Biography
Steven James Zahn (born November 13, 1967) is an American actor and comedian. His films include Reality Bites (1994), That Thing You Do! (1996), Out of Sight (1998), Happy, Texas (1999), Riding in Cars with Boys (2001), Shattered Glass (2003), Sahara (2005), Rescue Dawn (2007), the first three Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies, Dallas Buyers Club (2013), and War for the Planet of the Apes (2017). Zahn has done voice acting in Chicken Little (2005), Escape from Planet Earth (2013), and The Good Dinosa...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Anaconda
2025
A group of friends facing mid-life crises head to the rainforest with the intention of remaking their favorite movie from their youth, only to find th...
Eenie Meanie
2025
as Dad
A former teenage getaway driver gets dragged back into her unsavory past when a former employer offers her a chance to save the life of her chronicall...
She Dances
2025
as Jason
Harried dad Jason and teenage daughter Claire confront their fractured relationship against the unlikely backdrop of the Young Miss Southeast Regional...
She Dances
2025
Producer, Writer
Harried dad Jason and teenage daughter Claire confront their fractured relationship against the unlikely backdrop of the Young Miss Southeast Regional...
Wildcat
2024
as Tom T. Shiftlet
Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing? In 1950, writer Flannery O'Connor visits her moth...
LaRoy, Texas
2024
as Skip Roche
Broke and depressed, Ray is mistaken for a dangerous hitman and given an envelope of cash. Along with his P.I. friend Skip, he must escape the actual...
Gringa
2023
as Jackson
Unpopular and down-on-her-luck, Marge is already having a tough time navigating the minefield that is her suburban high school. But Marge’s life is co...
Your Place or Mine
2023
as Zen
When best friends and total opposites Debbie and Peter swap homes for a week, they get a peek into each other's lives that could open the door to love...
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
2022
as Jedediah (voice)
Nick Daley is following in his father's footsteps as night watchman at the American Museum of Natural History, so he knows what happens when the sun g...
Tall Girl 2
2022
as Richie Kreyman
After Jodi Kreyman gains popularity, her miscommunications start causing rifts with those around her and now she really needs to "stand tall".
8-Bit Christmas
2021
as John Doyle
In suburban Chicago during the late 1980s, ten-year-old Jake Doyle embarks on a herculean quest to get the latest and greatest video game system for C...
Uncle Frank
2020
as Mike
In 1973, when Frank Bledsoe and his 18-year-old niece Beth take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina for the family patriarch's fu...
Cowboys
2020
as Troy
Troy and his young transgender son Joe are on the run from his conservative mother in the Montana wilderness, with a detective in hot pursuit.
Tall Girl
2019
as Richie Kreyman
Jodi, the tallest girl in her high school, has always felt uncomfortable in her own skin. But after years of slouching, being made fun of, and avoidin...
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
2019
as David Walker
When architect-turned-recluse Bernadette Fox goes missing prior to a family trip to Antarctica, her 15-year-old daughter Bee goes on a quest with Bern...
Blaze
2018
as Oilman 2
Re-imagining the life and times of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting Texas legend.
Lean on Pete
2018
as Silver
Charley Thompson, a teenager living with his single father, gets a summer job working for horse trainer Del Montgomery. Bonding with an aging racehors...
Neat: The Story of Bourbon
2018
as Himself
Neat is a documentary that dives into the rich and storied world of bourbon. Exploring it's colorful history, charismatic characters, and uniquely Ame...
War for the Planet of the Apes
2017
as Bad Ape
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Cae...
Captain Fantastic
2016
as Dave
Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced t...
The Ridiculous 6
2015
as Clem
When his long-lost outlaw father returns, Tommy "White Knife" Stockburn goes on an adventure-filled journey across the Old West with his five brothers...
The Good Dinosaur
2015
as Thunderclap (voice)
An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend.
Dallas Buyers Club
2013
as Tucker
Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thi...
