| Steven Weber | |
| Birth Name: | Steven Robert Weber |
| Birth Date: | 4 March 1961 |
| Birth Place: | New York, New York, U.S. |
| Education: | State University of New York, Purchase (BFA) |
| Years Active: | 1984–present |
| Children: | 2 |
Steven Robert Weber[1] (born March 4, 1961)[2] is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Brian Hackett on the television series Wings, voicing Charlie B. Barkin in , and portraying Jack Torrance in the TV miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's The Shining. He had a recurring role on iZombie as Vaughn du Clark. He played Mayor Douglas Hamilton on in a recurring role and starred as Sergeant First Class Dennis Worcester in Hamburger Hill (1987).
Weber was born in Queens, New York.[3] [4] His mother, Fran (née Frankel),[1] was a nightclub singer, and his father, Stuart Weber, was a nightclub performer and manager of Borscht Belt comedians.[5] Weber is Jewish and embraces his heritage despite not having received a formal religious education.[6] Weber graduated from Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts (1979) and the State University of New York at Purchase.
Weber started appearing in TV commercials in the third grade.[7] After leaving college, he became a member of the Mirror Repertory Company and appeared opposite legendary actress Geraldine Page and Mason Adams in "Paradise Lost"[8] before winning a role as Julianne Moore's ill-tempered and ill-fated boyfriend on the CBS daytime drama As the World Turns in 1985–1986. He appeared in several motion pictures and TV mini-series, such as The Flamingo Kid, Hamburger Hill, and the acclaimed The Kennedys of Massachusetts (as the young John F. Kennedy).
His best-known role is as Brian Hackett, a skirt-chasing airplane pilot on the sitcom Wings. Several years later, Weber starred in his own short-lived half-hour comedy Cursed (later renamed The Weber Show), joined the cast of ABC's Once and Again as the tortured artist Sam Blue, and starred the next year in the acclaimed show The D.A., also for ABC. Weber also had lead roles in the 1990s films Single White Female[9] and Jeffrey.
Weber first appeared on Broadway in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing and in 2001-2002 took over for Matthew Broderick as Leo Bloom in the Broadway production of The Producers. In 2005, he appeared alongside Kevin Spacey in London at the Old Vic's production of National Anthems. Weber also wrote and produced 2003's Clubland, a Showtime film in which he and Alan Alda played father and son talent agents in 1950s New York City (for which Alda was nominated for an Emmy).
He appeared in four Stephen King adaptations: Desperation (2006), "You Know They Got a Hell of a Band" from the Nightmares & Dreamscapes (2006) mini-series, ”Revelations of Becka Paulson” from the “Outer Limits” revival series, and in the television mini-series version of Stephen King's The Shining (1997), playing the murderous writer Jack Torrance. He also narrated several audiobooks, including King's novel It and works by Harlan Coben and Dean Koontz. In 1998, he played the voice of wisecracking Alsatian Charlie B. Barkin in An All Dogs Christmas Carol, a role he earlier played in 1996 in .
In 2007, he rejoined former Wings co-star Tony Shalhoub in a guest role on Monk. The same year, Weber played the role of network boss Jack Rudolph in the NBC series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. In 2008, Weber starred in Alliance Group Entertainment's feature film Farm House, where he played Samael, a mysterious vineyard owner. Weber also guest starred on the drama series Brothers and Sisters as Graham Finch, a business specialist. He also guest-starred on Psych as Jack Spencer, Shawn Spencer's uncle and Henry Spencer's brother. He also starred on Desperate Housewives in 2008. Weber appeared as a recurring guest on the 2008–2009 season of the CBS crime drama Without a Trace.
He was part of the cast of the ABC show Happy Town and had a major role in the television film in which he played the villain Hugh Magnate. He stars occasionally in the live action comic Puddin, alongside actor Eddie Pepitone. He narrated an unabridged audio book of Stephen King's It. Between 2012 and 2017, Weber provided the voices of several characters on the Disney XD animated series Ultimate Spider-Man. In 2014, Weber rejoined former Wings co-star Rebecca Schull in Chasing Life in recurring character roles. In 2017, Weber made a guest appearance in the Curb Your Enthusiasm (episode: "The Shucker"). In 2020, he starred opposite Fran Drescher in the NBC comedy Indebted. By 2021 he had begun a recurring role as Dr. Dean Archer in the NBC series Chicago Med.
