Scott Weinger (born October 5, 1975) is an American actor. He is best known as the voice of
the Disney character Aladdin in
the 1992 animated film and various follow-ups, and as Steve Hale on the
ABC sitcom ''
Full House
''Full House'' is an American television sitcom created by Jeff Franklin for American Broadcasting Company, ABC. The show is about the recently widowed father Danny Tanner who enlists his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis and childhood best friend ...
'' and its
Netflix
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sequel ''
Fuller House''. For
ABC, he wrote and produced for the television sitcoms ''
Galavant'' and ''
Black-ish'' and was a co-executive producer of ''
The Muppets
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''.
Early life
Weinger graduated from
Harvard University
Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...
in 1998 ''magna cum laude'' with a degree in English and American Literature. He is
Jewish
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.
Career
Weinger's first professional acting work was a national commercial for Ideal Toys. His first acting role was in ''
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach''. After guest-starring on
ABC's ''
Life Goes On'', Weinger became a series regular on the situation comedy ''
The Family Man'' on
CBS. His next regular role in a series came as
Steve Hale on the sitcom ''
Full House
''Full House'' is an American television sitcom created by Jeff Franklin for American Broadcasting Company, ABC. The show is about the recently widowed father Danny Tanner who enlists his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis and childhood best friend ...
'' from 1991 to 1995 after he had guest-starred on one episode during its fifth season as the similarly named Steve Peters. During the run of ''Full House'', Weinger made his motion-picture debut as the voice of
Aladdin
Aladdin ( ; , , ATU 561, 'Aladdin') is a Middle-Eastern folk tale. It is one of the best-known tales associated with '' One Thousand and One Nights'' (often known in English as ''The Arabian Nights''), despite not being part of the original ...
in Disney's
1992 animated feature of the same name.

Weinger went on to several small roles in television programs, starred in a horror comedy film, 2003's ''
Shredder'', and provided his voice for
Osamu Tezuka
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's ''
Metropolis
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A big city b ...
'' and the 3D Disney film ''
Mickey's PhilharMagic''. He had a guest appearance on the
NBC's ''
Scrubs'' for the season 6 episode "
My Coffee" as Dr. Kershnar. He played Officer Rubin on ''
What I Like About You''. From 2016 until 2020, Weinger reprised his role of Steve Hale on the ''Full House'' spin-off series ''
Fuller House''.
Weinger was cast as
Aladdin
Aladdin ( ; , , ATU 561, 'Aladdin') is a Middle-Eastern folk tale. It is one of the best-known tales associated with '' One Thousand and One Nights'' (often known in English as ''The Arabian Nights''), despite not being part of the original ...
, the street urchin in
Walt Disney Pictures
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' animated
feature film of the same name. He reprised his role multiple times off the big screen including
the CBS television series and direct-to-video sequels ''
The Return of Jafar
''The Return of Jafar'' (retroactively titled ''Aladdin: The Return of Jafar'' on later releases) is a 1994 American direct-to-video animated musical film, musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures Disney Television Animation, and Tele ...
'' and ''
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
''Aladdin and the King of Thieves'' (also known as ''Aladdin 3: The King of Thieves'') is a 1996 American direct-to-video animated musical fantasy adventure film produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. It is the second sequel to Disney's 19 ...
''. His voice would also be used for several video games including the ''
Kingdom Hearts'' series, ''
Kinect Disneyland Adventures'', and
Disney Infinity series.
Weinger has written and produced for television, receiving his first writing credit on
the WB
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television show ''
Like Family''. Other writing credits include ''
What I Like About You'' and ''
Privileged''. From 2009 to 2013, he was a writer-producer for ''
90210'', penning the series' 100th episode. After the series ended, he returned to comedy, becoming a writer-producer for ''
The Neighbors'', ''
Galavant'', ''
Black-ish'', and ''
The Muppets
The Muppets are an American ensemble cast of puppet characters known for an surreal humor, absurdist, slapstick, burlesque, and self-referential humor, self-referential style of Musical theatre, musical Variety show, variety-sketch comedy. Cre ...
''.
Personal life
Weinger has been married to television writer and producer
Rina Mimoun since 2008; together they have a son who was born in 2009.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
Production credits
Writer
Producer
References
External links
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1975 births
Living people
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
American male child actors
American male film actors
American male television actors
American male television writers
American male video game actors
American male voice actors
American television writers
Harvard College alumni
Jewish American male actors
Jewish American television writers
Male actors from New York City
NSU University School alumni
Screenwriters from New York (state)
Television producers from New York City
21st-century American Jews
Disney people