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.
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).
Tobolowsky's breakthrough role came in 1993, when he played Ned Ryerson in the comedy Groundhog Day. His performance in the film was critically acclaimed, and he has since become one of the most recognizable character actors in Hollywood.
Tobolowsky has continued to work steadily in film and television over the years. He has appeared in numerous other films, including Memento (2000), Mulholland Drive (2001), and The Informant! (2009). He has also had recurring roles on the television series Deadwood (2004-2006), Heroes (2006-2007), Californication (2007-2014), and Silicon Valley (2014-2019).
In addition to his acting career, Tobolowsky is also a writer and a podcaster. He has written two books, The Dangerous Animals Club (2002) and The Tobolowsky Files (2017). He also hosts the podcast The Tobolowsky Files, in which he tells stories about his life and career.
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Filmography (Movies)
Mimics
Character:Melvin Reinhold
Release Date:06/02/2026
Haul Out the Halloween
Character:Ned Broadhead
Release Date:11/10/2025
Freakier Friday
Character:Mr. Elton Bates
Release Date:06/08/2025
The Cowboy Killer
Character:God
Release Date:21/07/2025
Thelma & Louise: Born to Live
Character:Self
Release Date:05/04/2025
Watching Walter
Character:Walter
Release Date:19/07/2024
Poolman
Character:Stephen Toronkowski / Blanche
Release Date:09/05/2024
Candy Cane Lane
Character:Mr. Benedetto (uncredited)
Release Date:29/11/2023
Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up
Character:Ned
Release Date:25/11/2023
Love Virtually
Character:Dr. Divine
Release Date:07/11/2023
Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues
Character:Self
Release Date:21/03/2023
Haul Out the Holly
Character:Ned
Release Date:26/11/2022
Hollywood Signs
Character:Self
Release Date:08/09/2022
Fantastic Mr. Murray
Character:Self - Interviewee
Release Date:20/10/2019
The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween
Character:Creepy Rattlechains (voice)
Release Date:07/10/2019
Fractured
Character:Dr. Berthram
Release Date:22/09/2019
Loners
Character:Mr. Tessman
Release Date:30/05/2019
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Character:Mr. Bentley
Release Date:22/05/2019
Strange Nature
Character:Mayor Paulson
Release Date:22/09/2018
Monsters at Large
Character:Mr. Phillips
Release Date:25/05/2018
Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown
Character:Andy Gunderson (voice)
Release Date:14/02/2017
Mamaboy
Character:Reverend Weld
Release Date:03/09/2016
Six L.A. Love Stories
Character:Professor John Dobler
Release Date:01/09/2016
Welcome to the Men's Group
Character:
Release Date:18/06/2016
Where is Rocky II?
Character:Byron (segment: "Monument One")
Release Date:01/05/2016
The Confirmation
Character:Father Lyons
Release Date:18/03/2016
The Primary Instinct
Character:Himself
Release Date:29/05/2015
The Barber
Character:Chief Hardaway
Release Date:27/03/2015
Hello Ladies: The Movie
Character:Alan
Release Date:22/11/2014
Christian Mingle
Character:Douglas McCarver
Release Date:10/10/2014
Atlas Shrugged: Part III
Character:Dr. Hugh Akston
Release Date:12/09/2014
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Character:Principal Purdy (voice)
Release Date:07/02/2014
Guys and Girls Can't Be Friends
Character:Andy
Release Date:01/01/2014
Toy Story of Terror!
Character:Ron (voice)
Release Date:16/10/2013
Pearblossom Hwy
Character:Rick Lawler
Release Date:24/12/2012
The Last Ride
Character:Ray
Release Date:22/06/2012
Say It Ain't Solo
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/04/2012
The Lorax
Character:Uncle Ubb (voice)
Release Date:01/03/2012
Magnificat
Character:Neighbor
Release Date:31/12/2011
Hail Mary
Character:
Release Date:06/09/2011
Hard Breakers
Character:Max
Release Date:20/05/2011
You May Not Kiss the Bride
Character:Plumber
Release Date:03/04/2011
Buried
Character:Alan Davenport (voice)
Release Date:24/09/2010
Peep World
Character:Ephraim
Release Date:15/09/2010
Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want
Character:Father Joe (segment "Trevor")
Release Date:26/04/2010
The Time Traveler's Wife
Character:Dr. Kendrick
Release Date:14/08/2009
The Face is Familiar
Character:
Release Date:08/06/2009
Beethoven's Big Break
Character:Sal
Release Date:30/11/2008
The Rainbow Tribe
Character:Principal Sands
Release Date:20/09/2008
Waiting for Yvette
Character:Alan
Release Date:04/06/2008
Boxboarders!
