Bob Stephenson (actor)

Bob Stephenson
Born	Robert J. Stephenson (1967-05-18) May 18, 1967 (age 57) Oxnard, California, U.S.
Education	University of California at Santa Barbara
Occupations	Actor producer screenwriter
Years active	1995–present

Robert J. Stephenson (born May 18, 1967) is an American film and television actor, film producer and screenwriter who is best known as Sheriff Jimmy Taylor on the CBS TV series Jericho .

Life

Stephenson was born in Oxnard, California. He attended college at University of California at Santa Barbara. He starred as a lazy man in the video for the song "Lazy" by English music group X-Press 2 sung by the American singer David Byrne of Talking Heads, which reached number 2 in the United Kingdom, number 1 on the U.S. Dance Charts and number 1 in Syria in 2002. Along with fellow actor and good friend Tom Hanks he shares a love of the English Premier League team Aston Villa. ^[1]

Filmography

Actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Seven	Cop on SWAT Team
1997	Con Air	Ted, Pilot
	The Game	Assassin Kartmann
1998	Two of a Kind	Frankenstein	Episode: "Nightmare on Carrie's Street"
	Felicity	Officer Dennis	Episode: "Drawing the Line: Part 2"
1999	Sleeping Beauties	Record Executive	Short
	Fight Club	Airport Security Officer
	Veronica's Closet	Fred	Episode: "Veronica's June Swoon"
	Profiler	Phil Mazzotta	Episode: "Original Sin"
2000	Architecture of Reassurance	Suburban Man	Short
	Charlie's Angels	Red Star Systems Director
2001	Judging Amy	Mr. Dimeola	Episode: "The Undertow"
2002	Ally McBeal	Peter	Episode: "Tom Dooley"
	Adaptation	David
2003	Dragnet	Clerk	Episode: "The Cutting of the Swath"
	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	Crazed Fan
2004	Breakin' All the Rules	Ticket Master
	Catalina View	Frank	Short
2005	Thumbsucker	Debate Official
	The Big Empty	Doctor #1	Short
2006	Friends with Money	Marty
	Close to Home	Michael Brandt	Episode: "Reasonable Doubts"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Super	Episode: "Way to Go"
	The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman	Branchard Massit	Episode: "Nemesisyphus"
	School for Scoundrels	Classmate
	The Ex	Doug
2006–2008	Jericho	Jimmy Taylor	24 episodes
2007	Zodiac	Zodiac 3
	Day 73 with Sarah	Tom	Short
	Transformers	Xbox Guy
2008	Without a Trace	Sean Hall	Episode: "Last Call"
2009	Eleventh Hour	Daniel Harris	Episode: "Miracle"
	Logorama	Ronald McDonald / Michelin Man / Police Officer Mike	Short, Voice
	Stolen Lives	Mike the Bartender
	The Janky Promoters	Cameraman
	The Patient	Bob	Short
2009–2010	The Forgotten	Walter Bailey	17 episodes
2010	$#*! My Dad Says	Steve	Episode: "Not Without My Jacket"
2011	Our Idiot Brother	Officer Washburn
	Larry Crowne	Andrews
	Hick	Lux
	Division III: Football's Finest	Coach Ervin
	Last Man Standing	Marvin	Episode: "Home Security"
2012	Seeking a Friend for the End of the World	Officer Wally Johnson
2013	Vegas	Fred LaForge	Episode: "Paiutes"
	Full Circle	Sidney Waverly
	Bad Words	Bill Murhoff
	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Gary	Episode: "Pilot"
2014	Mom	Edward	Episode: "Fireballs and Bullet Holes"
2016	Nerdland	Friendly Cop / Confused Guy #1	Voice
	Why Him?	Jerry in Graphics
2017	Twin Peaks	Frank	Episode: "Part 5"
	We Love You, Sally Carmichael!	Dave Sinnott
	Lady Bird	Father Walther
	Battle of the Sexes	Sugar Daddy PR Guy
	El Camino Christmas	Dennis the Dental Hygenist
2018	A Futile and Stupid Gesture	Construction Worker
	Making Babies	Gordon
	Vice	Rush Limbaugh
2019	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Janitor Randy	Episode: "The Bimbo"
	Lying and Stealing	Mr. Oklahoma
	Adam Ruins Everything	Dominic's Uncle	Episode: "Adam Ruins Cops"
2020	Cowboys	Sheriff George Jenkins
2021	The Chair	IT Support Technician
2021	Ultrasound	Art
2022	Top Gun: Maverick	Senior Engineer
2023	Scavengers Reign	Sam (voice)
2025	Common Side Effects	Connor / Samurai (voice)	2 episodes

Producer

• The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)
• Thumbsucker (2005)

Screenwriter

• Southlander (2001)

References

1. "Why Tom Hanks supports Aston Villa as Hollywood star makes surprise Villa Park appearance". Birmingham Mail.

External links

• Bob Stephenson at IMDb