Biography
Daniel Jacob Stern (born August 28, 1957) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his roles in the Hollywood films C.H.U.D., City Slickers and the first two Home Alone films, and as the narrator for the television series The Wonder Years.
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Unofficial Science of Home Alone
2022
as Self – Special Guest
Comedians James Acaster, Guz Khan and Alex Brooker have all been obsessed with the classic 1990 comedy "Home Alone" ever since they were kids. But the...

James vs. His Future Self
2019
as Jimmy
When an uptight time-travelling obsessed young scientist is visited by his nihilistic future self, he's told that he needs to give up his dream of bec...

Game Over, Man!
2018
as Mitch
Three friends are on the verge of getting their video game financed when their benefactor is taken hostage by terrorists.

City Slickers In Westworld
2017
as Phil Berquist
Years after their "City Slickers" narrative was retired, Westworld hosts Mitch and Phil are still happily driving cattle, however Mitch has started to...

Frankenweenie
2012
Thanks
When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" ...

A Christmas Story 2
2012
as The Old Man
The original traditional one-hundred-percent red-blooded two-fisted all-American Christmas continues five years later with Ralphie, Randy, mom and the...

California Romanza
2011
as Uncle Pops
Lena heads to her Auntie JoJo and Uncle Pops' for annual Christmastime festivities. Little does she know, this Christmas will be like none of the rest...

Battle of the Bulbs
2010
as Bob Wallace
Bob and Stu are former best friends who still hold a grudge from an argument they had when they were teenagers. Now, they hope to settle the score wit...

The Next Three Days
2010
as Meyer Fisk
A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of murdering her boss. Her husband John would spend the next few years trying t...

A Previous Engagement
2009
as Jack Reynolds
When Julia Reynolds talks her husband into a family vacation in Malta she has a secret agenda: a date made twenty-five years earlier with her first lo...

Whip It
2009
as Earl Cavendar
In Bodeen, Texas, Land Of The Dragon, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby...

OTIS
2008
as Will Lawson
After being captured and tortured by the psychopath Otis, teen cheerleader Riley Lawson escapes and informs her parents, who quickly sidestep sluggish...

The Last Time
2006
as John
Ted Ryker is the top salesman in the New York office of a business machine company; the corporate stock lives by quarterly sales numbers, the competit...
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Making of 'Blue Thunder'

The Last Full Measure
2004
A nine year old girl, Kathrine Barnes, faces reality through her imagination as she welcomes her father home from war.

Down
2003
as Johnny
When Alex is visited in his dreams by a ghostly apparition, he decides that he needs to discover what happened to his friend. When nobody is on hand t...

Dead Simple
2001
as Frank Jacobs
The life of motel owner is turned upside down by a femme-fatale lounge singer and her abusive manager.

Diner: On The Flip Side
1999
as Self
Interviews with cast and crew about their memories on the making of the film

Very Bad Things
1998
as Adam Berkow
Kyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura, so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies. But a d...

Tourist Trap
1998
as George W. Piper
George Piper, dissatisfied with his dead-end job and longing for adventure, embarks on an RV trip with his family. Guided by an old Civil War diary, t...

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997
as Self
Interviews and film clips re-create the glorious history of the American western.

Gun
1997
as Harvey Hochfelder
Follows a gun and the different hands it falls into and the different characters that use it.

Celtic Pride
1996
as Mike O'Hara
Two over-loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in order to guarantee their team the championship.

Bushwhacked
1995
as Max Grabelski
A inept courier realises he has been used by criminals to deliver money. On the run from both the criminals and police, he poses as a Scout leader and...

Bushwhacked
1995
Executive Producer
A inept courier realises he has been used by criminals to deliver money. On the run from both the criminals and police, he poses as a Scout leader and...

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
1994
as Phil Berquist
Mitch Robbins' 40th birthday begins quite well until he returns home and finds his brother Glen, the black sheep of the family, in his sofa. Neverthel...

Rookie of the Year
1993
as Phil Brickma
12-year-old Henry Rowengartner, whose late father was a minor league baseball player, grew up dreaming of playing baseball, despite his physical short...

Rookie of the Year
1993
Director
12-year-old Henry Rowengartner, whose late father was a minor league baseball player, grew up dreaming of playing baseball, despite his physical short...

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992
as Marv
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems f...

