Stephen Tobolowsky
Stephen Tobolowsky is a 74 year old american actor, screenwriter and director, known for Groundhog Day (1993), Freaky Friday 2 (2025) and Candy Cane Lane (2023).
Best according to IMDb ratings
Here are the top-rated movies and series featuring Stephen Tobolowsky, based on user ratings on IMDb.
# | Title | IMDb |
---|---|---|
1 | Groundhog Day (1993) | 8.0 |
2 | Freaky Friday 2 (2025) | 6.9 |
3 | Fractured (2019) | 6.4 |
4 | Dr. Seuss' The Lorax (2012) | 6.4 |
5 | Garfield: The Movie (2004) | 5.0 |
Stephen Tobolowsky
- Name: Stephen Tobolowsky
- Age: 74 years
- Height: 188 cm
- Birth Date: May 30, 1951
- Birth Name: Stephen Harold Tobolowsky
- Birth Region: Dallas, Texas, USA
- Nationality: American
Stephen Tobolowsky's filmography
Actor
Stephen is listed as actor for ninety six titles.

Freaky Friday 2
Mr. Bates
Movie, 2025
- Director: Nisha Ganatra
- Main cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Julia Butters, Sophia Hammons
- Music: Amie Doherty

Candy Cane Lane
Mr. Benedetto
Movie, 2023
- Director: Reginald Hudlin
- Main cast: Jillian Bell, Eddie Murphy, Robin Thede, Tracee Ellis Ross, Genneya Walton
- Music: Marcus Miller

Poolman
Movie, 2023
- Director: Chris Pine
- Main cast: Chris Pine, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Annette Bening, Danny DeVito

Love Virtually
Dr. Divine
Movie, 2022
- Main cast: Paul F. Tompkins, Stephen Tobolowsky, Cheri Oteri, Adam Ray

Fractured
Dr. Berthram
Movie, 2019
- Director: Brad Anderson
- Main cast: Sam Worthington, Lily Rabe
- Music: Anton Sanko

Where Is Rocky II?
Byron (segment: "Monument One")
Movie, 2016
- Director: Pierre Bismuth
- Main cast: D.V. DeVincentis, Anthony Peckham

Guys and Girls Can't Be Friends
Andy
Movie, 2016
- Main cast: Stephen Tobolowsky, Clint Howard

Welcome to the Men's Group
Movie, 2016
- Director: Joseph Culp
- Main cast: Phil Abrams, Mackenzie Astin

Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)
Principal Purdy
Movie, 2014
- Director: Rob Minkoff
- Main cast: Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Allison Janney, Ariel Winter
- Music: Danny Elfman

Atlas Shrugged Part 3
Dr. Hugh Akston
Movie, 2014
- Main cast: Stephen Tobolowsky, Kristoffer Polaha, Rob Morrow, Eric Allan Kramer
- Music: Elia Cmiral

Toy Story of Terror
Ron
Movie, 2013
- Director: Angus MacLane
- Main cast: Kristen Schaal, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Carl Weathers
- Music: Michael Giacchino

Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
Uncle Ubb
Movie, 2012
- Director: Kyle Balda, Chris Renaud
- Main cast: Zac Efron, Ed Helms, Danny DeVito, Taylor Swift
- Music: John Powell

Pearblossom Hwy
Rick Lawler
Movie, 2012
- Main cast: Stephen Tobolowsky, Atsuko Okatsuka

Say It Ain't Solo
Movie, 2012
- Director: Marc Brener
- Main cast: Josh Brener, Stephen Tobolowsky, Malin Åkerman

The Last Ride: A Story of Hank Williams
Ray
Movie, 2011
- Director: Harry Thomason
- Main cast: Henry Thomas, Kaley Cuoco, Stephen Tobolowsky, Ray McKinnon

You May Not Kiss the Bride
Plumber
Movie, 2011
- Director: Rob Hedden
- Main cast: Mena Suvari, Katharine McPhee, Rob Schneider, Dave Annable
- Music: Geoff Zanelli

Buried
Alan Davenport
Movie, 2010
- Director: Rodrigo Cortés
- Main cast: Ryan Reynolds
- Music: Víctor Reyes

