Fisher Stevens Biography

Fisher Stevens born Steven Fisher is an American actor, director, producer and writer best known for his portrayals of Ben Jabituya in Short Circuit (renamed “Ben Jahveri” in the sequel), villainous computer genius Eugene “The Plague” Belford in Hackers and Chuck Fishman on the 1990s television series Early Edition.

Stevens’ most recent successes include the 2010 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for his film The Cove and the 2008 Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature for his film Crazy Love.

In addition, Stevens has directed the Leonardo DiCaprio-produced documentary Before the Flood, which is executively produced by Martin Scorsese, has screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, and was screened by National Geographic on October 21, 2016.

Fisher Stevens Age

He was born on November 27, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. He is 59 years old as of 2022.

Fisher Stevens Height

Stevens’ stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches tall.

Fisher Stevens Family

Fisher is the son of Sally, a painter and AIDS activist and Norman Fisher, a furniture executive.. He has a sister named Sally Fisher.

Fisher Stevens Wife

He is married to producer Alexis Bloom and together they have a daughter named Paloma.

Fisher Stevens Net Worth

Stevens’ estimated net worth is around $1 million to $5million.

Fisher Stevens Salary

Stevens’ earns an estimated salary of about $10000 to $50000 annually.

Fisher Stevens Career

Fisher co-founded the Naked Angels Theater Company with longtime friends Nicole Burdette, Rob Morrow, Nancy Travis, Pippin Parker, Charles Landry and Ned Eisenberg in 1986. In 1996, he co-founded Greene Street Films, a film-production company located in Tribeca, New York City.

In 2003, Stevens performed as Edgar Allan Poe on Lou Reed’s album The Raven. He is also an accomplished harmonica player.

As an actor, Stevens is known for his portrayals of Chuck Fishman on Early Edition, Iggy in Super Mario Bros., Seamus O’Neill on Key West, Eugene “The Plague” Belford in Hackers, Hawk Ganz in The Flamingo Kid, and his role as Ben Jabituya/Jahveri in Short Circuit and Short Circuit 2.

Fisher’s television credits include Friends, Columbo, Key West, Frasier, Law & Order, Damages, and Lost. He also appeared on two episodes of the television series Numb3rs. Throughout his career, Fisher has acted in and directed more than 50 stage productions.

In 2010, Fisher Stevens co-founded a new media and documentary film company, Insurgent Media, with Andrew Karsch and Erik H. Gordon.

Fisher Stevens Broadway

Stevens also has a Broadway and off-Broadway career spanning nearly three decades. He played a role as Jigger Craigin in the 1994 Lincoln Center revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel.

In 1982, he had an early success in the Broadway production of Torch Song Trilogy playing David, the adopted son of the gay protagonist played by the show’s writer Harvey Fierstein, and the original Broadway production of Brighton Beach Memoirs, where he succeeded Matthew Broderick in the starring role of Eugene.

In June 2010, he made his major theatrical directing debut with John Leguizamo’s one-man show, Ghetto Klown (originally called Klass Klown), which eventually ran on Broadway from March to July 2011. The two had appeared together in a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Public Theater about 20 years earlier.

On July 13, 2012, PBS debuted Tales From a Ghetto Klown, a documentary about the development of the show which prominently features Fisher Stevens.

Fisher Stevens Short Circuit

In an interview Stevens’ opened up about the role in the sci-fi comedy Short Circuit, He said that although it was a good movie, he would never play that part again. Originally his character was a white grad student but was later changed to be an Indian character by the director and co-writer.

Fisher Stevens Neck

Fisher is rumored to have neck cancer given that his huge head contrasts with his small neck.

Fisher Stevens illness

Stevens is a Hodgkin lymphoma survivor.

