Fisher Stevens

Biography for Fisher Stevens

Fisher Stevens moved from his native Chicago to New York at the age of 13 to pursue an acting career. He tried, unsuccessfully, to get any kind of job and was, he recalls, even rejected as extra for a Crest commercial.

When his acting teacher, Dan Fauci, lost the lease to his teaching studio, he rented Fisher's loft and built a stage in the living room. He later studied with Uta Hagen. His first professional theatrical production was playing Tiny Tim's brother, Harry, in the musical version of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" in the basement of an off-off-off Broadway theatre when he was 14. Since then he has performed in more than 20 stage productions including 544 performances in Harvey Fierstein's "Torch Song Triology", both on and off Broadway. He also played Eugene in Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memories". Most recently, he played the leads in Thomas Babe's "Carrying School Children", "Almost Romance" opposite Helen Slater and Jules Feiffer's "Little Murders" with Christine Lahti. He also sang and danced in the musicals "Miami" by Wendy Wasserstein and the late Michael Bennett's Broadway production of "Scandal" with Swoosie Kurtz and Treat Williams. He also appeared in the recent New York City Shakespeare Festival production of "A Midsummer Nights Dream".

Fisher made his motion picture debut getting his head chopped off in the horror film The Burning (1981) when he was 16-years-old. After that he appeared in Baby It's You (1983) and The Brother from Another Planet (1984). He co-starred with Matt Dillon in the hit comedy film The Flamingo Kid (1984) where he met the then fledgling producer Gary Foster.

In television he has performed in ABC's "Ryan's Hope" (1975), Showtime's "Tall Tales and Legends" (1985) and CBS' "Early Edition" (1996).

Despite having lived in New York City for more than a decade, where, with some other actors, Stevens has started an off-off-off Broadway theatre company called Naked Angels, he insists that he is still a fan of the Chicago Cubs.

Fisher Stevens is an American player, producer, director and screenwriter born November 27, 1963 in Chicago.

He started his acting career in 1981 in the film "The Burning" then he chained films in a low budget for many years like "Call-moi Johnny 5" in 1988 or "Super Mario Bros" in 1992.

From 1994 he decided to get started on the small screen and more particularly in the series. That same year (1994) he played in episode 13 of season 1 of "Friends" ...

In 1996 he obtained the role of Chuck Fishman in the series "Tomorrow at the front page", he will play the role during the first two season before disappearing, he will still make some appearances in season 3 and 4 later.

Subsequently he continues his way and plays small role in other series such as "Le Vuitique de l'Ombre" (2002), "The family star" (2003) or "New York Criminal Section" (2004 ). In 2007, he joined the LOST series.

Fisher Stevens is an American player, director and producer born November 27, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois. He is best known for his role in the film The Grand Budapest Hotel by Wes Anderson and for having played the role of Ben Jabituya in the television series Friends. Stevens began his career in the late 1980s by playing in theatrical productions in New York. He then made his cinema debut in 1986 in the Filmshort Circuit, in which he played the role of Ben Jahveri. He also played in films such as The Flamingo Kid, The Lost Boys, and Bright Lights, Big City. In addition to his acting work, Stevens also produced and produced several films, including Just A Kiss and Stand Up Guys. It is also known for its commitment to protecting the environment and has co-founded the non-governmental organization Ocean Future Society.

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• Creation date: 02/03/2008 by abdest