Steve Guttenberg on screen and stage

Steve Guttenberg
Guttenberg in October 2013
Born	Steven Robert Guttenberg (1958-08-24) August 24, 1958 (age 66) Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Years active	1977–present

Steve Guttenberg is an American actor, author, businessman, producer, and director. He is known for his lead roles in Hollywood films of the 1980s and 1990s, including Cocoon , Police Academy , Three Men and a Baby , Diner , The Bedroom Window , Three Men and a Little Lady , The Big Green , and Short Circuit .

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1977	Rollercoaster	Messenger	Uncredited
	The Chicken Chronicles	David Kessler	Credited as Steven Guttenberg	[1]
1978	The Boys from Brazil	Barry Kohler		[2]
1979	Players	Rusty		[3]
1980	Can't Stop the Music	Jack Morell		[4]
1982	Diner	Edward 'Eddie' Simmons		[5]
1983	The Man Who Wasn't There	Sam Cooper		[6]
1984	Police Academy	Carey Mahoney		[7]
1985	Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment			[8]
	Cocoon	Jack Bonner		[9]
	Bad Medicine	Jeff Marx		[10]
1986	Police Academy 3: Back in Training	Sergeant Carey Mahoney		[11]
	Short Circuit	Newton Crosby		[12]
1987	The Bedroom Window	Terry Lamdbert		[13]
	Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol	Carey Mahoney		[14]
	Amazon Women on the Moon	Jerry	Credited as Steven Guttenberg	[15]
	Surrender	Marty Caesar		[16]
	Three Men and a Baby	Michael Kellam		[17]
1988	High Spirits	Jack Crawford		[18]
	Cocoon: The Return	Jack Bonner		[19]
1990	Don't Tell Her It's Me	Gus Kubicek		[20]
	Three Men and a Little Lady	Michael Kellam		[21]
1995	The Big Green	Sheriff Tom Palmer		[22]
	Home for the Holidays	Walter Wedman		[23]
	It Takes Two	Roger Callaway		[24]
1997	Zeus and Roxanne	Terry Barnett		[25]
	Casper: A Spirited Beginning	Tim Carson
1998	Airborne	Bill McNeil
	Overdrive	Matt Stricker
	Home Team	Henry Butler
2002	P.S. Your Cat Is Dead!	Jimmy Zoole	Also director, producer, and writer	[26]
2003	The Stranger	The Stranger	Short film
2005	Domino One	Casey
2006	Mojave Phone Booth	Barry		[27]
2008	Jackson	Businessman
	Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous	Sidney Green
2009	Fatal Rescue	Jacob Jones
	Shannon's Rainbow	Ed
	The Gold Retrievers	Wade Black
	Heidi 4 Paws	Sebastian	Voice
	Help Me, Help You	Steve
	Cornered!	Morty
2010	Ay Lav Yu	Christopher
	Duckwalls	Mickey Beasn	Short film
2011	A Novel Romance	Nate Shepard	Also executive producer	[28]
2012	Highway to Hell	JJ
	I Heart Shakey	Stubbs
	Making Change	Trafton	Also executive producer
2013	Quick to Duck	Mickey Beans
2014	Affluenza	Philip Miller
	At the Top of the Pyramid	Principal Dickson
2015	A Man Before His Time	Narrator	Documentary; voice
	Running on Empathy		Short film
2016	Lookin' Up	Edgar
	Alternative Universe: A Rescue Mission	Verstag
2017	Ay Lav Yu Tuu	Christopher
	Chasing the Blues	Dan McKenna
	After Party	Alan
2018	Miss Arizona	Gary
	Bigger	Louis Weider
	Lez Bomb	Mike		[29]
	Hangover in Death Valley	JJ
2019	Heckle	Ray Kelly
	Trauma Center	Dr. Jones
2020	Rifkin's Festival	Jake Rifkin
	Original Gangster	Jean-Baptiste Philippe
	Roe v. Wade	Justice Powell
TBA	American Summer		Filming [30]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1977	Something for Joey	Mike Cappelletti	Television film
1979	Family	Philip	Episode: "An Apple for the Teacher"
	Billy	Billy Fisher	8 episodes
