Stephen Tobolowsky

Character actor Stephen Tobolowsky was born on May 30, 1951 in Dallas, Texas. Over the past three decades, Tobolowsky has racked up a lengthy list of roles in movies and television across many different genres.

While Tobolowsky initially attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas with the intention of studying geology, he was quickly drawn in to acting there. He later attended the University of Illinois for one year.

Tobolowsky worked primarily in theater during his early career, and wrote and directed a few plays including "Two Idiots in Hollywood" and "True Stories". His film career took off in the 1980s, though, thanks to roles in Um Passo para o Futuro (1984), Um Casal mais que Perfeito (1986), S.O.S. - Tem um Louco Solto no Espaço (1987), and Mississippi em Chamas (1988). Since then, Tobolowsky has appeared in many popular movies including Alta Tensão (1990), Instinto Selvagem (1992), Feitiço do Tempo (1993), Assassinatos na Rádio WBN (1994), Assassinato em Primeiro Grau (1995), Mr. Magoo (1997), O Informante (1999), Amnésia (2000), Sexta-Feira Muito Louca (2003), Garfield: O Filme (2004) and Motoqueiros Selvagens (2007). He has also done a substantial amount of voice work, most recently taking on the role of Uncle Ubb in O Lorax: Em Busca da Trúfula Perdida (2012).