My Take
Stephen Tobolowsky is one of those actors who makes every scene he's in better without anyone being able to explain exactly why — he just has it. I first really noticed him as Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day, and that performance is somehow both hilariously annoying and weirdly lovable, which is an incredibly hard needle to thread. Then you find out he's also the heartbreaking Sammy Jankis in Memento, and suddenly you realize this guy is operating on a completely different level than people give him credit for. He's spent decades popping up in everything from Silicon Valley to Deadwood, always specific, always surprising. On top of all that he writes, directs, and has a whole podcast about storytelling — the man is genuinely a creative thinker, not just a face for hire. Dallas produced a quiet legend.
Overview
Stephen Harold Tobolowsky (born May 30, 1951) is an American character actor and writer. 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.…
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Stephen Tobolowsky
- Name (Japanese)
- スティーヴン・トボロウスキー
- Reading
- すてぃーゔん・とぼろうすきー
- Born
- May 30, 1951 (age 75)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Rabbit
- Origin
- Dallas, Texas, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / film director / screenwriter / writer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Justin F. Kimball High School
- University
- Southern Methodist University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.