Steven Weber

Steven Robert Weber[1] (born March 4, 1961)[2] is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and singer. He is best known for his role as Brian Hackett on the television series Wings which aired from April 1990 to May 1997 on NBC and as Sam Blue in Once and Again. He had a recurring role on iZombie as Vaughn du Clark. He plays Mayor Douglas Hamilton on NCIS: New Orleans in a recurring role.

For other people named Steven Weber, see Steven Weber (disambiguation).

Steven Weber
Weber in 2016
Born	Steven Robert Weber (1961-03-04) March 4, 1961 Briarwood, Queens, New York, United States
Occupation	Actor, voice actor, comedian, singer
Years active	1984–present
Spouse(s)	Finn Carter ​ ( m. 1985; div. 1992) Juliette Hohnen ​ ( m. 1995; div. 2013)
Children	2

Early life

Weber was born in Briarwood, Queens, New York.[2] 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.[2][3] Weber embraces his Jewish heritage despite not having received a formal religious education.[4] Weber graduated from Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts (1979) and the State University of New York at Purchase.

Career

Weber started appearing in TV commercials in the third grade.[5] 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"[6] before winning a role as Julianne Moore's ill-tempered and ill-fated boyfriend on the CBS daytime drama As the World Turns in 1985-86. 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 hit movies Single White Female[7] and Jeffrey.

Weber first appeared on Broadway in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing[6] 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 movie 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 the audiobook version of King's novel It. 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 All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series.

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 2008-09 season of the CBS crime drama Without a Trace.

He was recently part of the cast of the now cancelled ABC show Happy Town and had a major role in the TV movie A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner! in which he played the villain "Hugh J. Magnate Jr." 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.

Personal life

Weber was married to actress Finn Carter from 1985 to 1992.[8]

In 1995, he became engaged to Juliette Hohnen,[9] then the Los Angeles bureau chief for MTV News,[10] and they married on July 29 that year at Highclere Castle in Berkshire, England.[11] Hohnen filed for divorce on February 6, 2013, after 17 years of marriage. The couple have two sons.