Sixth Man: Bluesanity
2013
as Self
What do Josh Hutcherson, Steve Zahn, Josh Hopkins, Eddie Montgomery, Laura Bell Bundy and The Back Street Boys all have in common? Aside from making g...
Escape from Planet Earth
2013
as Hawk (voice)
Astronaut Scorch Supernova finds himself caught in a trap when he responds to an SOS from a notoriously dangerous alien planet.
Knights of Badassdom
2013
as Eric
Three best friends and dedicated roleplayers take to the woods to reenact a dungeons and dragons-like scenario as a live action role-playing game. Tro...
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
2012
as Frank Heffley
It's summertime, and Greg Heffley is looking forward to playing video games and spending time with his friends. However, Greg's dad has other plans: H...
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2011
as Frank Heffley
Wimpy Greg Heffley, now in seventh grade, thinks he has it all together. He has mastered middle school and gotten rid of the Cheese Touch. However, Gr...
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
2010
as Frank J. Heffley
Greg Heffley is headed for big things, but first he has to survive the scariest, most humiliating experience of any kid’s life – middle school! That w...
Calvin Marshall
2009
as Coach Little
A college student is determined to become a Major League Baseball star, but finds his true calling instead.
A Perfect Getaway
2009
as Cliff
For their honeymoon, newlyweds Cliff and Cydney head to the tropical islands of Hawaii. While journeying through the paradisaical countryside the coup...
Night Train
2009
as Pete
Two Passengers and the conductor discover that a person has passed away on their Night Train cabin. They come across valuable diamonds on his person, ...
Management
2009
as Mike
A traveling art saleswoman tries to shake off a flaky motel manager who falls for her and won't leave her alone.
Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby
2008
as Sandy Pig (voice)
When the three pigs find a tiny wolf cub on their doorstep, they decide to raise him as their own, unaware that they've played right into the plan of ...
Strange Wilderness
2008
as Peter
With the ratings dropping for a wilderness-themed TV show, two animal fans go to the Andes in search of Bigfoot.
Sunshine Cleaning
2008
as Mac
A single mother and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around in this off-beat dramatic comedy. In order to raise the tuiti...
The Great Buck Howard
2008
as Kenny
When a law school dropout answers an advertisement to be a personal assistant he unknowingly signs on to work for a belligerent has-been magician stru...
Making of a True Story: Rescue Dawn
2007
as Self
"Rescue Dawn: The Making of a True Story" is a documentary film that provides a behind-the-scenes look at the production of the movie "Rescue Dawn" (2...
Rescue Dawn
2007
as Duane
A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.
Making That Thing You Do
2007
as Self
Behind the scenes of That Thing You Do!
Bandidas
2006
as Quentin
When a ruthless robber baron takes away everything they cherish, a rough-and-tumble, idealistic peasant and a sophisticated heiress embark on a quest ...
Chicken Little
2005
as Runt of the Litter (voice)
When the sky really is falling and sanity has flown the coop, who will rise to save the day? Together with his hysterical band of misfit friends, Chic...
Sahara
2005
as Al Giordino
Seasoned adventurer and treasure hunter Dirk Pitt, a former Navy SEAL, sets out for the African desert with his wisecracking buddy Al in search of a c...
Speak
2004
as Mr. Freeman
Freshman high-school student Melinda has refused to speak ever since she called the cops on a popular summer party. With her old friends snubbing her ...
Employee of the Month
2004
as Jack
"Employee of the Month" is about a guy whose day spirals from bad to worse when he gets fired from his dream job at the bank and is dumped by his fian...
Shattered Glass
2003
as Adam Penenberg
The true story of fraudulent Washington, D.C. journalist Stephen Glass, who rose to meteoric heights as a young writer in his 20s, becoming a staff wr...
Daddy Day Care
2003
as Marvin
Two men get laid off and have to become stay-at-home dads when they can't find jobs, which inspires them to open their own day-care center.