Weber was married to actress Finn Carter from 1985 to 1992.[10]
In 1995, he became engaged to Juliette Hohnen,[11] then the Los Angeles bureau chief for MTV News,[12] and they married on July 29 that year at Highclere Castle in Berkshire, England.[13] In March 2013, it was reported that the couple filed for divorce.[14]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | The Flamingo Kid | Paul Hirsch | ||
| 1985 | Walls of Glass | Sean | ||
| 1987 | The Little Fox | Adult Vic | Voice, English dub | |
| Hamburger Hill | Sergeant First Class Dennis Worcester | |||
| 1990 | Angels | Rickie | ||
| 1992 | Single White Female | Sam Rawson | ||
| 1993 | The Temp | Brad Montroe | ||
| 1994 | Benders | The Man | ||
| 1995 | Just Looking | Craig | ||
| Take Out the Beast | Drummond | Short film | ||
| Jeffrey | Jeffrey | |||
| Leaving Las Vegas | Marc Nussbaum | |||
| 1998 | I Woke Up Early the Day I Died | Policeman in Alley | ||
| Sour Grapes | Evan Maxwell | |||
| Break Up | Officer Andrew Ramsey | |||
| An All Dogs Christmas Carol | Charlie B. Barkin | Voice, direct-to-video[15] | ||
| 1999 | At First Sight | Duncan Allanbrook | ||
| 2000 | Timecode | Darren Fetzer | ||
| Common Ground | Gil Roberts | |||
| Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes | Hutch Rimes | |||
| Simeon, Slave Trader | Voice | |||
| 2004 | Sexual Life | David Wharton | ||
| 2005 | Inside Out | Norman | ||
| The Amateurs | Howard | |||
| 2007 | Choose Connor | Lawrence Connor | ||
| 2008 | Farm House | Samael | ||
| Zip | Trip Stringer | |||
| 2009 | My One and Only | Wallace MacAllister | ||
| 2011 | Son of Mourning | Lt. Governor Fitch | ||
| Being Bin Laden | ||||
| The Big Year | Rick McIntire | |||
| A Little Bit of Heaven | Rob Randolph | |||
| 2012 | Leader of the Pack | Jerry | Short | |
| 2013 | Crawlspace | Aldon Webber | ||
| Tom, Dick & Harriet/All's Fair in Love and Advertising | Tom Burns | |||
| 2014 | Kiss Me | Arthur | ||
| 2016 | Amateur Night | Dr. Kurtz | ||
| Voice | ||||
| 2017 | Ghost Recon Wildlands: War Within the Cartel | Deputy Director Davis | Short film | |
| Show Businesses | Bud | Short | ||
| A Thousand Junkies | Moshe | |||
| Handsome | Talbert Bacorn | |||
| Batman vs. Two-Face | Alfred Pennyworth | Voice | ||
| 2018 | The Perfection | Anton | ||
| Return to Christmas Creek | Harry | Television film[16] | ||
| 2019 | Soliloquy or The Goose | Dave | Voice, short | |
| TBA | You Above All | Filming |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | American Playhouse | Tom Driscoll | Episode: "Pudd'nhead Wilson" | |
| 1985-1986 | As the World Turns | Kevin Gibson | Episode: "The Ceremony", 8–9 months of episodes | |
| 1987 | Crime Story | Gary Holiday | Episode: "Little Girl Lost" | |
| 1989 | Kojak: Fatal Flaw | Conrad St. John | Television film | |
| When We Were Young | Ben Kirkland | Television film | ||
| 1990–1997 | Wings | Brian Michael Hackett | 172 episodes | |
| 1990 | The Kennedys of Massachusetts | 3 episodes | ||
| In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing | Matt Fisher | Television film | ||
| 1991 | Deception: A Mother's Secret | Terry | Television film | |
| Tales from the Crypt | Dale Sweeney | Episode: "Mournin' Mess" | ||
| 1993 | Colonel Day | Episode: "The Siege" | ||
| In the Company of Darkness | Kyle Timler | Television film | ||
| 1994 | Betrayed by Love | Agent Jeff Avery | Television film | |
| 1996 | Stories from the Edge | Drummond | Segment ("Take Out the Beast") | |
| 1995–1997 | Duckman | Brian Hackett | Voice, 2 episodes | |
| 1997 | Austin Powers' Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club | The Swingers Club | ||