Weber is a supporter of the Democratic Party.[12]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	The Flamingo Kid	Paul Hirsch
1985	Flanagan	Sean
1987	Hamburger Hill	Sergeant First Class Dennis Worcester
1987	The Little Fox	Adult Vic (voice)	English dub
1990	Angels	Rickie
1992	Single White Female	Sam Rawson
1993	The Temp	Brad Montroe
1994	Benders	The Man
1995	Just Looking	Craig
1995	Take Out the Beast	Drummond	Short film
1995	Jeffrey	Jeffrey
1995	Leaving Las Vegas	Marc Nussbaum
1995	Dracula: Dead and Loving It	Harker
1998	I Woke Up Early the Day I Died	Policeman in Alley
1998	Sour Grapes	Evan Maxwell
1998	Break Up	Officer Andrew Ramsey
1998	An All Dogs Christmas Carol	Charlie B. Barkin (voice)	Direct-to-video
1999	At First Sight	Duncan Allanbrook
2000	Timecode	Darren Fetzer
2000	Common Ground	Gil Roberts
2000	Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes	Hutch Rimes
2000	Joseph: King of Dreams	Simeon, Slave Trader (voice)
2004	Sexual Life	David Wharton
2005	Inside Out	Norman
2005	The Amateurs	Howard
2007	Choose Connor	Lawrence Connor
2008	Farm House	Samael
2008	Zip	Trip Stringer
2009	My One and Only	Wallace MacAllister
2011	Son of Mourning	Lt. Governor Fitch
2011	Being Bin Laden	Osama Bin Laden
2011	The Big Year	Rick McIntire
2011	A Little Bit of Heaven	Rob Randolph
2012	Leader of the Pack	Jerry	Short
2013	Crawlspace	Aldon Webber
2013	Tom, Dick & Harriet	Tom Burns
2014	Kiss Me	Arthur
2016	Amateur Night	Dr. Kurtz
2016	Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders	Alfred Pennyworth
2017	Ghost Recon Wildlands: War Within the Cartel	Deputy Director Davis	Short film
2017	Show Businesses	Bud	Short
2017	A Thousand Junkies	Moshe
2017	Handsome	Talbert Bacorn
2017	Batman vs. Two-Face	Alfred / Two-Face Henchmen
2018	The Perfection	Anton
2019	Soliloquy or The Goose	Dave (voice)	Short
TBA	You Above All		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	American Playhouse	Tom Driscoll	Episode: "Pudd'nhead Wilson"
1985	As the World Turns	Kevin Gibson	Episode: "The Ceremony"
1987	Crime Story	Gary Holiday	Episode: "Little Girl Lost"
1989	Kojak: Fatal Flaw	Conrad St. John	Television movie
1989	When We Were Young	Ben Kirkland	Television movie
1990–1997	Wings	Brian Michael Hackett	172 episodes
1990	The Kennedys of Massachusetts	Pres. John F. Kennedy	3 episodes
1990	In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing	Matt Fisher	Television movie
1991	Deception: A Mother's Secret	Terry	Television movie
1991	Tales from the Crypt	Dale Sweeney	Episode: "Mournin' Mess"
1993	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Colonel Day	Episode: "The Siege"
1993	In the Company of Darkness	Kyle Timler	Television movie
1994	Betrayed by Love	Agent Jeff Avery	Television movie
1996	Stories from the Edge		segment ("Take Out the Beast")
1995–1997	Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man	Brian Hackett (voice)	2 episodes
1997	Austin Powers' Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club	The Swingers Club
1996–1998	All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series	Charlie B. Barkin (voice)	20 episodes
1997	The Outer Limits	8x10 Man	Episode: "The Revelation of 'Becka Paulson"
1997	Extreme Ghostbusters	Francois Russo (voice)	Episode: "Dry Spells"
1997	The Shining	Jack Torrance	3 episodes Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television
1998	The Simpsons	Neil (voice)	Episode: "King of the Hill"
1998–1999	Hercules	Odysseus (voice)	2 episodes
1998	The New Batman Adventures	J. Carroll Corcoran (voice)	Episode: "Judgement Day"
1998	Thanks of a Grateful Nation	Jared Gallimore	Television movie
1999	Stark Raving Mad	Rod	Episode: "The Stalker"
1999	The Expert	Dr. John Hardy	Episode: "Pilot"
1999	Love Letters	Andrew Ladd	Television movie
1999	Late Last Night	Jeff	Television movie
2000–2001	Cursed	Jack Nagle	17 episodes
2000–2002	Once and Again	Sam Blue	10 episodes (recurring season 1; regular season 3)
2000–2002	Baby Blues	Dr. Gruber (voice)	2 episodes
2000	Common Ground	Gil Roberts	Television movie
2001	Club Land	Stuey Walters	Television movie
2000-2001	The Weber Show	Jack Nagle	17 episodes
2001	The Legend of Tarzan	Ed (voice)	Episode: "Tarzan and the Mysterious Visitor"
2002	The Zeta Project	Eugene Dolan (voice)	Episode: "Lost & Found"
2002–2003	Fillmore!	Various voices	4 episodes
2003	The Lyon's Den	Allen Forrester	Episode: "Trick or Treat"
2003	I'm with Her	Kyle Britton	Episode: "The Last Action Queero"
2004	The D.A.	Dist. Atty. David Franks	2 episodes
2004	Higglytown Heroes	Gardener Hero	Episode: "Twinkle Tooth"
2004	The Twelve Days of Christmas Eve	Calvin Carter	Television movie
2005	Reefer Madness	Jack Stone	Television movie
2005	American Dad!	(voice)	Episode: "Francine's Flashback"
2005	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"
2006	Stephen King's Desperation	Steve Ames	Television movie
2006–2007	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Jack Rudolph	18 episodes
2007	More of Me	Rex	Television movie
2007	Monk	Max Hudson	Episode: "Mr. Monk Is on the Air"
2007	Side Order of Life	James Kendall	Episode: "Funeral for a Phone"
2007	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	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"
2008	Without a Trace	Clark Medina	4 episodes
2008	Desperate Housewives	Lloyd	Episode: "City on Fire"
2009	Party Down	Ricky Sargulesh	Episode: "Celebrate Ricky Sargulesh"
2010	Happy Town	John Haplin	8 episodes
2010	In Plain Sight	Mike Faber	3 episodes
2010	Backwash	Oliver	Episode: "Chapter Eight: Lake Pupik"
2011	Wainy Days	Mr. Stickland	Episode: "Kelly and Arielle Part 3"
2011	Parenthood	Jack Kraft	Episode: "Slipping Away"
2011	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Ben Langston	Episode: "Cadaver"
2011	Falling Skies	Dr. Michael Harris	3 episodes
2009-2011	Web Therapy	Robert Lachman	5 episodes
2011	A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!	Hugh J. Magnate, Jr.	Television movie
2011	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 (voice)	28 episodes
2012	Hot in Cleveland	Kyle	2 episodes
2012	The Daly Show		Episode: "The Daly Wings"
2012	Leap Year	Remy Doyle	2 episodes
2012	Wilfred	Jeremy	3 episodes
2012–2016	2 Broke Girls	Martin Channing	3 episodes
2012	Ruth & Erica	2 episodes
2012	Malibu Country	Pete	Episode: "Bro Code"
2012	Duke	Terry Polaski	Television movie
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"
2013	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
2014	Bad Teacher	Ray	Episode: "What's Old Is New"
2014	How to Get Away with Murder	Max St. Vincent	Episode: "It's All Her Fault"
2014–2017	NCIS: New Orleans	Councilman/Mayor Douglas Hamilton	18 episodes
2015	Helix	Brother Michael	8 episodes
2015	Sleepy Hollow	President Thomas Jefferson	Episode: "What Lies Beneath"
2015	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–present	13 Reasons Why	Principal Gary Bolan	26 episodes
2017–2018	Ballers	Julian Anderson	5 episodes
2017	:Dryvrs	Doug	Episode: "Scare Tactics""
2017	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	Beyonder (voice)	4 episodes
2018	Marvel Rising: Initiation	George Stacy (voice)	2 episodes
2018-2019	Get Shorty	Lawrence Budd	11 episodes
2018	Channel Zero	Abel Carnacki	6 episodes
2019	Drunk History	Various	2 Episodes
2019	Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?	Alfred Pennyworth	Episode: "What a Night for a Dark Knight!"
2019	This Close	Michael's Dad	2 episodes
2019	The Bravest Knight	The Head Knight	3 episodes
2020	Indebted	Stew Klein	Main cast, 13 episodes

