Wings Star

Background:

6' 1" fair-haired actor Steven Weber, who began appearing in TV commercials while in the third grade, is widely recognized by TV viewers as the carefree Brian Michael Hackett on the hit NBC sitcom "Wings" (1990-1997).

He voiced the main character of Charlie B. Barkin (1996-1997) on the ABC animated series "All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series," played Jack Nagle on the NBC sitcom "Cursed" (200-2001), portrayed Samuel Blue (2000-2002) on the ABC drama "Once and Again," starred as District Attorney David Franks on the short-lived ABC drama "The D.A." (2004), was cast as Jack Rudolph on the NBC television series "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (2006-2007) and played Graham Finch (2007-2008) on ABC's Emmy Award-winning dramatic series "Brothers & Sisters." He also starred in a string of TV movies and miniseries, most notably as John F. Kennedy in "The Kennedys of Massachusetts" (1990) and John 'Jack' Torrance in "Stephen King's The Shining" (1997). He has guest-starred in such TV shows as "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," "The Outer Limits," "The Simpsons," "The New Batman Adventures," "Hercules," "The Legend of Tarzan," "American Dad!," "Will & Grace," "Monk" and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit."

On the big screen, Weber could be seen in the films "The Flamingo Kid" (1984), "Single White Female" (1992), "Leaving Las Vegas" (1995), "Dracula: Dead and Loving It" (1995), "Sour Grapes" (1998), "Timecode" (2000), "Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical" (2005) and "Farmhouse" (2008). He will appear in the upcoming films "Son of Mourning," "My One and Only" and "Blue World."

As for his stage work, Weber portrayed Berger in a production of "Hair" (2001) and made his Broadway debut in the hit musical "The Producers" (2002).

The boyishly handsome actor was once married to actress Finn Carter. He is now the husband of Juliette Hohnen, an interior decorator and a former L.A. Bureau chief for MTV. The couple has two sons.

Steven Robert

Childhood and Family:

Son to a Borscht Belt comedian and nightclub singer, Steven Robert Weber was born on March 4, 1961, in Queens, New York. He graduated from The School of Performing Arts in New York in 1979. He is also a graduate of the prestigious State University of New York.

“I realize, especially after living in the Los Angeles sprawl for so long, what a small town New York is. Everyday I walk and people say hello to me and they say, ‘Break a leg!’ It's amazing to me. It's like living on a big campus where you see everybody everyday. It's great, but as a New Yorker, I have mostly love and a little bit of disgust for this city. I will always be a New Yorker and always love it, especially now that it has been injured. I want to come back and nurse it. But look, summer's coming and that means the smell of bum urine and slipping on spit and garbage and to me, that's really horrible. Not nice. You know, going on the subway and some guy without a shirt stands over you holding a strap. That, I wish, Giuliani could have outlawed. Forget the squeegee guys; make people wear shirts on the subway!” Steven Weber

On the set of the soap "As the World Turns" (1956), Weber met actress Finn Carter (born on March 9, 1960). They married on November 14, 1985, but divorced on September 1, 1994. The following year, on July 9, 1995, Weber married Juliette Hohnen, an interior decorator and a former L.A. Bureau chief for MTV. They have two sons, Jack Alexander Hohnen-Weber (born on January 15, 2001) and Alfie James (born on February 25, 2003).

The Shining

Career:

While still in the third grade, Steven Weber began appearing in TV commercials. After graduating from the High School of the Performing Arts in New York and New York State University, the struggling actor worked a string of odd jobs, including custodian, elevator operator, and singing waiter.

In 1984, Weber made his professional acting debut in PBS' "American Playhouse" version of Mark Twain's novel "Pudd'nhead Wilson.” That same year, he made his feature acting debut in "The Flamingo Kid," a romantic comedy directed by Garry Marshall and starring Matt Dillon.

From 1985 to 1986, Weber played the recurring role of Kevin Gibson on the CBS daytime soap "As the World Turns." He also appeared in Jeremy Podeswa's "The Revelations of Becka Paulsen" (1985) and Scott D. Goldstein's "Walls of Glass" (1985).

