Fisher Stevens (born Steven Fisher, November 27, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor.
He has appeared in a large variety of roles on stage and screen since he was a teenager, and won the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2010 for co-producing The Cove. But he's perhaps best remembered for playing an Indian despite being Caucasian (complete with phony Indian accent) in Short Circuit and for dating Michelle Pfeiffer for three years.
He married producer Alexis Bloom in 2017, and they have two children together. He is also good friends with actor Rob Morrow and they regularly ski together.
Filmography on TV Tropes:
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Film roles
- The Burning (1981) as Woodstock
- The Brother from Another Planet (1984) as Card Trickster
- The Flamingo Kid (1984) as 'Hawk' Ganz
- My Science Project (1985) as Vince Lately
- Short Circuit (1986) as Benjamin Jabituya
- Reversal of Fortune (1990) as David Marriott
- The Marrying Man (1991) as Sammy
- Mystery Date (1991) (1991) as Dwight
- Bob Roberts (1992) as 'Rock' Bork
- Accidental Hero (1992) as Director of Channel 4 Crash Feature (cameo)
- Super Mario Bros. (1993) (1993) as Iggy Koopa
- Only You (1994) as Larry
- Hackers (1995) as Eugene Belford aka 'The Plague'
- Four Days in September (1997) as Mowinkel
- Sam the Man (2000) as Sam Manning
- Jenifer (2001) as Dr. Aaron Sanders
- Undisputed (2002) as James 'Ratbag' Kroycek
- Uptown Girls (2003) as Himself
- Anything Else (2003) as Manager
- Awake (2007) as Dr. Puttnam
- The Grean Teem (2009) as Jack Fisher (short)
- The Experiment (2010) as Dr. Archaleta
- Henry's Crime (2010) as Eddie Vibes
- One for the Money (2012) as Morty Beyers
- LOL (2012) as Roman
- Movie 43 (2013) as Vrankovich/Minotaur
- The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) as M. Robin
- United Passions (2014) as Carl Hirschmann
- Hail, Caesar! (2016) as Communist Writer
- Isle of Dogs (2018) as Scrap (voice)
- Motherless Brooklyn (2019) as Lou
- The French Dispatch (2021) as Story Editor
Television roles
- Ryan's Hope (1983) as Henry Popkin
- Columbo (1989) as Alex Brady (1 episode)
- The Young Riders (1990) as Bulldog (1 episode)
- Key West (1993) as Seamus O'Neill (13 episodes)
- Friends (1995) as Roger (1 episode)
- Homicide: Life on the Street (1995) as Jonathan Heine (1 episode)
- Law & Order (1995) as Ross Fineman (1 episode)
- Early Edition (1996–2000) as Chuck Fishman (48 episodes)
- Frasier (2001) as Dr. Sheldon Morey (1 episode)
- Hack (2002) as Donnie Franco (1 episode)
- Hope & Faith (2004) as Nick Spinelli (1 episode)
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2004–07) Gareth Sage/Ray Garnett (2 episodes)
- Lost (2008–10) as George Minkowski (6 episodes)
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2008) as Lyle Corman (1 episode)
- Medium (2009) as Neal Greybridge (1 episode)
- NUMB3RS (2009) as John Buckley (2 episodes)
- Ugly Betty (2010) as Mr. Z (1 episode)
- The Mentalist (2010) as Tolman Bunting (1 episode)
- Californication (2011) as 'Zig' Semetauer (1 episode)
- Damages (2011) as Therapist (4 episodes)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2012–16) as Alvin Gilbert/Ted Scott (2 episodes)
- Elementary (2015) as Marty Ward (1 episode)
- The Night Of (2016) as Saul, the Pharmacist (3 episodes)
- The Blacklist (2015–21) as Marvin Gerard (9 episodes)
- Vice Principals (2017) as Brian Biehn (4 episodes)
- The Good Fight (2017–20) as Gabriel Kovac (3 episodes)
- Succession (2019–23) as Hugo Baker (24 episodes)
- Ripley (2024) as Edward Cavanagh (1 episode)
Director
- Early Edition (1998–99, 2 episodes)
- Palmer (2021)
Tropes
- Kavorka Man: There's a reason Fisher is a character actor instead of a leading man, but if he's mentioned in media, it tends to be because of the time he dated Michelle Pfeiffer, with Penn Jillette having referred to him as "the pussy-getting-est man alive" ("I mean, look at the guy, and then think to yourself, 'He shared a bed with Michelle Pfeiffer!'").note