Larry Bird: A Basketball Legend
1991
as Narrator
Dramatic game footage and exclusive interviews tell the compelling story of the Larry Bird journey from small-town boy to sports legend. Bird revoluti...

City Slickers
1991
as Phil Berquist
Three New York businessmen decide to take a "Wild West" vacation that turns out not to be the relaxing vacation they had envisioned.

Home Alone
1990
as Marv
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. Wh...

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990
as William Cline
A film about the early life of the baseball star in the army, particulary his court-martial for insubordination regarding segragation.

My Blue Heaven
1990
as Will Stubbs
FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is s...

Coupe de Ville
1990
as Marvin Libner
Meet the Libner brothers: Marvin, the oldest, is a sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Buddy, the middle child, is a timid dreamer. Bobby, the youngest, i...

Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics
1989
as Mat
An artist fired from his job comes home and discovers that his wife is having an affair and that she is leaving with her lover. He then sets off in pu...

Little Monsters
1989
as Glen Stevenson
A young boy is scared of the monster under his bed. He asks his 6th grade brother to swap rooms for the night as a bet that the monster really exists....

Leviathan
1989
as Buzz 'Sixpack' Parrish
Underwater deep-sea miners encounter a Soviet wreck and bring back a dangerous cargo to their base on the ocean floor with horrifying results. The cre...

D.O.A.
1988
as Hal Petersham
Dexter Cornell, an English Professor becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him. Dexter has good reason to want to find the ...

The Milagro Beanfield War
1988
as Herbie Platt
The accidental breakdown of an irrigation valve launches a hot confrontation between the mainly Latino farmers in a tiny New Mexico town and the real ...

Weekend War
1988
as Dr. David Garfield
A group of reservists ("weekend warriors") are sent to Honduras to build a runway. Shortly after arriving an engineering group is sent to a small vill...

Born in East L.A.
1987
as Jimmy
Rudy, an American of Hispanic descent, whose south-of-the-border looks show him no mercy during an immigration raid in a migrant worker factory. As hi...

Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
as Dusty
Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her ...

The Boss' Wife
1986
as Joel Keefer
Daniel Stern stars as a stockbroker trying to climb the corporate ladder. There's only one thing stopping him...his boss' beautiful and flirtatious wi...

Key Exchange
1985
as Michael
A young woman wants to get her boyfriend to commit to her, but the most she can get him to do is exchange apartment keys.

Frankenweenie
1984
as Ben Frankenstein
When young Victor's pet dog Sparky (who stars in Victor's home-made monster movies) is hit by a car, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only...

C.H.U.D.
1984
as A.J. 'The Reverend' Shepherd
A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers. A courageous policeman, a ...

Samson and Delilah
1984
as Micah
A tale of passion and betrayal in which Samson, a judge of Israel who fled with his tribe during the Great Exodus from Egypt, uses his herculean stren...

Daniel
1983
as Artie Sternlicht
The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in New...

Get Crazy
1983
as Neil Allen
Mega-promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Year's 1983 concert of small-time operator Max Wolfe. Wolfe's assistants Neil Allen and Willie L...

Blue Thunder
1983
as Lymangood
Los Angeles, California. Officer Murphy, a veteran Metropolitan Police helicopter pilot suffering from severe trauma due to his harsh experiences duri...

Diner
1982
as Laurence 'Shrevie' Schreiber
Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating deta...

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
1982
as Jim
An adaptation of Barbara Gordon's nonfiction account of her addiction to Valium.

Honky Tonk Freeway
1981
as Hitchhiker
Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government constructs a freeway that passes near Ticlaw, but decides not ...

It's My Turn
1980
as Cooperman
A successful but stressed mathematics professor goes to her father's wedding and falls in love with her father's bride's son, a prematurely retired pr...

One Trick Pony
1980
as Hare Krishna
An aging rock star trying to put together a new album in the face of an indifferent record label and a talentless producer. At the same time, he's str...

Stardust Memories
1980
as Actor
While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.

A Small Circle of Friends
1980
as Crazy Kid: Draft Inductee
In the late 1960s, three Harvard students Jessica, Leo and Nick grow close as they undergo personal changes, but their friendship is jeopardized by ro...

Starting Over
1979
as Student 2
After divorcing his ambitious singer wife, a middle-aged man begins a new relationship with a teacher.

Breaking Away
1979
as Cyril
Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his three friends: the comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athlet...