Steven Weber

Steven Weber

actor, producer, writer

Steven Weber was born on Mar 04, 1961 in USA. Steven Weber's big-screen debut came with The Little Fox directed by Attila Dargay in 1981, strarring Vuk (English version, voice). Steven Weber is known for America 2.0 directed by J.S. Mayank, Patrick J. Adams stars as Seth McGuire and Lorien Haynes as Tamsin. Steven Weber has got 2 awards and 2 nominations so far. The most recent award Steven Weber achieved is Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA. The upcoming new movie Steven Weber plays is Allan the Dog which will be released on Jun 26, 2020.

This Queens-born actor has certainly proven himself adept at everything from quirky comedy to flat-out melodrama earning TV stardom in the early 1990's and maintaining a strong foothold on stage, film and TV in its aftermath.Steven Robert Weber was born on March 4, 1961, to Fran (Frankel), a nightclub singer, and Stuart Weber, a nightclub performer, and Borscht Belt comic and manager. He was already appearing in television commercials by elementary school age. He later studied at the High School of the Performing Arts in New York and graduated from New York State University. The fair-haired, fair-skinned actor worked a series of menial jobs during his salad days as a struggling thespian (custodian, elevator operator, singing waiter) until earning his break on TV in a presentation of one of Mark Twain's stories. Quickly making his film debut in the popular comedy Le Kid de la plage (1984), he nabbed a running role on the soap opera As the World Turns (1956) a year later. On the set he met first wife Finn Carter, another co-star on the daytime drama. Steven stayed put for a year then went on to gain recognition in more offbeat and/or prestigious productions on film and prime-time TV. He played a rock star in the thoroughly offbeat foreign-made film Los ángeles (1990) and showed real command as John F. Kennedy in the epic miniseries The Kennedys of Massachusetts (1990).That same year TV stardom came his way with the sitcom Wings (1990). Co-starring with Tim Daly as Brian Hackett, the looser, goofier more aimless half of the brotherly team who co-owned a one-plane, Nantucket-based airline, the actors' chemistry, not to mention a terrifically eclectic supporting cast, kept the show on a steady course for seven seasons. Easily typed now as a genial, lovable loser type, Weber faced the prospect of severe pigeon-holing. So during the show's off season, he started showing up in more serious roles. He suffered at the hands of the deranged Jennifer Jason Leigh in J.F. partagerait appartement (1992); appeared in a second chiller with Meurtre par intérim (1993); and made a cameo in the highly depressing, award-winning Leaving Las Vegas (1995). His flair for comedy shone in is straight-man role as Johathan Harker in the critically acclaimed horror spoof, Dracula mort et heureux de l'être (1995) He truly impressed both critics and audiences alike as the complex title character in Jeffrey (1995), a gay romantic film comedy, and then completely defied all odds by starring in an epic TV-movie version of Stephen King's horror classic Shining: Les couloirs de la peur (1997), seizing the role inherited from Jack Nicholson and brilliantly making it his own while earning a Saturn award for his chilling efforts.By the time "Wings" came to an end in 1997, Weber had divorced his actress/wife Finn Carter (they had no children) and married actress/TV executive Juliette Hohnen on July 9, 1995. They have two children, Jack and Alfie. He and Laura Linney were selected to play the TV-movie leads in the popular A.R. Gurney theater piece Le dernier aveu (1999). While other TV series comebacks have fared less well, including the short runs of Mon ex, mon coloc et moi (2000) (which he produced), The D.A. (2004), Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006), Happy Town (2010) and Chasing Life (2014).Steven bounced around solidly in other venues. In 2002, he joined the cast of the smash Broadway musical "The Producers," taking over the nebbish Matthew Broderick role. In 2004, he went to London to appear on stage with Kevin Spacey and Mary Stuart Masterson in "National Anthems." Other plays over the years have included "Throwing Your Voice," "Something in the Air" and "Design for Living."Steven has remained quite productive into the millennium with recent film outings in Sexual Life (2004), The Moguls (2005), Inside Out (2005), the title role in Choose Connor (2007), Farm House (2008), Ma mère, ses hommes et moi (2009), A Little Bit of Heaven (2011), The Last Days (2011), the comedy Being Bin Laden (2011) in which he played Osama Bin Laden, Crawlspace (2012), Kiss Me (2014), Amateur Night (2016), A Thousand Junkies (2017), The Perfection (2018) and Allan the Dog (2020). Seen even more prolifically on TV, he has graced such popular shows as "The D.A.," "Will & Grace" (as Will's brother Sam), "Monk," "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," "Desperate Housewives," "Hot in Cleveland," "Parenthood," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Sleepy Hollow" and "This Close."The actor continues to play a stream of comedic and dramatic recurring roles on such TV programs as FBI - Portés disparus (2002), Brothers & Sisters (2006), Dallas (2012) (the New Generation), First Murder (2014), Helix (2014), iZombie (2015), House of Lies (2012), NCIS: Nouvelle-Orléans (2014), Ballers (2015) and Get Shorty (2017) and more recently appeared as a regular on the mystery series 13 Reasons Why (2017) and comedy series Indebted (2020). In addition, he has given voice to a few animated programs including Ultimate Spider-Man (2012), Avengers Rassemblement (2012) The Bravest Knight (2019) and Le monde de Bingo et Rolly (2017).

  • Birthday

    Mar 04, 1961
  • Place of Birth

    Queens, New York City, New York, USA
  • Also known

    Steven R. Weber

Known For

Awards

2 wins & 2 nominations

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
1998
Best Genre TV Actor
Winner - Saturn Award
Online Film & Television Association
1997
Best Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries
Winner - OFTA Television Award

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