Steven Weber (actor)

Steven Robert Weber (born March 4, 1961) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Brian Hackett on the television series '' Wings'', and as Dr. Dean Archer on NBC’s Chicago Med. He also voiced Charlie B. Barkin in '' All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series'', and portrayed Jack Torrance in the TV miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's '' The Shining''. He had a recurring role on '' iZombie'' as Vaughn du Clark. He played Mayor Douglas Hamilton on '' NCIS: New Orleans'' in a recurring role and starred as Sergeant First Class Dennis Worcester in '' Hamburger Hill'' (1987).

Early life

Weber was born in Queens, New York. His mother, Fran (née Frankel), was a nightclub singer, and his father, Stuart Weber, was a nightclub performer and manager of Borscht Belt comedians. Weber is Jewish and embraces his heritage despite not having received a formal religious education. 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. 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" before winning a role as Julianne Moore's ill-tempered and ill-fated boyfriend on the CBS daytime drama ''As the World Turns'' in 1985–1986. 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 films '' Single White Female'' and '' Jeffrey''.

Weber first appeared on Broadway in Tom Stoppard's '' The Real Thing'' 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 film 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 several audiobooks, including King's novel '' It'' and works by Harlan Coben and Dean Koontz. 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 2008–2009 season of the CBS crime drama ''Without a Trace''.

He was part of the cast of the ABC show '' Happy Town'' and had a major role in the television film '' A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!'' in which he played the villain Hugh Magnate. 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''. As of 2021, he is a series regular on the NBC procedural ''Chicago Med'' as Dr. Dean Archer.

Personal life

Weber was married to actress Finn Carter from 1985 to 1992.

In 1995, he became engaged to Juliette Hohnen, then the Los Angeles bureau chief for MTV News, and they married on July 29 that year at Highclere Castle in Berkshire, England. In March 2013, it was reported that the couple filed for divorce. They have two sons.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Radio/podcast/audio book

References

External links

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Steven Weber
at Internet Off-Broadway Database

Steven Weber's Huffington Post Blog

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1961 births
Living people
American people of Jewish descent
American male comedians
American male film actors
American male soap opera actors
American male television actors
American male voice actors
Audiobook narrators
Comedians from Queens, New York
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School alumni
Jewish American male actors
Jewish American comedians
Jewish male comedians
Male actors from Queens, New York
New York (state) Democrats
People from Briarwood, Queens
State University of New York at Purchase alumni
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
21st-century American Jews