Theater

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		[6][7]
2002–2003	The Producers	Leo Bloom
2005	National Anthems	Arthur Cook	The Old Vic
2009	The Philanthropist	Donald
2013	The Parisian Woman	Tom

Radio/Podcast

Year	Title	Role
2016	We're Alive, Lockdown	Jeremy

References

1. "Births". The New York Times. March 12, 1961. p. 87. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
2. "Steven Weber biography". Retrieved December 2, 2016.
3. "Steven Weber profile". SouthJersey.com. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
4. "In a Sense, Abroad Part Trois: I's Real, Oy!". huffingtonpost.com. November 25, 2011. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
5. "Tisha Campbell-Martin, Hamish Linklater and Steven Weber Complete Cast of MAMMA MIA! at The Hollywood Bowl". Broadway World. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
6. Brennan, Patricia (1993-01-03). "WEBER FOLDS 'WINGS' ROLE TO PLAY KILLER". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
7. Arkatov, Janice (1992-09-19). "'Wings' Quipster Steven Weber Gets to Play Darker Roles Too". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
8. "Steven Weber of Wings Getting Divorced". People. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
9. Lynn, Allison (May 29, 2013). "Passages". People. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
10. "Star Tracks". People. March 13, 1995. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
11. Lynn, Allison (August 21, 1995). "Passages". People. Archived from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
12. Weber, Steven (2011-10-24). "Comedy Relief". HuffPost. Retrieved 2020-06-22.

External links

• Steven Weber on IMDb
• Steven Weber at the Internet Broadway Database
• Steven Weber at Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Steven Weber's Huffington Post Blog