Weber spent the rest of the '80s acting in the made-for-television movies "Hamburger Hill" (1987), "Kojak: Fatal Flaw" (1989) and "When We Were Young" (1989), and guest-starred in an episode of the NBC crime/drama series starring Dennis Farina, "Crime Story." Entering the new decade, Weber co-starred with Timothy Daly in the hit NBC sitcom "Wings." He portrayed the carefree Brian from the show's premiere on April 19, 1990, until its finale on May 21, 1997.

During his seven-year tenure on the show, Weber also played John F. Kennedy in the miniseries "The Kennedys of Massachusetts" (1990) and John 'Jack' Torrance in the four-part miniseries "Stephen King's The Shining" (1997), which won him a Saturn Award for Best Genre TV Actor from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films.

On working with Stephen King, Weber said, “Yes, I am a fan of his work. I'm a fan of the fact that he has employed me more than any other writer. So, that keeps me a fan of his. It's a quid pro quo thing. He employs me and I say how much I like him. I've done about four projects with his name on it.”

He also appeared in the TV movies "In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing" (1990), "Deception: A Mother's Secret" (1991), "In the Company of Darkness" (1993), "Betrayed by Love" (1994), "Take Out the Beast" (1995), "Stories from the Edge" (1996) and "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Special" (1997). Additionally, he voiced the main character of Charlie B. Barkin (1996-1997), a guardian angel who is always on the lookout for trouble and is constantly making it, on the ABC animated series "All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series." He was also spotted as a guest in the TV series "Tales from the Crypt," "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," "Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man," "The Outer Limits" and "Extreme Ghostbusters." On the big screen, Weber could be seen in the films "Ángeles, Los" (1990), "Single White Female" (1992), "The Temp" (1993), "Benders" (1994), "Just Looking" (1995), "Jeffrey" (1995), "Leaving Las Vegas" (1995) and "Dracula: Dead and Loving It" (1995).

Post "Wings," Weber co-starred with Craig Bierko in Larry David's feature comedy "Sour Grapes" (1998) and was cast in the films "Break Up" (1998), "I Woke Up Early the Day I Died" (1998) and "At First Sight" (1999). He also appeared in the TV movies "Thanks of a Grateful Nation" (1998), "Love Letters" (1999) and "Late Last Night" (1999) and guest-starred in an episode of the TV shows "The Simpsons," "The New Batman Adventures," "Hercules" and "Stark Raving Mad."

Hitting the new millennium, Weber returned to weekly series as the star of the fall sitcom "Cursed" (NBC). He also joined the cast of the ABC drama "Once and Again," playing Samuel Blue (2000-2002), Rick's (played by Billy Campbell) friend and Judy's (played by Marin Hinkle) lover.

Next, Weber executive-produced, wrote and co-starred (with Alan Alda) in the Showtime movie "Club Land" (2001). He also portrayed Berger in a Los Angeles staging of "Hair" (2001) and made his Broadway debut (replaced Matthew Broderick as Leo Bloom) in the hit musical "The Producers" (2002).

In 2004, Weber starred as Los Angeles District Attorney David Franks in the short-lived ABC drama "The D.A." He then co-starred with Alan Cummings in Showtime's movie adaptation of "Reefer Madness" (2005) and was cast as Jack Rudolph, the chairman of the fictional network NBS and the boss of Amanda Peet's Jordan, in the NBC comedy-drama television series "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (2006-2007). He also had a recurring role on NBC’s police procedural drama series "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and played Graham Finch (2007-2008) on multiple episodes of ABC's Emmy Award-winning television series "Brothers & Sisters." He was recently seen with Kelly Hu in the psychological thriller film "Farmhouse" (2008) and in an August 2008 episode of USA Network's comedy-drama television series "Psych."

Weber is currently working on the upcoming film projects "Son of Mourning," a drama/comedy by writer/director Yaniv Raz, "My One and Only," a 1950s-set comedy by Richard Loncraine and "Blue World," Charley Rivkin's film adaptation of Robert R. McCammon's thriller novel.

Awards:

• Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films: Saturn Award -- Best Genre TV Actor, "The Shining," 1998