Fisher Stevens

Fisher Stevens
Stevens at the 2007 Toronto Film Festival
Born	Steven Fisher November 27, 1963 (1963-11-27) (age 45) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1981 – present

Fisher Stevens (born November 27, 1963) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayals of Chuck Fishman on Early Edition, Eugene "The Plague" Belford in Hackers, and Ben Jabituya/Jahrvi in Short Circuit and Short Circuit 2. His television credits include Frasier, Friends, Law & Order, Key West, and Lost. He recently appeared on an episode of the TV show Numb3rs.^[1]He also played the part of murderer Alex Brady in the episode Columbo: Murder, Smoke and Shadows. He played Jigger Craigin in the 1994 Lincoln Center revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel (musical). He had an early success in the 1982 Broadway production of Torch Song Trilogy playing David, the adopted son of the gay protagonist played by the show's writer Harvey Fierstein.

Stevens was born Steven Fisher in Chicago, Illinois. He started the Naked Angels Theater Company with longtime friend Ned Eisenberg in 1987. He also owns a film production company called GreeneStreet Films, located in Tribeca, New York City. Stevens performed as Edgar Allan Poe on Lou Reed's album The Raven in 2003. At one time during the late 1980s, Stevens dated actress Michelle Pfeiffer.

On November 3, 2009, it was announced that Fisher will join the cast of Ugly Betty in the potentially recurring role of Mr. Z, TVGuide.com has confirmed. ^[2]

Selected appearances

Films

• The Burning (1981)
• The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
• The Flamingo Kid (1984)
• My Science Project (1985)
• Short Circuit (1986)
• Short Circuit 2 (1988)
• Reversal of Fortune (1990)
• Mystery Date (1991)
• Super Mario Bros. (1993)
• Only You (1994)
• Hackers (1995)
• Factotum (2005)
• Slow Burn (2005)
• Awake (2007)

TV series

• Key West (1993)
• Friends (1994)
• Early Edition (1996)
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Semi-Detached (2004)

Self-Made (2007)

• Lost (2008)
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2008)
• Numb3rs (2009)

Directed

• Phinehas (1996)
• Early Edition (1996) TV series
• Just a Kiss (2002) which was nominated for the Open Palm Award for outstanding directorial debut
• Crazy Love (2007) co-directed with Dan Klores

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Fisher Stevens

• Fisher Stevens at the Internet Movie Database