Boys On Film 4
Father Joe (segment "Trevor")
Movie, 2010
- Director: Peggy Rajski
- Main cast: Elliott Tittensor, Scott Hislop, Naveed Choudhry, Julien Zeitouni

The Time Traveler's Wife
Dr. Kendrick
Movie, 2009
- Director: Robert Schwentke
- Main cast: Rachel McAdams, Arliss Howard, Eric Bana, Michelle Nolden
- Music: Mychael Danna

Beethoven's 6th: Big Break
Sal
Movie, 2008
- Director: Mike Elliott
- Main cast: Jonathan Silverman, Stephen Tobolowsky, Moises Arias, Rhea Perlman

Boxboarders!
dr.james
Movie, 2007
- Main cast: Stephen Tobolowsky, Jana Kramer

The Valley of Light
Littlefield
Movie, 2007
- Director: Brent Shields
- Main cast: Jay O. Sanders, Gretchen Mol, Chris Klein

Wild Hogs
Charley
Movie, 2007
- Director: Walt Becker
- Main cast: William H. Macy, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, Tim Allen
- Music: Teddy Castellucci

Failure to Launch
Bud
Movie, 2006
- Director: Tom Dey
- Main cast: Matthew McConaughey, Zooey Deschanel, Sarah Jessica Parker, Justin Bartha
- Music: Rolfe Kent

Pope Dreams
Carl Venable
Movie, 2006
- Main cast: Stephen Tobolowsky, Julie Hagerty, Marnette Patterson
- Music: Joel J. Richard

Blind Dating
Dr. Perkins
Movie, 2006
- Director: James Keach
- Main cast: Chris Pine, Anjali Jay, Stephen Tobolowsky, Jane Seymour
- Music: Heitor Pereira

Robots
Bigmouth Executive / Forge
Movie, 2005
- Director: Carlos Saldanha, Chris Wedge
- Main cast: Robin Williams, Halle Berry, Ewan McGregor, Mel Brooks
- Music: John Powell

Miss Congeniality 2
Tom Abernathy
Movie, 2005
- Director: John Pasquin
- Main cast: Sandra Bullock, Enrique Murciano, Regina King, William Shatner
- Music: John Van Tongeren

Living 'til the End
Dr. Shaw
Movie, 2005
- Director: Amanda Goodwin
- Main cast: Stephen Tobolowsky, Sean Maher, Janet Carroll, Jaime Ray Newman

McBride: The Doctor Is Out... Really Out
Harry Evers
Movie, 2005
- Director: John Larroquette
- Main cast: Marta DuBois, John Larroquette, Matt Lutz

Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party
Movie, 2005
- Director: Robert Brinkmann
- Main cast: Amy Adams, Mena Suvari, Stephen Tobolowsky, Ann Hearn

Garfield: The Movie
Happy Chapman
Movie, 2004
- Director: Peter Hewitt
- Main cast: Bill Murray, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Stephen Tobolowsky, Breckin Meyer
- Music: Christophe Beck

Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
George Ruddy
Movie, 2004
- Director: Robert Luketic
- Main cast: Josh Duhamel, Topher Grace, Kate Bosworth, Nathan Lane
- Music: Edward Shearmur

Audie & the Wolf
Carl
Movie, 2004
- Director: Nick Hurran
- Main cast: Holly Hunter, Kathy Bates, Brittany Murphy, Ron Livingston
- Music: Christophe Beck

Debating Robert Lee
Debate Judge
Movie, 2004
- Main cast: Kaley Cuoco

Freaky Friday
Mr. Bates
Movie, 2003
- Main cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon, Harold Gould
- Music: Rolfe Kent

View.from.the.Top
Frank Thomas
Movie, 2003
- Director: Bruno Barreto
- Main cast: Mark Ruffalo, Gwyneth Paltrow, Candice Bergen, Christina Applegate
- Music: Theodore Shapiro

Frankie and Johnny Are Married
Murray Mintz
Movie, 2003
- Director: Michael Pressman
- Main cast: Alan Rosenberg, Lisa Chess, Michael Pressman

