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.
147 movies · 106 shows
Mary the Widow
2026·0.0
Woodstockers
2026·0.0
Mimics
2026·5.5
Haul Out the Halloween
2025·6.3
Freakier Friday
2025·6.8
The Cowboy Killer
2025·0.0
Thelma & Louise: Born to Live
2025·8.5
Watching Walter
2024·0.0
Poolman
2024·4.3
Candy Cane Lane
2023·6.0
Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up
2023·6.1
Love Virtually
2023·5.0
Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues
2023·7.4
Haul Out the Holly
2022·6.1
Hollywood Signs
2022·1.5
Fantastic Mr. Murray
2019·6.3
The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween
2019·6.6
Fractured
2019·6.8
Loners
2019·3.8
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019·6.6
Strange Nature
2018·5.7
Monsters at Large
2018·5.1
Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown
2017·7.8
Mamaboy
2016·4.2
Six L.A. Love Stories
2016·5.0
Welcome to the Men's Group
2016·2.7
Where is Rocky II?
2016·5.0
The Confirmation
2016·6.4
The Primary Instinct
2015·6.9
The Barber
2015·5.7
Hello Ladies: The Movie
2014·6.4
Christian Mingle
2014·5.7
Atlas Shrugged: Part III
2014·4.5
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014·6.7
Guys and Girls Can't Be Friends
2014·6.0
Toy Story of Terror!
2013·7.2
Pearblossom Hwy
2012·4.7
The Last Ride
2012·5.3
Say It Ain't Solo
2012·2.0
The Lorax
2012·6.5
Magnificat
2011·6.7
Hail Mary
2011·0.0
Hard Breakers
2011·3.6
You May Not Kiss the Bride
2011·5.6
Buried
2010·6.6
Peep World
2010·4.8
Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want
2010·3.5
The Time Traveler's Wife
2009·6.9
The Face is Familiar
2009·2.0
Beethoven's Big Break
2008·5.2
The Rainbow Tribe
2008·5.8
Waiting for Yvette
2008·4.6
Boxboarders!
2007·4.2
Wild Hogs
2007·6.0
The Valley of Light
2007·6.5
Loveless in Los Angeles
2007·3.9
Blind Dating
2006·6.0
Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party
2006·6.2
Failure to Launch
2006·5.8
The Sasquatch Gang
2006·5.9
Promise Me Tomorrow
2006·9.0
Living 'til the End
2005·5.5
McBride: The Doctor is Out...Really Out
2005·6.9
The Five Keys to Mastery
2005·9.0
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005·5.7
Robots
2005·6.5
Debating Robert Lee
2004·6.5
Little Black Book
2004·5.3
Garfield
2004·5.7
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
2004·5.7
Frankie and Johnny Are Married
2003·7.5
Freaky Friday
2003·6.6
View from the Top
2003·5.6
Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey
2003·7.9
National Security
2003·6.0
Love Liza
2002·6.4
Ritual
2002·4.7
The Country Bears
2002·4.8
Par 6
2002·7.0
Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time
2002·6.5
The Day the World Ended
2001·4.3
Black River
2001·5.6
On the Edge
2001·5.5
The Prime Gig
2001·6.0
Freddy Got Fingered
2001·4.7
Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes
2000·4.6
Memento
2000·8.2
Stanley's Gig
2000·6.2
Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion
2000·4.1
The Operator
2000·4.1
Bossa Nova
2000·5.5
The Insider
1999·7.5
Don't Look Under the Bed
1999·6.5
One Man's Hero
1999·5.4
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
1998·5.7
Around the Fire
1998·3.9
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
1998·5.7
Black Dog
1998·6.4
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998·3.9
Mr. Magoo
1997·4.5
The Curse of Inferno
1996·5.0
Night Visitors
1996·6.5
The Glimmer Man
1996·5.4
Power 98
1996·4.3
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
1996·6.6
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
1995·4.7
Murder in the First
1995·7.1
Radioland Murders
1994·5.9
My Father the Hero
1994·5.4
Trevor
1994·6.9
Josh & S.A.M.
1993·4.9
Calendar Girl
1993·5.2
The Pickle
1993·5.0
Groundhog Day
1993·7.6
Hero
1992·6.3
Where the Day Takes You
1992·6.1
Sneakers
1992·6.9
Single White Female
1992·6.3
Roadside Prophets
1992·5.5
Basic Instinct
1992·6.9
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992·5.9
Deadly Medicine
1991·4.0
To the Moon, Alice
1991·7.0
Thelma & Louise
1991·7.6
Wedlock
1991·5.8
Tagget
1991·8.0
Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster
1991·6.7
The Marla Hanson Story
1991·6.7
Mirror Mirror
1990·5.2
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
1990·6.2
Funny About Love
1990·4.9
The Grifters
1990·6.5
Last Flight Out
1990·0.0
Bird on a Wire
1990·6.2
Breaking In
1989·5.7
In Country
1989·5.6
Great Balls of Fire!
1989·6.3
Roe vs. Wade
1989·6.0
Mississippi Burning
1988·7.7
Checking Out
1988·4.4
Two Idiots in Hollywood
1988·4.0
Spaceballs
1987·6.9
Nobody's Fool
1986·4.4
The Philadelphia Experiment
1984·6.1
Swing Shift
1984·5.6
Cocaine and Blue Eyes
1983·4.3
Keep My Grave Open
1977·4.0