Stephen Tobolowsky

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.

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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)

Origin

Dallas, Texas, United States

Occupation

television actor / film actor / film director / screenwriter / writer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rabbit

High school

Justin F. Kimball High School

University

Southern Methodist University

• Official sitehttps://stephentobolowsky.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/Tobolowsky
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Tobolowsky
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%83%9C%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q376131

Tags

• Texas
• television actor
• film actor
• film director

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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