Steven Robert Guttenberg was born on August 24,1958 and is an American actor, author, businessman, producer, and director.
46 Facts About Steve Guttenberg
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Steve Guttenberg is known for his lead roles in Hollywood films of the 1980s and 1990s, including Cocoon, Police Academy, Three Men and a Baby, Diner, The Bedroom Window, Three Men and a Little Lady, The Big Green, and Short Circuit.
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Steve Guttenberg had a Jewish upbringing in the Flushing neighborhood of the borough of Queens.
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Steve Guttenberg then played the starring role in the 1977 California high-school comedy The Chicken Chronicles, set in Beverly Hills in 1969.
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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 the 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, then 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 that 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 then 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 1986, Steve Guttenberg starred in Short Circuit opposite Ally Sheedy, another very popular 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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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 1998, Steve Guttenberg acted in action films, Airborne, and Overdrive, as well as the comedy Home Team.
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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, which aired on November 20,2005, playing Richard Clarke, a failing writer having an affair with a massage therapist.
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Steve Guttenberg appeared in According to Jim episode "Two for the Money" in 2008.
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Steve Guttenberg took part in the 2008 spring season of Dancing with the Stars with professional dancer Anna Trebunskaya, and was eliminated on April 1.
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On November 12,2008, Steve Guttenberg appeared as a guest on the British talk show The Paul O'Grady Show, where he said he made the video for Will Ferrell's Funny or Die website, but then decided to release it virally "as if it were real" as part of a challenge set on the show.
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Steve Guttenberg then went on to become the Guinness World Record Holder for preparing the most hot-dogs in one minute.
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Steve Guttenberg played himself in an episode of the Starz comedy Party Down that aired May 21,2010.
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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 can be seen on History Channel's 2015 miniseries Sons of Liberty.
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In fall 2014, Steve Guttenberg wrapped production on SyFy Channel's Lavalantula, scheduled to premiere summer 2015.
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Steve Guttenberg was featured in season six, episode eight of Community, "Intro to Recycled Cinema", which aired on Yahoo Screen in April 2015.
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Steve Guttenberg starred in the Cinderella pantomime at Churchill Theatre in Bromley, UK, playing the Baron in 2008.
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On May 21,2020, Steve Guttenberg appeared on Holey Moley II: The Sequel.
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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 stated 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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On September 3,2018, Steve Guttenberg said that a new Police Academy film is packaged but has no other details.
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Steve Guttenberg has lived with WCBS-TV reporter Emily Smith since 2014.
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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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In 2016, a trust in Steve Guttenberg's honor was established to provide support services to the homeless population of Los Angeles.
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On December 12,2011, Steve Guttenberg received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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On October 19,2014, Steve Guttenberg received a key to the city from Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine for his work with Fun Paw Care, raising awareness for animal rights.