Portrait of Fisher Stevens

Fisher Stevens

Acting

Biography

Stephen Fisher, known professionally as Fisher Stevens, is an American actor, director, producer and writer. As an actor, he is best known for his portrayals of Ben in Short Circuit (1986) and Short Circuit 2 (1988). He is also a documentary filmmaker, having won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for The Cove (2009). He also directed the documentaries Crazy Love (2007) and Before the Flood (2016). Stevens is known for his roles in films such as Reversal of Fortune (1990), Bob Roberts (1992), Hackers (1995), Anything Else (2003), and Hail, Caesar! (2016). He has acted in the Wes Anderson films The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Isle of Dogs (2018), The French Dispatch (2021), and Asteroid City (2023). In television he portrayed Chuck Fishman in CBS series Early Edition (1996–2000), Marvin Gerard on NBC's The Blacklist (2015–2022), Gabriel Kovac in CBS's The Good Fight (2017–2020), and Hugo Baker in the HBO drama series Succession (2019–2023).

Born: November 27, 1963

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Filmography

2025
2024
Sing: Thriller

as Additional Voices (voice)

2024
Coup!

as Upton Sinclair

2024
RIPLEY

as Edward T. Cavanach, Esq. (uncredited)

2023
Asteroid City

as Detective #1

2021
Sing 2

as Additional Voices (voice)

2021
The French Dispatch

as Story Editor

2021
Palmer

as Additional Voices (voice)

2018
Basketball: A Love Story

as Narrator (voice)

2018
Succession

as Hugo Baker

2018
Isle of Dogs

as Scrap (voice)

2017
The Good Fight

as Gabriel Kovac

2016
Vice Principals

as Brian Biehn

2016
The Night Of

as Saul the Pharmacist

2016
Hail, Caesar!

as Communist Writer

2014
2014
Red Oaks

as Jerry

2014
United Passions

as Carl Hirschmann

2014
2013
The Blacklist

as Marvin Gerard

2012
Elementary

as Marty Ward

2012
The Legend of Korra

as Shady Shin (voice)

2012
LOL

as Roman

2012
One for the Money

as Morty Beyers

2011
Fake

as Agent Tom Kozinski

2010
2010
2010
The Experiment

as Archaleta

2010
Henry's Crime

as Eddie Vibes

2008
The Mentalist

as Tolman Bunting

2007
Awake

as Dr. Puttnam

2007
Californication

as Zig Semetauer

2007
Damages

as Therapist

2007
Fired!

as Self

2006
2006
Ugly Betty

as Mr. Z

2005
Slow Burn

as Alan Turlock

2005
Undiscovered

as Garrett Schweck

2005
Factotum

as Manny

2005
Numb3rs

as John Buckley

2005
Medium

as Neal Greybridge

2004
Lost

as George Minkowski

2003
Replay

as Blu

2003
Easy Sex

as Officer Donny

2003
Hope & Faith

as Nick Spinelli

2003
Anything Else

as Manager

2003
Uptown Girls

as Fisher Stevens

2003
Kill the Poor

as Stuffed Shirt

2002
Private Eye Princess

as Rasputini / Spanish Dancer (voice)

2002
Hack

as Donnie Franco

2002
Undisputed

as James 'Ratbag' Kroycek

2001
Jenifer

as Dr. Aaron Sanders

2001
3 A.M.

as Haplin

2001
Prison Song

as Prosecutor

2001
Sam the Man

as Sam Manning

2000
Lisa Picard Is Famous

as Fisher Stevens

1999
Taxman

as Kenneth Green

1998
The Tic Code

as Morris

1997
1996
Early Edition

as Chuck Fishman

1996
1995
Hackers

as Eugene Belford / 'The Plague' / Mr. Babbage

1995
1995
Cold Fever

as Jack

1994
Friends

as Roger

1994
Only You

as Larry Corvatch

1993
Frasier

as Sheldon Morey

1993
1993
1993
Key West

as Seamus O'Neill

1992
Hero

as Director of Channel 4 Crash Feature

1992
Bob Roberts

as Rock Bork

1991
Mystery Date

as Dwight

1991
1990
Reversal of Fortune

as David Marriott

1990
Law & Order

as Defense Attorney Ross Fineman

1989
Bloodhounds of Broadway

as Hotfoot Harry

1988
Short Circuit 2

as Ben Jahrvi

1986
Ponce de Leon

as Indian Chief

1986
Short Circuit

as Ben Jabituya

1986
The Boss' Wife

as Carlos Delgado

1985
Tall Tales & Legends

as Indian Chief

1985
My Science Project

as Vince Latello

1984
The Flamingo Kid

as Hawk Ganz

1984
1983
Baby It's You

as Stage Manager

1981
The Burning

as Woodstock

1971
Columbo

as Alex Brady