Love Liza
Tom Bailey
Movie, 2002
- Director: Todd Louiso
- Main cast: Stephen Tobolowsky, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sarah Koskoff
- Music: Jim O'Rourke

The Orchid Thief
Ranger Steve Neely
Movie, 2002
- Director: Spike Jonze
- Main cast: Nicolas Cage, Tilda Swinton, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper
- Music: Carter Burwell

Disney's The Country Bears
Norbert Barrington
Movie, 2002
- Director: Peter Hastings
- Main cast: Haley Joel Osment, Diedrich Bader, James Gammon, Candy Ford
- Music: Christopher Young

Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey
Movie, 2002
- Main cast: Ridley Scott, Mimi Polk Gitlin
- Music: Hans Zimmer

Freddy Got Fingered
Uncle Neil
Movie, 2001
- Main cast: Rip Torn, Marisa Coughlan

The Day the World Ended
Ed Turner
Movie, 2001
- Director: Terence Gross
- Main cast: Stephen Tobolowsky, Randy Quaid, Nastassja Kinski, Bobby Edner
- Music: Charles Bernstein

Memento
Sammy Jankins
Movie, 2000
- Director: Sir Christopher Nolan
- Main cast: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano
- Music: David Julyan

Stanley's Gig
Abe Cohen
Movie, 2000
- Director: Marc Lazard
- Main cast: Stephen Tobolowsky, Faye Dunaway, Marla Gibbs, William Sanderson
- Music: Frank Fitzpatrick

Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes
Dewey Wise
Movie, 2000
- Director: Matthew Irmas
- Main cast: Stacey Travis, Swoosie Kurtz, Steven Weber, Sean Moran

The Prime Gig
Mick
Movie, 2000
- Director: Gregory Mosher
- Main cast: Ed Harris, Vince Vaughn, Julia Ormond, Rory Cochrane
- Music: David Robbins

Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion
B.J. McQueen
Movie, 2000
- Main cast: Stephen Tobolowsky, Dale Midkiff, Dondre Whitfield

One Man's Hero
Captain Gaine
Movie, 1999
- Director: Lance Hool
- Main cast: Joaquim de Almeida, Tom Berenger, Daniela Romo
- Music: Ernest Troost

Don't Look Under the Bed
Michael McCausland
Movie, 1999
- Director: Kenneth Johnson
- Main cast: Steve Valentine, Erin Chambers, Ty Hodges, Robin Riker
- Music: Daniel Licht

The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
Tabaqui
Movie, 1998
- Director: Nick Marck
- Main cast: Brian Doyle-Murray, Clancy Brown, Brandon Baker, Sherman Howard
- Music: Robert Folk

Alto Riesgo
McClaren
Movie, 1998
- Director: Kevin Hooks
- Main cast: Patrick Swayze, Meat Loaf, Gabriel Casseus, Randy Travis
- Music: George S. Clinton

Around the Fire
Doc
Movie, 1998
- Director: John M. Jacobsen
- Main cast: Devon Sawa, Tara Reid, Eric Mabius
- Music: BC Smith

The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
Calculator
Movie, 1998
- Director: Robert C. Ramirez
- Main cast: Carol Channing, Roger Kabler, Deanna Oliver, Thurl Ravenscroft
- Music: William Finn, Alexander Janko

Mr. Magoo
Agent FBI Chuck Stupak
Movie, 1997
- Director: Stanley Tong
- Main cast: Nick Chinlund, Leslie Nielsen, Kelly Lynch, Matt Keeslar
- Music: Michael Tavera

An Alan Smithee Film
Bill Bardo
Movie, 1997
- Director: Alan Smithee, Arthur Hiller
- Main cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Sylvester Stallone, Jackie Chan, Eric Idle, Ryan O'Neal

Boys Life 2
Father John
Movie, 1997
- Director: Tom DeCerchio, Tom Donaghy, Nickolas Perry, Peggy Rajski
- Main cast: Vincent D'Onofrio, Milo Ventimiglia, Michael Saucedo, Justin Urich