1980	To Race the Wind	Harold Krents	Television film
	Magic Night	Himself
1981	Miracle on Ice	Jim Craig		[31]
1982	No Soap, Radio	Roger	5 episodes
1983	The Day After	Stephen Klein	Television film; credited as Steven Guttenberg	[32]
1984	The Ferret	Sam Valenti	Television film
1986	Tall Tales & Legends	Pecos Bill	Episode: "Pecos Bill"
	Saturday Night Live	Himself (Host)	Episode: "Steve Guttenberg/The Pretenders"
1988	CBS Schoolbreak Special		Executive producer (episode: "Gangs")
1990	The Joan Rivers Show	Himself (Guest)	Episode: "9.18.1990"
1991	48th Golden Globe Awards	Himself (Host)	TV special
1993	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Tom Hardgrove	Also director Episode: "Love Off Limits"
1997	Tower of Terror	Buzzy Crocker	Television film
2004	Rocket Power	Billie Joe	Voice, episode: "Island of the Menehune"
	Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus	Nick Claus	Television film
2005	The Poseidon Adventure	Richard Clarke
	Meet the Santas	Nick Claus
2005–2006	Veronica Mars	Woody Goodman	8 episodes
2007	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Clay Darren, Sr.	Episode: "Courtship"
2008	Dancing with the Stars	Himself (Contestant)	7 episodes (season 6)
	According to Jim	Himself	Episode: "Two for the Money"
2010	Party Down		Episode: "Steve Guttenberg's Birthday"
2012	Watch What Happens: Live	Himself (Guest)	Episode: "Steven Guttenberg/Joey Lawrence"
2015	Sons of Liberty	Jack Bonner	Miniseries Episode: "A Dangerous Game"
	Community	Maury	Episode: "Intro to Recycled Cinema"
	The Mysteries of Laura	Himself	Episode: "The Mystery of the Deceased Documentarian"
2015	Lavalantula	Colton West	Television film	[33]
2016	Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens			[34]
	2 Lava 2 Lantula!			[35]
2017	The Other F Word	Professor George Mueller	2 episodes
	Ballers	Wayne Hastings, Jr.	8 episodes
2018	Paper Empire	Saul	Episode: "#1.1"
2019–2021, 2023	The Goldbergs	Dr. Katman	7 episodes
2019	Schooled		1 episode
2020	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Himself	1 episode
	Into the Dark	Don	1 episode
2021	Paper Empire	Saul	2 episodes
2023	How to Murder Your Husband: The Nancy Brophy Story	Daniel Brophy	Television film	[36]
2025	High Potential	Phil Elko	Episode: "The RAMs"
2025	Kidnapped by a Killer: The Heather Robinson Story	John Edward Robinson	Television film	[37]
2025	Now We Know!	Himself (Host)		[38]

Music videos

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1989	"Liberian Girl"	Himself	artist: Michael Jackson	[39]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2005	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Unknown	Voice

Dancing with the Stars

Season 6 performances

Week#	Dance / Song	Judge's scores			Result	Ref.
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Foxtrot / "(Up a) Lazy River"	6	6	6	No Elimination
2	Mambo / "I Got a Girl"	6	5	5	Safe
3	Tango / "Jalousie"	7	7	7	Eliminated

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1990	Prelude to a Kiss	Peter Hoskins	Helen Hayes Theatre
1990	The Boys Next Door	Jack Palmer	Comedy Theatre in London, England
1990	Furthest From the Sun	Zach
2011-2012	Relatively Speaking	Jerry Spector	Brooks Atkinson Theatre
2023	Gutenberg! The Musical!	Producer	James Earl Jones Theatre

References

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