• Birth Name: Stephen Harold Tobolowsky
  • Birth Place: Dallas, TX
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 05/30/1951, Gemini
  • Profession: Actor; writer
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Stephen Tobolowsky Fast Facts:
  • Character actor who has appeared in hundreds of movies and TV shows.
  • Best known for his role as Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day. Other notable movies include Mississippi Burning, Memento, The Grifters, Thelma and Louise, Basic Instinct, The Prime Gig and Sneakers.
  • A regular in the series Glee and has had recurring roles in Heroes, Deadwood, New Adventures of Old Christine and CSI: Miami.
  • Was the lead singer and played guitar in Stevie Ray Vaughan's first band.
  • Spent two hours in 1986 staring wordlessly at David Byrne's drawings of ideas for True Stories, then wrote a 30-page treatment for the film that night and was hired by Byrne as a writer on the project. 
  • Turned down the role of Al in the series Home Improvement.
  • Played Principal Flutie in the unaired pilot for Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
  • Nominated for a Tony Award in 2002 for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Morning's at Seven.
  • Stephen Tobolowsky Relationships:
  • Ann Hearn - Wife
  • Stephen Tobolowsky Awards:
  • 2002 Tony: Actor (Featured Role--Play) - Nominee
  • College:
  • Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX (BA in Drama, 1973); University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (MA in Drama)
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