National Security
2003
as Hank Rafferty
Earl Montgomery, a bombastic police academy reject, and Hank Rafferty, a disgraced, mild-mannered cop, can't seem to escape each other. They met on op...
Stuart Little 2
2002
as Monty (voice)
Stuart, an adorable white mouse, still lives happily with his adoptive family, the Littles, on the east side of Manhattan's Central Park. More crazy m...
Riding in Cars with Boys
2001
as Ray Hasek
In 1965, a young woman with dreams of becoming a writer has a son at the age of 15 and struggles to make things work with the drug-addicted father.
Joy Ride
2001
as Fuller Thomas
Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychoti...
Chelsea Walls
2001
as Ross
This movie tells five stories set in a single day at the famed Chelsea Hotel in New York City, involving an ensemble cast of some 30-35 characters.
Dr. Dolittle 2
2001
as Archie (voice)
A group of beavers ask Dr. Dolittle to save their habitat from loggers. The only hope is to get the forest preserved because it's the home of a protec...
Chain of Fools
2001
as Kresk
An avid detective is assigned to investigate the heist of a batch of precious coins that end up in the hands of a suicidal barber.
Saving Silverman
2001
as Wayne Lefessier
A pair of buddies conspire to save their best friend from marrying the wrong woman, a cold-hearted beauty who snatches him from them and breaks up the...
Hamlet
2000
as Rosencrantz
Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder in New York City.
Stuart Little
1999
as Monty (voice)
When the Littles adopt Stuart, the mouse, George is initially unwelcoming to his new brother, and the family cat, Snowbell, is even less enthusiastic....
Happy, Texas
1999
as Wayne Wayne Wayne Jr.
Two escaped convicts roll into the village of Happy, Texas, where they're mistaken for a gay couple who work as beauty pageant consultants. They go al...
Freak Talks About Sex
1999
as Freak
Dave Keenan left Syracuse for a new life in Arizona. When that didn't work out, he moved back to upstate New York. He works a dead-end job at a depart...
Forces of Nature
1999
as Alan
Ben Holmes, a professional book-jacket blurbologist, is trying to get to Savannah for his wedding. He just barely catches the last plane, but a seagul...
You've Got Mail
1998
as George Pappas
Book superstore magnate, Joe Fox and independent book shop owner, Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware...
Safe Men
1998
as Eddie
Two untalented singers are mistaken for a pair of major league safe crackers in Providence, Rhode Island. The two are pressed into service by the loca...
Out of Sight
1998
as Glenn Michaels
Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the ri...
The Object of My Affection
1998
as Frank Hanson
A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much...
Subway Stories
1997
as Tucker (segment "The 5:24")
An anthology of 10 stories depicting real-life incidents of subway riders in New York City, which range from compassion and love to violence and loss.
SubUrbia
1997
as Buff
A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
That Thing You Do!
1996
as Lenny Haise
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.
Race the Sun
1996
as Hans Kooiman
A bunch of high school misfits in Hawaii, introduced by their new teacher, attend a science fair in which they draw up inspiration to build their own ...
Crimson Tide
1995
as Seaman William Barnes
After the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible worldwide threat. U.S. submarine Capt. Frank Ramsey signs on...
Reality Bites
1994
as Sammy Gray
A small circle of friends suffering from post-collegiate blues must confront the hard truth about life, love and the pursuit of gainful employment. As...
Normandy: The Great Crusade
1994
as Bill Preston (voice)
Documentary on the World War II invasion of Normandy by the Allies on June 6, 1944 utilizing diaries, personal letters, home movies, snapshots, period...
Rain Without Thunder
1993
as Jeremy Tanner
This evocative faux documentary imagines a dystopian near future in which the government monitors every woman's sexual activity. At its center is Alli...
First Love, Fatal Love
1991
A docudrama telling the true story of a young woman who learns she has contracted the AIDS virus after an encounter with a fellow student while in col...
Inside 'Out of Sight'
N/A
as Himself
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the 1998 movie "Out of Sight".