Character:dr.james
Release Date:25/04/2007
Wild Hogs
Character:Charley
Release Date:02/03/2007
The Valley of Light
Character:Littlefield
Release Date:28/01/2007
Loveless in Los Angeles
Character:Jon
Release Date:01/01/2007
Blind Dating
Character:Dr. Perkins
Release Date:28/07/2006
Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party
Character:Self
Release Date:30/05/2006
Failure to Launch
Character:Bud
Release Date:10/03/2006
The Sasquatch Gang
Character:Dalrymple
Release Date:08/03/2006
Promise Me Tomorrow
Character:Carl Venable
Release Date:01/01/2006
Living 'til the End
Character:Dr. Shaw
Release Date:21/10/2005
McBride: The Doctor is Out...Really Out
Character:Harry Evers
Release Date:12/06/2005
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Character:Tom Abernathy
Release Date:11/03/2005
Robots
Character:Bigmouth Executive / Forge (voice)
Release Date:10/03/2005
Debating Robert Lee
Character:Debate Judge
Release Date:17/09/2004
Little Black Book
Character:Carl
Release Date:06/08/2004
Garfield
Character:Happy Chapman
Release Date:10/06/2004
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
Character:George Ruddy
Release Date:23/01/2004
Frankie and Johnny Are Married
Character:Murray Mintz
Release Date:08/11/2003
Freaky Friday
Character:Mr. Bates
Release Date:05/08/2003
View from the Top
Character:Frank Thomas (uncredited)
Release Date:21/03/2003
Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey
Character:Self
Release Date:04/02/2003
National Security
Character:Billy Narthax
Release Date:17/01/2003
Love Liza
Character:Tom Bailey
Release Date:30/12/2002
Ritual
Character:Dr. Javitz (uncredited)
Release Date:18/09/2002
The Country Bears
Character:Norbert Barrington
Release Date:26/07/2002
Par 6
Character:T.T. Riley
Release Date:16/04/2002
Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time
Character:Self
Release Date:29/01/2002
The Day the World Ended
Character:Ed Turner
Release Date:23/11/2001
Black River
Character:Mayor Tom Thompson
Release Date:06/07/2001
On the Edge
Character:Tom (wraparound segments)
Release Date:28/06/2001
The Prime Gig
Character:Mick
Release Date:24/04/2001
Freddy Got Fingered
Character:Uncle Neil
Release Date:20/04/2001
Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes
Character:Dewey Wise
Release Date:05/11/2000
Memento
Character:Sammy
Release Date:11/10/2000
Stanley's Gig
Character:Abe Cohen
Release Date:19/06/2000
Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion
Character:B.J. McQueen
Release Date:21/04/2000
The Operator
Character:Doc
Release Date:04/03/2000
Bossa Nova
Character:Trevor
Release Date:18/02/2000
The Insider
Character:Eric Kluster
Release Date:28/10/1999
Don't Look Under the Bed
Character:Michael McCausland
Release Date:09/10/1999
One Man's Hero
Character:Captain Gaine
Release Date:02/08/1999
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
Character:Tabaqui (voice)
Release Date:28/09/1998
Around the Fire
Character:Doc
Release Date:26/09/1998
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
Character:Calculator (voice)
Release Date:19/05/1998
Black Dog
Character:McClaren
Release Date:01/05/1998
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Character:Bill Bardo
Release Date:27/02/1998
Mr. Magoo
Character:Agent FBI Chuck Stupak
Release Date:25/12/1997
The Curse of Inferno
Character:Lonnie Martin
Release Date:30/12/1996
Night Visitors
Character:Taylor
Release Date:13/10/1996
The Glimmer Man
Character:Christopher Maynard
Release Date:04/10/1996
Power 98
Character:Rick Harris
Release Date:17/05/1996
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
Character:Bando (voice)
Release Date:08/03/1996
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
Character:Oliver Mintz
Release Date:25/08/1995
Murder in the First
Character:Mr. Henkin
Release Date:20/01/1995
Radioland Murders
Character:Max Applewhite
Release Date:21/10/1994
My Father the Hero
Character:Mike
Release Date:04/02/1994
Trevor
Character:Father Joe
Release Date:20/01/1994
Josh & S.A.M.