Fisher Stevens Movies

• The Burning (1981)
• Baby It’s You (1983)
• The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
• The Flamingo Kid (1984)
• My Science Project (1985)
• Short Circuit (1986)
• The Boss’ Wife (1986)
• Short Circuit 2 (1988)
• Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
• Point of View (1990)
• Reversal of Fortune (1990)
• The Marrying Man (1991)
• Mystery Date (1991)
• Lift (1992)
• Bob Roberts (1992)
• Hero (1992)
• When the Party’s Over (1993)
• Super Mario Bros. (1993)
• Nina Takes a Lover (1994)
• Only You (1994)
• Cold Fever (1995)
• Hackers (1995)
• The Pompatus of Love (1996)
• Four Days in September (also known as O Que É Isso, Companheiro?) (1997)
• The Taxman (1999)
• The Tic Code (1999)
• Sam the Man (2000)
• 3 A.M. (2001)
• Prison Song (2001)
• Piñero (2001)
• Undisputed (2002)
• Kill the Poor (2003)
• Uptown Girls (2003)
• Anything Else (2003)
• Easy Six (2003)
• Reply (2003)
• On the Couch (2004)
• Factotum (2005)
• Undiscovered (2005)
• Slow Burn (2005)
• Kettle of Fish (2006)
• Red Angel (2007)
• Awake (2007)
• Fake (2010)
• Rio Sex Comedy (2010)
• Rising Stars (2010)
• The Experiment (2010)
• Henry’s Crime (2010)
• One for the Money (2012)
• LOL (2012)
• Movie 43 (2013)
• The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
• Mission Blue (2014)
• United Passions (2014)
• Hail, Caesar! (2016)
• Isle of Dogs (2018)
• Motherless Brooklyn (2019)
• The French Dispatch (TBA)

Television films

• The Right To Remain Silent (1996)
• Jenifer (2001)
• Is It College Yet? (2002)
• The Lives They Lived (2003)
• The Green Teem (2009)

Television

• One Life to Live (early 1980s)
• Ryan’s Hope (1983)
• CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984, 1 episode)
• Tall Tales & Legends (1986, 1 episode)
• Columbo “Murder, Smoke and Shadows” (1989, 1 episode, as Alex Brady, the murderer)
• The Young Riders (1990, 1 episode)
• The General Motors Playwrights Theater (1991, 1 episode)
• Key West (1993, 13 episodes)
• Friends (1995, 1 episode)
• Homicide: Life on the Street (1995, 1 episode)
• Law & Order (1995, 1 episode)
• Early Edition (1996–2000, 48 episodes)
• The Hunger (2000, 1 episode)
• Frasier (2001, 1 episode)
• 100 Centre Street (2001, 1 episode)
• The Moth (2002, 1 episode)
• Hack (2002, 1 episode)
• Hope & Faith (2004, 1 episode)
• Vegas (2004, 1 episode)
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2004, 2007, 2 episodes)
• It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2008, 1 episode)
• Lost (2008, 2010, 5 episodes)
• Medium (2009, 1 episode)
• Numb3rs (2009, 2 episodes)
• Ugly Betty (2010, 1 episode)
• The Mentalist (2010, 1 episode)
• Californication (2011)
• Damages (2011)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2012, 2016, 2 episodes)
• Elementary (2015, 1 episode)
• The Blacklist (2015 – 2017, 4 episodes)
• The Night Of (2016, 2 episodes)
• Vice Principals (2017)
• The Good Fight (2017, 2018, 2 episodes)

Director

• Call of the Wylie (1995)
• Phinehas (1996)
• Early Edition (1998–1999, 2 episodes)
• Just a Kiss (2002), nominated for the Open Palm Award for outstanding directorial debut
• Crazy Love (2007), co-directed with Dan Klores
• John Leguizamo – Ghetto Klown (2010-11), opened on Broadway, March 2011
• Stand Up Guys (2012)
• Before the Flood[9] (2016)
• Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016)

Producer

• Sam the Man (2000)
• The Château (2001)
• Piñero (2001)
• Swimfan (2002)
• Uptown Girls (2003)
• Yes (2004)
• Slow Burn (2005)
• A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
• Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (2006)
• Wedding Daze (2006)
• Crazy Love (2007)
• Meet Bill (2007)
• Feast of Love (2007)
• Awake (2007)
• The Midnight Meat Train (2008)
• The Grean Teem (2009)
• Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach (2009)
• Tenderness (2009)
• The Cove (2009)
• Blank City (2011)
• Hollywood Renegade (2011) (in production)
• Bad Trip (2011) (in production)
• Mission Blue (2011)
• Beware of Mr. Baker (2012)
• Racing Extinction (2015)
• Sky Ladder – The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang (2016)
• Before the Flood[9] (2016)

Written work

• Sam the Man (2000, story)
• The Grean Teem (2009, story)
• The Highest Tide (2009, screenplay)

Narrator

• Secondhand Souls: A Novel by Christopher Moore
• A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
• Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
• The Highest Tide: A Novel by Jim Lynch