The Curse of Inferno
Lonnie Martin
Movie, 1997
- Main cast: Pauly Shore, Ned Beatty, Max Perlich, Janine Turner

Homeward Bound 2
Bando
Movie, 1996
- Director: David R. Ellis
- Main cast: Sally Field, Michael J. Fox, Robert Hays, Ralph Waite
- Music: Bruce Broughton

The Glimmer Man
Christopher Maynard
Movie, 1996
- Main cast: Brian Cox, Bob Gunton, Steven Seagal, Keenen Ivory Wayans
- Music: Trevor Rabin

Power 98
Rick Harris
Movie, 1996
- Director: Jaime Hellman
- Main cast: Eric Roberts, Jason Gedrick, Lisa Thornhill
- Music: Jeff Beal

Night Visitors
Taylor
Movie, 1996
- Director: Jorge Montesi
- Main cast: Stephen Tobolowsky, Todd Allen, Faith Ford, Thomas Gibson
- Music: Irwin Fisch

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
Oliver Mintz
Movie, 1995
- Director: David Price
- Main cast: Sean Young, Lysette Anthony, Stephen Tobolowsky, Tim Daly
- Music: Mark McKenzie

My Father the Hero
Mike
Movie, 1994
- Director: Steve Miner
- Main cast: Gérard Depardieu, Katherine Heigl, Lauren Hutton, Dalton James
- Music: David Newman, Michael Muhlfriedel

Radioland Murders
Max Applewhite
Movie, 1994
- Main cast: Ned Beatty, Scott Michael Campbell, Mary Stuart Masterson, Brian Benben, George Burns
- Music: Joel McNeely, Bill Conti

Trevor
Father Joe
Movie, 1994
- Director: Peggy Rajski
- Main cast: Judy Kain, Brett Barsky, John Lizzi, Jonah Rooney
- Music: Danny Troob

Groundhog Day
Ned
Movie, 1993
- Director: Harold Ramis
- Main cast: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell
- Music: George Fenton

Josh and S.A.M.
Thomas 'Thom' Whitney
Movie, 1993
- Director: Billy Weber
- Main cast: Stephen Tobolowsky, Martha Plimpton
- Music: Thomas Newman

Romeo Is Bleeding
District Attorney
Movie, 1993
- Director: Peter Medak
- Main cast: Gary Oldman, Juliette Lewis, Annabella Sciorra, Lena Olin
- Music: Mark Isham

Sneakers
Werner Brandes
Movie, 1992
- Director: Phil Alden Robinson
- Main cast: Robert Redford, Ben Kingsley, Dan Aykroyd, Mary McDonnell
- Music: James Horner

Basic Instinct
Dr. Lamott
Movie, 1992
- Director: Paul Verhoeven
- Main cast: Michael Douglas, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza
- Music: Jerry Goldsmith

Single White Female
Mitch Myerson
Movie, 1992
- Director: Barbet Schroeder
- Main cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Peter Friedman, Bridget Fonda, Steven Weber
- Music: Howard Shore

Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Warren Singleton
Movie, 1992
- Director: John Carpenter
- Main cast: Sam Neill, Daryl Hannah, Chevy Chase, Michael McKean
- Music: Shirley Walker

Roadside Prophets
Ranger Bob
Movie, 1992
- Director: Abbe Wool
- Main cast: David Carradine, Jennifer Balgobin, Arlo Guthrie, Adam Horovitz, David Anthony Marshall

Thelma and Louise
Max
Movie, 1991
- Director: Ridley Scott
- Main cast: Michael Madsen, Susan Sarandon, Harvey Keitel, Geena Davis
- Music: Hans Zimmer

Deadlock
Warden Holliday
Movie, 1991
- Director: Lewis Teague
- Main cast: James Remar, Rutger Hauer, Mimi Rogers, Joan Chen
- Music: Richard Gibbs

Deadly Medicine
Ron Sutton
Movie, 1991
- Director: Richard A. Colla
- Main cast: Stephen Tobolowsky, Veronica Hamel, Scott Paulin
- Music: Bob Alcivar