Character:Thomas 'Thom' Whitney
Release Date:24/11/1993
Calendar Girl
Character:Antonio
Release Date:03/09/1993
The Pickle
Character:Mike Krakower
Release Date:30/04/1993
Groundhog Day
Character:Ned Ryerson
Release Date:11/02/1993
Hero
Character:Wallace
Release Date:02/10/1992
Where the Day Takes You
Character:Charles
Release Date:11/09/1992
Sneakers
Character:Dr. Werner Brandes
Release Date:09/09/1992
Single White Female
Character:Mitch Myerson
Release Date:14/08/1992
Roadside Prophets
Character:Ranger Bob
Release Date:27/03/1992
Basic Instinct
Character:Dr. Lamott
Release Date:20/03/1992
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Character:Warren Singleton
Release Date:28/02/1992
Deadly Medicine
Character:Ron Sutton
Release Date:11/11/1991
To the Moon, Alice
Character:Sitcom Producer
Release Date:02/10/1991
Thelma & Louise
Character:Max
Release Date:24/05/1991
Wedlock
Character:Warden Holliday
Release Date:10/05/1991
Tagget
Character:Al Hentz
Release Date:14/02/1991
Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster
Character:Sergeant Phil Baranski
Release Date:11/02/1991
The Marla Hanson Story
Character:Defense Attorney
Release Date:04/02/1991
Mirror Mirror
Character:Mr. Anderson
Release Date:19/10/1990
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
Character:Mayor Bill Klepler
Release Date:12/10/1990
Funny About Love
Character:Hugo
Release Date:21/09/1990
The Grifters
Character:Jeweler
Release Date:08/08/1990
Last Flight Out
Character:Doctor Timothy Brandon
Release Date:22/05/1990
Bird on a Wire
Character:Joe Weyburn
Release Date:18/05/1990
Breaking In
Character:District Attorney
Release Date:13/10/1989
In Country
Character:Pete
Release Date:15/09/1989
Great Balls of Fire!
Character:Jud Phillips
Release Date:30/06/1989
Roe vs. Wade
Character:Darryl Horwath
Release Date:15/05/1989
Mississippi Burning
Character:Townley
Release Date:08/12/1988
Checking Out
Character:Pharmacist
Release Date:26/10/1988
Two Idiots in Hollywood
Character:Prosecuting Attorney
Release Date:01/10/1988
Spaceballs
Character:Captain of the Guard
Release Date:24/06/1987
Nobody's Fool
Character:Kirk
Release Date:07/11/1986
The Philadelphia Experiment
Character:Barney
Release Date:05/10/1984
Swing Shift
Character:French deMille / Documentary Narrator
Release Date:13/04/1984
Cocaine and Blue Eyes
Character:TV Clerk
Release Date:02/01/1983
Keep My Grave Open
Character:Robert
Release Date:17/12/1977
Television Appearances
Nobody Wants This
Character:Rabbi Cohen
Frog and Toad
Character:Dragonfly (voice)
The Really Loud House
Character:Walter Phillipini
Minx
Character:Conrad Ross
Hacks
Character:Henry Weeks
Dicktown
Character:John’s Dad
Stars in the House
Character:Self
ThunderCats Roar
Character:Driller (voice)
Green Eggs and Ham
Character:Chad (voice)
Schooled
Character:Earl Ball
The Cool Kids
Character:Leonard
No Activity
Character:(voice)
White Famous
Character:Stu Beggs
One Day at a Time
Character:Dr. Berkowitz
Justice League Action
Character:Professor Stein (voice)
Bad Internet
Character:James
Fuller House
Character:Mr. Gerald
Dr. Ken
Character:Joe
We Bare Bears
Character:Stephen ( voice)
Another Period
Character:Thomas Edison
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
Character:Alan Dolfe
The Hotwives of Orlando
Character:Phil
Silicon Valley
Character:Jack Barker
Friends with Better Lives
Character:Dr. Adleman
The Goldbergs
Character:Principal Ball
The Mindy Project
Character:Marc Shulman
Pound Puppies
Character:Mr. Geekman (voice)
The Defenders
Character:Judge Gelineau
Justified
Character:Jerry Barkley
Community
Character:Professor Peter Sheffield
Archer
Character:Robert (voice)
Glee
Character:Sandy Ryerson
True Jackson, VP
Character:Lars Balthazar
Californication
Character:Stu Beggs
John from Cincinnati
Character:
Raines
Character:
The Sarah Silverman Program.
