1. Steven Robert Guttenberg was born on August 24,1958 and is an American actor, author, businessman, producer, and director.
53 Facts About Steve Guttenberg
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Steve Guttenberg is known for playing Carey Mahoney in the Police Academy films from 1984 to 1987.
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Steve Guttenberg acted in Three Men and a Baby and its 1990 sequel as well as the films Diner, Cocoon, Short Circuit, The Bedroom Window, The Big Green and A Novel Romance.
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Steve Guttenberg has had recurring guest roles as Woody Goodman in the teen mystery series Veronica Mars, Wayne Hastings, Jr.
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Steve Guttenberg was a contestant during season 6 of the dance competition series Dancing with the Stars.
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Steve Guttenberg is the only son of Ann Iris, a surgical assistant, and Jerome Stanley Guttenberg, an electrical engineer.
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Steve Guttenberg had a Jewish upbringing in the Flushing neighborhood of the borough of Queens.
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When he left SUNY, Steve Guttenberg moved to California to pursue an acting career.
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Steve Guttenberg's parents gave him $300 and said he has two weeks to find a job.
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Steve Guttenberg appeared in the 1978 film The Boys From Brazil, based on the Ira Levin bestseller, and guest-starred on Family.
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Steve Guttenberg starred in the short-lived TV series Billy, based on Billy Liar.
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Steve Guttenberg had a supporting role in a tennis romance film Players.
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Steve Guttenberg starred in the TV movie To Race the Wind playing blind lawyer Harold Krents.
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Steve Guttenberg played Jim Craig in the TV movie Miracle on Ice.
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Steve Guttenberg appeared in Barry Levinson's Diner and starred in another short-lived TV series No Soap, Radio.
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Steve Guttenberg starred in the action-comedy The Man Who Wasn't There and had a supporting part in the post-apocalyptic television movie The Day After.
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Steve Guttenberg starred in The Ferret a pilot for a TV series which was not picked up.
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In 1984, Steve Guttenberg played the lead role in Police Academy.
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Steve Guttenberg became a busy star over the next four years, appearing in nine starring roles, tying with Gene Hackman for busiest actor.
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Steve Guttenberg then had the romantic male lead in Cocoon, another box-office success.
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In 1987, Steve Guttenberg changed pace acting in the thriller The Bedroom Window, directed by Curtis Hanson.
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Steve Guttenberg then made Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol, his last Police Academy Film.
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Steve Guttenberg had a cameo in Amazon Women on the Moon and supported Michael Caine and Sally Field in Surrender.
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Steve Guttenberg had the biggest financial success of his career to date with Three Men and a Baby with Tom Selleck and Ted Danson.
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In 1988, Steve Guttenberg starred with Peter O'Toole and Daryl Hannah in High Spirits, which flopped.
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In 1989, Steve Guttenberg appeared in the Michael Jackson music video "Liberian Girl".
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Steve Guttenberg acted in Cocoon: The Return which was a commercial disappointment.
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Steve Guttenberg performed in London's West End, where he starred in The Boys Next Door.
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Steve Guttenberg appeared in the world stage premiere production of Furthest From the Sun, which Woody Harrelson directed and co-authored.
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Steve Guttenberg directed "Love Off Limits" for CBS Schoolbreak Special in 1993.
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Steve Guttenberg was among the ensemble in Home for the Holidays, and starred in It Takes Two with Kirstie Alley and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.
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In 1997, Steve Guttenberg starred in Zeus and Roxanne, Casper: A Spirited Beginning and alongside Kirsten Dunst in Disney's Tower of Terror, based on the attraction at Disney World.
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Steve Guttenberg starred in Mojave Phone Booth as Barry, and Making Change as Trafton.
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Steve Guttenberg appeared as a lead in the NBC made-for-TV remake of The Poseidon Adventure, playing Richard Clarke, a failing writer having an affair with a massage therapist.
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Steve Guttenberg appeared in an According to Jim episode, "Two for the Money", in 2008.
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Steve Guttenberg joined the 2008 spring season dancing on Dancing with the Stars with professional dancer Anna Trebunskaya, and was eliminated on April 1.
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Steve Guttenberg became the Guinness World Record Holder for preparing the most hot-dogs in one minute.
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Steve Guttenberg starred in the Cinderella pantomime at Churchill Theatre in Bromley, playing the Baron in 2008.
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Steve Guttenberg played himself in a 2010 episode of the Starz comedy Party Down.
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Steve Guttenberg appeared on Broadway from late 2011 to early 2012 in Woody Allen's one-act play Honeymoon Hotel, which was part of the show Relatively Speaking.
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Steve Guttenberg was on History Channel's 2015 miniseries Sons of Liberty playing Jack Bonner.
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Steve Guttenberg starred in the Lifetime film How to Murder Your Husband: The Nancy Brophy Story where he portrayed Daniel Brophy.
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Steve Guttenberg said that his co-stars, Ted Danson and Tom Selleck, would return for the sequel.
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Steve Guttenberg expressed his interest in making additional sequels to the Police Academy and Cocoon movies, saying they would be surefire hits if they were to be made.
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In 2018, Steve Guttenberg said that a new Police Academy film is packaged but had no other details.
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In 1995, Steve Guttenberg was name-checked in The Simpsons episode "Homer the Great" in the song "We Do", whereby a fictional ancient secret society called the Stonecutters claim it was them that made Steve Guttenberg a star.
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Steve Guttenberg has lived with WCBS-TV reporter Emily Smith since 2014.
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On January 8,2025, Steve Guttenberg was among the various citizens who have been volunteering their time helping first responders as devastating wildfires raged across the Los Angeles area of Southern California.
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Steve Guttenberg even went unnoticed by the local media when interviewed.
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Steve Guttenberg discussed helping to rescue pets belonging to a neighbor who happened to be out of town as the fires raged.
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Steve Guttenberg is involved with charities whose goal is to improve opportunities for the homeless and for young people.
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The Entertainment Industry Foundation, Hollywood's charity arm, selected Steve Guttenberg to be Ambassador for Children's Issues for his work on behalf of children and the homeless.
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Steve Guttenberg received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011.