Tobolowsky was born on May 30,1951, in Dallas, Texas.
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Stephen Tobolowsky grew up creating imaginative games with his brother, and his story The Dangerous Animals Club paints a picture of how unsupervised children in the 20th century could amuse themselves.
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Stephen Tobolowsky showed talent at baseball, but a serious childhood illness ended his career as an athlete before it began.
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Stephen Tobolowsky graduated from Justin F Kimball High School and Southern Methodist University.
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Stephen Tobolowsky received a master's degree from the University of Illinois in 1975.
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Stephen Tobolowsky is a cousin of former Dallas attorney Ira Tobolowsky, who was murdered in his home in 2016 by a disgruntled former litigant.
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Stephen Tobolowsky played in a band called A Cast of Thousands, which had two songs, "Red, White and Blue" and "I Heard a Voice Last Night", on a compilation of local Dallas bands called A New Hi.
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Stephen Tobolowsky has appeared in over 200 films, plus many television projects.
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Stephen Tobolowsky has worked in the theater, directing and acting in plays in New York City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.
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Stephen Tobolowsky directed one film, Two Idiots in Hollywood, based on his play of the same name.
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Stephen Tobolowsky co-wrote the film True Stories with David Byrne and Beth Henley.
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Stephen Tobolowsky was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for the 2002 revival of Morning's at Seven.