Stephen Tobolowsky

Character actor 'Stephen Tobolowsky' (qv) was born on May 30, 1951 in Dallas, Texas. Over the past three decades, Tobolowsky has racked up a lengthy list of roles in movies and television across many different genres.While Tobolowsky initially attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas with the intention of studying geology, he was quickly drawn in to acting there. He later attended the University of Illinois for one year.Tobolowsky worked primarily in theater during his early career, and wrote and directed a few plays including "Two Idiots in Hollywood" and "True Stories". His film career took off in the 1980s, though, thanks to roles in _The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)_ (qv), _Nobody's Fool (1986)_ (qv), _Spaceballs (1987)_ (qv), and _Mississippi Burning (1988)_ (qv). Since then, Tobolowsky has appeared in many popular movies including _Bird on a Wire (1990)_ (qv), _Basic Instinct (1992)_ (qv), _Groundhog Day (1993)_ (qv), _Radioland Murders (1994)_ (qv), _Murder in the First (1995)_ (qv), _Mr. Magoo (1997)_ (qv), _The Insider (1999)_ (qv), _Memento (2000)_ (qv), _Freaky Friday (2003)_ (qv), _Garfield (2004)_ (qv) and _Wild Hogs (2007)_ (qv). He has also done a substantial amount of voice work, most recently taking on the role of Uncle Ubb in _The Lorax (2012)_ (qv).Tobolowsky has been even more prolific in television over the past few decades. He's appeared on a diverse range of shows including _Seinfeld (1989)_ (qv), _Mad About You (1992)_ (qv), _Chicago Hope (1994)_ (qv), _The Practice (1997)_ (qv) and _Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)_ (qv), and has had recurring roles on _CSI: Miami (2002)_ (qv), _Deadwood (2004)_ (qv), _Heroes (2006)_ (qv), _Californication (2007)_ (qv) and _Glee (2009)_ (qv).Tobolowsky is married to fellow actor 'Ann Hearn' (qv).::Anonymous