Character:Bill Fantastimart
Big Day
Character:
Heroes
Character:Bob Bishop
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Character:
The New Adventures of Old Christine
Character:Principal James Merrow
Night Stalker
Character:
Ghost Whisperer
Character:Dr. Peltier
The Closer
Character:James Bloom
Desperate Housewives
Character:Bud Penrod
Boston Legal
Character:Dr. Alvin Azinabinacroft
Complete Savages
Character:Mr. Frehley
Entourage
Character:Mayor of Beverly Hills
Deadwood
Character:Hugo Jarry
Married to the Kellys
Character:Henry Conway
Las Vegas
Character:Donny Rollins
Oliver Beene
Character:Ringmaster Bob
Kingpin
Character:
CSI: Miami
Character:Don Haffman
Do Over
Character:
The Dead Zone
Character:Jim Pratt
Off Centre
Character:
Reba
Character:Judge
According to Jim
Character:Dr. Ted
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character:Jim Halliwell
The Lone Gunmen
Character:
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Character:Len Dunkel
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Character:Spencer Freiberg
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Character:Gil (voice)
Malcolm in the Middle
Character:Mr. Fisher
Roswell
Character:Julius Walters
Snoops
Character:Michael Bench
The West Wing
Character:Dr. Max Milkman
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character:Edwin Adelson
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character:Mr. Kayman
Will & Grace
Character:Ned Weathers
Hercules
Character:Numericles (voice)
That '70s Show
Character:Professor
Any Day Now
Character:
Two Guys and a Girl
Character:Father Viteri
The Practice
Character:Clyde Burrows
King of the Hill
Character:Dr. Benson / Burt Halverstrom (voice)
Mr. Rhodes
Character:
The Pretender
Character:Dr. Alan Trader
Suddenly Susan
Character:Dr. Gerken
The Home Court
Character:Jeffrey Solomon
Dweebs
Character:
Murder One
Character:
Murder One
Character:Dr. Andross
The Drew Carey Show
Character:Councilman
The Naked Truth
Character:Vincent Hartford
A Whole New Ballgame
Character:Dr. Warner Brakefield
Chicago Hope
Character:Dr. Ted Joseph
Chicago Hope
Character:Ted Joseph
Blue Skies
Character:Oak
Against the Grain
Character:Niles Hardeman
Harts of the West
Character:
Cafe Americain
Character:Roger Livingston
Mad About You
Character:Principal Hocksacker
Baby Talk
Character:
Shannon's Deal
Character:
The Simpsons
Character:Merle (voice)
Seinfeld
Character:Tor Eckman
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Character:Alex
Designing Women
Character:
L.A. Law
Character:Dr. Michael Segal
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Character:
Crazy like a Fox
Character:Hotel Clerk
Cagney & Lacey
Character:
Falcon Crest
Character:Doctor
Knots Landing
Character:Steve Comiskey
Alice
Character:
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
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