Fisher Stevens
Known for ActingBorn 1963-11-27Chicago, Illinois, USA
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).
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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).
Known for
In the Grey
2026 · as William Horowitz
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 · as M. Robin
Sing 2
2021 · as Additional Voices (voice)
Hackers
1995 · as Eugene Belford / 'The Plague' / Mr. Babbage
Super Mario Bros.
1993 · as Iggy
Song Sung Blue
2025 · as Dr. Dave Watson
Isle of Dogs
2018 · as Scrap (voice)
Asteroid City
2023 · as Detective #1
Undisputed
2002 · as James 'Ratbag' Kroycek
United Passions
2014 · as Carl Hirschmann
Sing: Thriller
2024 · as Additional Voices (voice)
Uptown Girls
2003 · as Fisher Stevens
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021 · as Story Editor
Only You
1994 · as Larry Corvatch
Palmer
2021 · as Additional Voices (voice)
Short Circuit
1986 · as Ben Jabituya
Awake
2007 · as Dr. Puttnam
Hail, Caesar!
2016 · as Communist Writer