| 1996–1998 | Charlie B. Barkin | Voice, 20 episodes | ||
| 1997 | The Outer Limits | 8x10 Man | Episode: "The Revelation of 'Becka Paulson" Director | |
| Extreme Ghostbusters | Francois Russo | Voice, episode: "Dry Spells" | ||
| The Shining | 3 episodes Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television | |||
| 1998 | The Simpsons | Neil | Voice, episode: "King of the Hill" | |
| 1998–1999 | Hercules | Voice, 2 episodes | ||
| 1998 | The New Batman Adventures | J. Carroll Corcoran | Voice, episode: "Judgment Day" | |
| Thanks of a Grateful Nation | Jared Gallimore | Television film | ||
| 1999 | Stark Raving Mad | Rod | Episode: "The Stalker" | |
| The Expert | Dr. John Hardy | Episode: "Pilot" | ||
| Love Letters | Andrew Ladd | Television film | ||
| Late Last Night | Jeff | Television film | ||
| 2000–2001 | Cursed | Jack Nagle | 17 episodes | |
| 2000–2002 | Once and Again | Sam Blue | 10 episodes (recurring season 1; regular season 3) | |
| Baby Blues | Dr. Gruber | Voice, 2 episodes | ||
| 2000 | Common Ground | Gil Roberts | Television film | |
| 2001 | Club Land | Stuey Walters | Television film | |
| The Legend of Tarzan | Ed | Voice, episode: "Tarzan and the Mysterious Visitor" | ||
| 2002 | The Zeta Project | Eugene Dolan | Voice, episode: "Lost and Found" | |
| 2002–2003 | Fillmore! | Various voices | 4 episodes | |
| 2003 | The Lyon's Den | Allen Forrester | Episode: "Trick or Treat" | |
| I'm with Her | Kyle Britton | Episode: "The Last Action Queero" | ||
| 2004 | The D.A. | Dist. Atty. David Franks | 2 episodes | |
| Higglytown Heroes | Gardener Hero | Voice, episode: "Twinkle Tooth" | ||
| The Twelve Days of Christmas Eve | Calvin Carter | Television film | ||
| 2005 | Reefer Madness | Jack Stone | Television film | |
| American Dad! | Voice, episode: "Francine's Flashback" | |||
| Masters of Horror | Frank Spivey | Episode: "Jenifer" | ||
| 2005–2006 | Will & Grace | Sam Truman | 2 episodes | |
| 2006 | Nightmares & Dreamscapes | Clark Rivingham | Episode: "You Know They Got a Hell of a Band" | |
| Stephen King's Desperation | Steve Ames | Television film | ||
| 2006–2007 | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | Jack Rudolph | 18 episodes | |
| 2007 | More of Me | Rex | Television film | |
| Monk | Max Hudson | Episode: "Mr. Monk Is on the Air" | ||
| Side Order of Life | James Kendall | Episode: "Funeral for a Phone" | ||
| Matthew Braden | 3 episodes | |||
| 2007–2008 | Brothers & Sisters | Graham Finch | 8 episodes | |
| 2008 | Psych | Jack Spencer | Episode: "The Greatest Adventure in the History of Basic Cable" | |
| Without a Trace | Clark Medina | 4 episodes | ||
| Desperate Housewives | Lloyd | Episode: "City on Fire" | ||
| 2009 | Party Down | Ricky Sargulesh | Episode: "Celebrate Ricky Sargulesh" | |
| 2010 | Happy Town | John Haplin | 8 episodes | |
| In Plain Sight | Mike Faber | 3 episodes | ||
| Backwash | Oliver | Episode: "Chapter Eight: Lake Pupik" | ||
| 2011 | Wainy Days | Mr. Stickland | Episode: "Kelly and Arielle Part 3" | |
| Parenthood | Jack Kraft | Episode: "Slipping Away" | ||
| Ben Langston | Episode: "Cadaver" | |||
| Falling Skies | Dr. Michael Harris | 3 episodes | ||
| 2009-2011 | Web Therapy | Robert Lachman | 5 episodes | |
| 2011 | Hugh J. Magnate Jr. | Television film | ||
| Untitled Allan Loeb Project | Lomax | |||
| 2012–2017 | Ultimate Spider-Man | Norman Osborn / Green Goblin / Iron Patriot / Goblin King, Trapster, Venom, Green Goblin (Ultimate), Fancy Dan, additional voices | Voice, 28 episodes | |
| 2012 | Hot in Cleveland | Kyle | 2 episodes | |
