French Stewart

French Stewart (born February 20, 1964) is an American actor, best known for his role as Harry Solomon on the 1990s sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun.

Personal life

Stewart was born Milton French Stewart^{[citation needed]} in Albuquerque, New Mexico; his mother was a housewife and his stepfather a microfilm technician.^[1] Stewart married actress Katherine LaNasa on May 19, 1998. They met when she had a guest appearance on a 1996 episode of 3rd Rock from the Sun. The couple owns and operates several zoos in the Albuquerque area.

Career

Stewart studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and toured in regional theatre for seven years before breaking into television with the role of Razor Dee, a spaced-out DJ on the final season of The New WKRP in Cincinnati in 1992. Stewart earned his Screen Actors Guild card while working for Hanna-Barbera's Shakey Quakey tour, having been later terminated for removing the head of his costume in front of children.^[2] In 1996, he was cast on 3rd Rock from the Sun, which lasted for six seasons; on the show, Stewart was noted for his talents at physical comedy and his characteristic "squinting" facial expression.

Major motion picture credits for French Stewart include his film debut on Stargate (1994) as Lieutenant Ferretti, followed by Leaving Las Vegas (1995), The Poison Tasters (1995), Glory Daze (1996), McHale's Navy (1997), Love Stinks (1999), and Clockstoppers (2002) as Earl Doppler. Animated credits include the voice of Bob on the short-lived animated series God, the Devil and Bob (2000), and Disney's animated Hercules (1998) as Icarus. Since the end of 3rd Rock in 2001, Stewart has appeared in a number of minor roles, mainly in situation comedies such as Just Shoot Me!, Becker, The Drew Carey Show, Less Than Perfect and That '70s Show (from the same creators as 3rd Rock from the Sun) He also starred in the WB show Charmed as a genie at the end of season 2. He has starred in comedy films, with major roles in the direct-to-video films Home Alone 4 (2002) and Inspector Gadget 2 (2003). He also appeared as a guest star in the hit Disney TV show, Phineas and Ferb, in the episode "Run Away Runway" as the fashion designer, Gaston Le Mode (2008).

Stewart has appeared on MADtv and guest-starred in the Seinfeld episode “The Opposite”. He can also be seen on the I Love The... series on VH1. Stewart was an executive producer for Has Anyone Seen My Baby?, a drama on the Lifetime network that portrayed the life of a woman who lost her child on an African safari in the early 1970s. He also appeared as the “weird guy” office temp on NewsRadio with Andy Dick, who told him, “there’s only room for one weird guy” on staff at the radio station.

Stewart has appeared in an episode of the second season of the ABC series Pushing Daisies.

References

External links

• French Stewart at the Internet Movie Database
• The French Stewart Puppet by Rick Lyon
• Yahoo Movies Biography Page