Face Value
Defense Attorney
Movie, 1991
- Main cast: Dale Midkiff, Kirk Baltz, Cheryl Pollak
- Music: Mark Snow

Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster
Sergeant Phil Baranski
Movie, 1991
- Director: Ron Satlof
- Main cast: Raymond Burr, Mason Adams, Barbara Hale, William R. Moses
- Music: Dick DeBenedictis

Tagget
Al Hentz
Movie, 1991
- Director: Richard T. Heffron
- Main cast: Peter Michael Goetz, Roxanne Hart, Daniel J. Travanti

Where the Day Takes You
Charles
Movie, 1991
- Main cast: Sean Astin, Dermot Mulroney, Laura San Giacomo, Peter Dobson

To the Moon, Alice
Sitcom Producer
Movie, 1991
- Director: Jessie Nelson
- Main cast: Chris Cooper, Alan Berger, Michael Cavanaugh
- Music: Hans Zimmer

Funny About Love
Hugo
Movie, 1990
- Director: Leonard Nimoy
- Main cast: Christine Lahti, Mary Stuart Masterson, Gene Wilder
- Music: Miles Goodman

Grifters, The (1990)
Jeweler
Movie, 1990
- Director: Stephen Frears
- Main cast: Annette Bening, Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Jan Munroe
- Music: Elmer Bernstein

Last Flight Out
Doctor Timothy Brandon
Movie, 1990
- Director: Larry Elikann
- Main cast: James Earl Jones, Eric Bogosian, Richard Crenna

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
Mayor Bill Klepler
Movie, 1990
- Director: Jim Abrahams
- Main cast: Jeff Daniels, Winona Ryder, Stephen Tobolowsky, Dinah Manoff
- Music: Thomas Newman, Melissa Etheridge

Checking Out
Pharmacist
Movie, 1989
- Director: David Leland
- Main cast: Jeff Daniels, Melanie Mayron, Michael Tucker, Kathleen York
- Music: Carter Burwell

Great Balls of Fire!
Jud Phillips
Movie, 1989
- Director: Jim McBride
- Main cast: Winona Ryder, Dennis Quaid, Stephen Tobolowsky

Roe vs. Wade
Darryl Horwath
Movie, 1989
- Director: Gregory Hoblit
- Main cast: Holly Hunter, Chris Mulkey, Amy Madigan
- Music: W.G. Snuffy Walden

Mississippi Burning
Townley
Movie, 1988
- Director: Alan Parker
- Main cast: Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Gene Hackman, Brad Dourif
- Music: Trevor Jones

Two Idiots in Hollywood
Prosecuting Attorney
Movie, 1988
- Director: Stephen Tobolowsky
- Main cast: Cheryl Anderson, Jeff Doucette, Jim McGrath

Balle Spaziali
Captain of the Guard
Movie, 1987
- Director: Mel Brooks
- Main cast: Bill Pullman, Rick Moranis, Mel Brooks, Daphne Zuniga

Swing Shift
French deMille / Documentary Narrator
Movie, 1984
- Director: Jonathan Demme
- Main cast: Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn, Christine Lahti, Fred Ward
- Music: Patrick Williams

Cocaine and Blue Eyes
TV Clerk
Movie, 1983
- Main cast: O.J. Simpson, Cliff Gorman
- Music: Morton Stevens

The House Where Hell Froze Over
Robert
Movie, 1977
- Director: S.F. Brownrigg
- Main cast: Stephen Tobolowsky, Camilla Carr
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Screenwriter
Stephen is listed as screenwriter for two titles.

Two Idiots in Hollywood
Movie, 1988
- Director: Stephen Tobolowsky
- Main cast: Cheryl Anderson, Jeff Doucette, Jim McGrath

True Stories: A Film About a Bunch of People in Virgil Texas
Movie, 1986
- Director: David Byrne
- Main cast: John Goodman, Swoosie Kurtz, David Byrne, Spalding Gray
- Music: David Byrne
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Director
Stephen is listed as director for one title.

Two Idiots in Hollywood
Movie, 1988
- Director: Stephen Tobolowsky
- Main cast: Cheryl Anderson, Jeff Doucette, Jim McGrath
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