Steve Guttenberg Biography

Fast Facts

• Founded the Guttenhouse Project to provide housing for foster children
• Was declared the Honorary Mayor of Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles from 2002 to 2005
• Won a New York International Independent Film and Video Festival Award for best feature for "A Novel Romance," which he produced and starred in
• Attended New York's High School of the Performing Arts
• His first screen role was in a Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial, followed by a bit part in the 1977 film "Rollercoaster․"
• Made his professional debut in an off-Broadway production of "The Lion in Winter․"
• Quote: "If you're an underdog, mentally disabled, physically disabled, if you don't fit in, if you're not as pretty as the others, you can still be a hero․"
• Best known for playing Carey Mahoney in the "Police Academy" series and Edward "Eddie" Simmons in "Diner․"