Known for Acting
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 (age 62)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Filmography
129 films, 51 shows


Palmer
2021 · 1h 50m
country: United States
After 12 years in prison, former high school football star Eddie Palmer returns home to put his life back together—and forms an unlikely bond with Sam, an outcast boy from a troubled home. But Eddie's past threatens to ruin his new life and family.


And We Go Green
2019 · 1h 39m
country: United States
Professional drivers on the international Formula E circuit — like Formula One, but with eco-friendly electric cars — race for victory across 10 cities.


Before the Flood
2016 · 1h 33m
country: United States
A look at how climate change affects our environment and what society can do to prevent the demise of endangered species, ecosystems, and native communities across the planet.


Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
2016 · 1h 35m
country: United States
An intimate portrait of Hollywood royalty featuring Debbie Reynolds, Todd Fisher, and Carrie Fisher.


John Leguizamo: Ghetto Klown
2014 · 1h 33m
country: United States
A semi-autobiographical one-man theater show, Klass Klown (later renamed Ghetto Klown), based on his memoir Pimps, Hos, Playa Hatas, and All the Rest of My Hollywood Friends: My Life.


Another World
2014 · 1h 27m
country: United States
What would drive someone to drop everything and move into a city park in lower Manhattan? In the fall of 2011 hundreds of people did just that as a public protest against corporate greed and with the hope of creating an alternative society. Occupy Wall Street started as an under attended protest that quickly caught fire and capturing international headlines, the imaginations and hearts of people across the globe. Almost overnight the movement transformed the national dialog about economic inequality and corporate corruption. The slogan 'We are the 99 percent' instantly became part of the national lexicon. This documentary is an intimate portrait of several key players who helped create the movement and their wild ride through the rise and fall of Occupy Wall Street.


Mission Blue
2014 · 1h 34m
country: United States
This documentary follows oceanographer Sylvia Earle's campaign to save the world's oceans from threats such as overfishing and toxic waste.


Stand Up Guys
2012 · 1h 35m
country: United States
After serving 28 years in prison for accidentally killing the son of a crime boss, newly paroled gangster Val reunites with his former partners in crime, Doc and Hirsch, for a night on the town. As the three men revisit old haunts, reflect on their glory days and try to make up for lost time, one wrestles with a terrible quandary: Doc has orders to kill Val, and time is running out for him to figure out a way out of his dilemma.


My Decisions
2012 · 1h 23m
country: United States
Every human must make life-changing decisions. But how? Join people from all walks of life in their moment of choice.
Deepest Dive: The Story of the Trieste
Deepest Dive: The Story of the Trieste
2011 · 30m
country: United States
A seven-mile voyage to the deepest part of the ocean, and the only two men in the world right for the job. Join Swiss oceanographer Jacques Piccard and U.S. Navy LT. Don Walsh in this remarkable documentary as they pilot the bathyscaphe Trieste into the abyss of the Pacific's Mariana Trench.


Just a Kiss
2002 · 1h 31m
country: United States
A group of thirtysomethings having problems with fidelity gets an opportunity to turn back the clock.
Four Tales of Two Cities
Four Tales of Two Cities
1996 · 1h 33m
country: United States
Anthology of four short films: Griffin Dunne's Duke of Groove (1995), Illeana Douglas' Boy Crazy, Girl Crazier (1995), Adrienne Shelly's Urban Legend (1994) and Fisher Stevens' Phinehas (1996).
Phinehas
Phinehas
1996 · 18m
country: United States
Billy, who's dying of AIDS, "kidnaps" a children's television puppet to make some demands.
Call of the Wylie
Call of the Wylie
1995
country: United States
Feature short comedy film written by Patrick Breen and directed by Fisher Stevens.