Stephen Tobolowsky

Stephen Tobolowsky

Age
61
Birthday
May. 30th, 1951
Born in
Dallas, Texas, USA
Height
6' 2"

Stephen Tobolowsky's Main TV Roles

Show Character(s)
Heroes TV Show
Heroes
Heroes Unmasked (UK) TV Show
Heroes Unmasked (UK)
Blue Skies TV Show
Blue Skies
Kingpin TV Show
Kingpin
Dweebs TV Show
Dweebs
Mr. Rhodes TV Show
Mr. Rhodes
Shannon's Deal TV Show
Shannon's Deal
Against the Grain TV Show
Against the Grain
A Whole New Ballgame TV Show
A Whole New Ballgame
Down Home TV Show
Down Home
Lifestories TV Show
Lifestories
The Home Court TV Show
The Home Court
 

Main Movie Roles

2010 - Buried
2009 - The Time Traveler's Wife
2007 - Boxboarders!
2007 - Totally Baked: A Pot-U-Mentary
2007 - Wild Hogs
2006 - Blind Dating
2006 - The Sasquatch Gang
2006 - Failure to Launch
2005 - Robots
2004 - Garfield
2004 - Little Black Book
2004 - Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
2003 - National Security
2003 - Freaky Friday
2002 - The Country Bears
2002 - Adaptation.
2002 - Love Liza
2001 - Freddy Got Fingered
2000 - Memento
1999 - The Insider
1998 - Black Dog
1997 - Mr. Magoo
1996 - The Glimmer Man
1996 - Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
1995 - Murder in the First
1994 - My Father, The Hero
1994 - Radioland Murders
1993 - The Pickle
1993 - Groundhog Day
1992 - Where The Day Takes You
1992 - Single White Female
1992 - Basic Instinct
1992 - Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992 - Sneakers
1991 - Wedlock
1991 - Thelma & Louise
1990 - The Grifters
1990 - Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
1990 - Bird on a Wire
1990 - Funny About Love
1989 - In Country
1989 - Great Balls of Fire!
1989 - Mississippi Burning
1987 - Spaceballs
1984 - Swing Shift
1984 - The Philadelphia Experiment

Guest TV Roles

Show Name
Characters Played
Ep Count
Stu Beggs
23
Hugo Jarry
9
Sandy Ryerson
8
The Garf
6
Assistant State Attorney Don Haffman
5
Dr. Bob
5
Michael Bench
3
Marc Shulman
3
Dr. Andross
3
FBI Agent Jerry Barkley
3
[Complete List]



BIOGRAPHY:

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TRIVIA:
  • To develop a plotline for the 1986 film _True Stories (1986)_ (qv) he and rocker 'David Byrne (I)' (qv) once stared wordlessly for two hours at Byrne's. On the wall were hundreds of pencil drawings of ideas for the film by Byrne. That very night, he wrote a thirty-page treatment for the film and was soon hired as a writer.
  • His name is pronounced tow-buh-law-skee
  • Was almost murdered twice in one week in Hartford, Connecticut by different people. As he admitted, "That's unusual." The first instance occurred when he was in a pub with 'Beth Henley' (qv) . After a brawl with a man who was attacking Henley, he was held at gunpoint at the pub. Later that week, when he and Henley went to a pizza parlor next to the pub, where he was stabbed. Fortunately, the knife only partly penetrated his belt buckle.
  • Turned down the role of Al on _"Home Improvement" (1991)_ (qv).
  • Attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, with actress 'Patricia Richardson (I)' (qv) and playwright 'Beth Henley' (qv) during late 1960s and early 1970s.
  • Attended Kimball High School. High School Debate champ.
  • Once held hostage at gunpoint at a supermarket in Snyder Plaza in Dallas.
  • He played Principal Flutie in the unaired _"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)_ (qv) pilot episode.


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