| The Daly Show | Episode: "The Daly Wings" | |||
| Leap Year | Remy Doyle | 2 episodes | ||
| Wilfred | Jeremy | 3 episodes | ||
| 2012–2016 | 2 Broke Girls | Martin Channing | 3 episodes | |
| 2012 | Ruth & Erica | Cameron | 2 episodes | |
| Malibu Country | Pete | Episode: "Bro Code" | ||
| Duke | Terry Polaski | Television film | ||
| 2013 | Eve of Destruction | Dr. Karl Cameron | 2 episodes | |
| 2013–2014 | Dallas | Governor Sam McConaughey | 5 episodes | |
| 2013 | Childrens Hospital | John Tandy | Episode: "Old Fashioned Day" | |
| The Flipside | Episode: "Mittrel Ave" | |||
| 2014 | Regular Show | Jumpin' Jim | Voice, episode: "Rigby in the Sky with Burrito" | |
| 2014–2015 | Chasing Life | Dr. George Carver | 22 episodes | |
| 2014 | Murder in the First | Bill Wilkerson | 10 episodes | |
| Bad Teacher | Ray | Episode: "What's Old Is New" | ||
| How to Get Away with Murder | Max St. Vincent | Episode: "It's All Her Fault" | ||
| 2014–2017 | Councilman/Mayor Douglas Hamilton | 18 episodes | ||
| 2015 | Helix | Brother Michael | 8 episodes | |
| Sleepy Hollow | Episode: "What Lies Beneath" | |||
| Community | Detective Butcher | Episode: "Ladders" | ||
| 2015–2016 | House of Lies | Ron Zobel | 6 episodes | |
| 2015 | The Comedians | Jamie Dobbs | 2 episodes | |
| 2015–2016 | iZombie | Vaughn Du Clark | 11 episodes | |
| 2015 | The Mindy Project | James | Episode: "The Departed" | |
| 2017–2020 | 13 Reasons Why | Principal Gary Bolan | 26 episodes | |
| 2017–2018 | Ballers | Julian Anderson | 5 episodes | |
| 2017 | Dryvrs | Doug | Episode: "Scare Tactics"" | |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | The Shucker | Episode: "The Shucker" | ||
| 2017–2018 | Mom | Patrick Janikowski | 6 episodes | |
| 2017 | The Librarians | Saint of Thieves | Episode: "And the Christmas Thief" | |
| 2018 | Avengers Assemble | Voice, 4 episodes | ||
| Marvel Rising: Initiation | Voice, 2 episodes | |||
| 2018-2019 | Get Shorty | Lawrence Budd | 11 episodes | |
| 2018 | Channel Zero | Abel Carnacki | 6 episodes | |
| 2019 | Drunk History | Various | 2 Episodes | |
| Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? | Alfred Pennyworth | Voice, episode: "What a Night for a Dark Knight!" | ||
| This Close | Michael's Dad | 2 episodes | ||
| The Bravest Knight | The Head Knight | 3 episodes | ||
| 2020 | Indebted | Stew Klein | Main cast, 13 episodes | |
| 2021–present | Chicago Med | Dr. Dean Archer | Recurring (Season 6), Main Cast (Season 7-) | |
| 2023 | Celebrity Jeopardy! | Himself | Contestant |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984–1985 | The Real Thing | Billy | ||
| 1984 | Come Back Little Sheba | Bruce | ||
| 1985 | Homefront | Jeremy | ||
| 1986 | Loot | Various | ||
| 1988 | Made in Bangkok | |||
| 2002–2003 | The Producers | Leo Bloom | ||
| 2005 | National Anthems | Arthur Cook | The Old Vic | |
| 2009 | The Philanthropist | Donald | ||
| 2013 | The Parisian Woman | Tom | ||
| 2017 | Mamma Mia! | Bill Austin | Hollywood Bowl |
| Year | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Narrator, Audie Award winner | ||
| 2009 | Narrator | ||
| 2010 | Narrator | ||
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| 2011 | Narrator | ||
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| 2016 | Narrator[17] | ||
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| We're Alive, Lockdown | Jeremy | ||
| 2017 | Narrator | ||
| 2018 | Narrator | ||
| 2019 | Narrator | ||
| 2020 | Narrator | ||
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| 2021 | Narrator | ||
| 2021 | Falling by T.J. Newman | Narrator |