Fisher Stevens

Fisher Stevens

1963-11-27 Chicago, Illinois, USA 100 Credits

Biography

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 Rober...

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Song Sung Blue

Song Sung Blue

2025

Acting

Two down-on-their-luck musicians form a Neil Diamond tribute band to follow their dreams and prove that it's never too late to find love.

Fior Di Latte

Fior Di Latte

2025

Acting

In this offbeat and surreal comedy, frustrated playwright Mark becomes addicted to huffing perfume to conjure memories from a previous Italian summer ...

Sing: Thriller

Sing: Thriller

2024

as Additional Voices (voice)

7.2
Acting

Buster Moon dreams up a star-studded spectacle set to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in this animated short featuring characters from the hit "Sing" fil...

Coup!

Coup!

2024

as Upton Sinclair

6.7
Acting

A mysterious grifter appears on an isolated seaside estate claiming to be a wealthy family's new chef. When a plague descends on the island, the misch...

Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg

Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg

2024

Executive Producer

7.1
Producing

An exploration of the life of Anita Pallenberg, European actress and rock ’n’ roll muse. Told in Anita’s own words, from her unpublished memoir, and i...

A King Like Me

A King Like Me

2024

Producer

Producing

Follows members of the Zulu Club, New Orleans’ first Black Mardi Gras, as they work to bring the Zulu parade back to the streets for Mardi Gras Day 20...

Asteroid City

Asteroid City

2023

as Detective #1

6.5
Acting

In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

Sing 2

Sing 2

2021

as Additional Voices (voice)

7.8
Acting

Buster and his new cast now have their sights set on debuting a new show at the Crystal Tower Theater in glamorous Redshore City. But with no connecti...

The French Dispatch

The French Dispatch

2021

as Story Editor

7.0
Acting

The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student ri...

Palmer

Palmer

2021

as Additional Voices (voice)

8.1
Acting

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...

Palmer

Palmer

2021

Director

8.1
Directing

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...

Motherless Brooklyn

Motherless Brooklyn

2019

as Lou

6.7
Acting

New York City, 1957. Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, tries to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend, armed ...

And We Go Green

And We Go Green

2019

Producer, Director

7.1
Producing Directing

Professional drivers on the international Formula E circuit — like Formula One, but with eco-friendly electric cars — race for victory across 10 citie...

Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs

2018

as Scrap (voice)

7.9
Acting

In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island used as a garbage dump. The outcasts must ...

Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang

Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang

2017

Producer

7.0
Producing

Known for his spectacular pyrotechnic displays, Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang creates his most ambitious project yet: Sky Ladder, a visionary, explosiv...

Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds

Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds

2017

Director

7.5
Directing

An intimate portrait of Hollywood royalty featuring Debbie Reynolds, Todd Fisher, and Carrie Fisher.

Before the Flood

Before the Flood

2016

Director, Producer

7.7
Directing Producing

A look at how climate change affects our environment and what society can do to prevent the demise of endangered species, ecosystems, and native commu...

Hail, Caesar!

Hail, Caesar!

2016

as Communist Writer

5.9
Acting

When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.

The Keyboard Cowboys: A Look Back at Hackers

The Keyboard Cowboys: A Look Back at Hackers

2015

10.0
Acting

Brand-new interviews with director Iain Softley, cast members Fisher Stevens, Matthew Lillard and Penn Jillette, costume designer Roger Burton, visual...

Racing Extinction

Racing Extinction

2015

Producer

7.8
Producing

An unlikely team of activists and innovators hatches a bold mission to save endangered species.

Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game

Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game

2014

as Self (archive footage)

5.1
Acting

A documentary about the making of the live-action Super Mario Bros. movie.

United Passions

United Passions

2014

as Carl Hirschmann

3.3
Acting

An epic, untold story that brings to life the inspiring saga of the World Cup and the three determined men who created it. Driven by their vision and ...

John Leguizamo: Ghetto Klown

John Leguizamo: Ghetto Klown

2014

Director

6.6
Directing

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 ...

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Grand Budapest Hotel

2014

as M. Robin

8.0
Acting

The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becom...

Another World

Another World

2014

Director

8.0
Directing

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 pu...

Mission Blue

Mission Blue

2014

as Self

7.4
Acting

This documentary follows oceanographer Sylvia Earle's campaign to save the world's oceans from threats such as overfishing and toxic waste.

Mission Blue

Mission Blue

2014

Director, Producer

7.4
Directing Producing

This documentary follows oceanographer Sylvia Earle's campaign to save the world's oceans from threats such as overfishing and toxic waste.

Tales From a Ghetto Klown

2013

Producer

Producing

An unprecedented view of John Leguizamo the actor/writer, as he mounts his latest one-man show on Broadway.

Stand Up Guys

Stand Up Guys

2012

Director

6.0
Directing

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 cri...

LOL

LOL

2012

as Roman

6.1
Acting

In a world connected by YouTube, iTunes, and Facebook, Lola and her friends navigate the peer pressures of high school romance and friendship while do...

One for the Money

One for the Money

2012

as Morty Beyers

5.5
Acting

An unemployed lingerie buyer convinces her bail bondsman cousin to give her a shot as a bounty hunter. Her first assignment is to track down a former ...

Fake

Fake

2011

as Agent Tom Kozinski

5.8
Acting

Daniel Jakor is one of the most prolific and successful artists the world has never heard of. Struggling to sell his own art, he soon finds his true g...

Rising Stars

Rising Stars

2010

as Mo

6.0
Acting

Challenged with creating songs and music videos, three musical acts find more than their futures on the line when the competition gets fierce and thei...

Rio Sex Comedy

Rio Sex Comedy

2010

as Fish

4.6
Acting

A group of strangers from different countries end up on Rio's beaches. Seeking self-fulfillment, they look for answers to existential questions. Yet i...

The Experiment

The Experiment

2010

as Archaleta

6.4
Acting

20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.

Henry's Crime

Henry's Crime

2010

as Eddie Vibes

5.8
Acting

An aimless man is sent to prison for a crime he did not commit, an ex-con targets the same bank he was sent away for robbing.

The Cove

The Cove

2009

Producer

7.9
Producing

The Cove tells the amazing true story of how an elite team of individuals, films makers and free divers embarked on a covert mission to penetrate the ...

Tenderness

Tenderness

2009

Executive Producer

5.2
Producing

A hardened cop tries to unravel the past to discover whether a violent teenager was responsible for the murder of his family. A confused fifteen-year-...

The Midnight Meat Train

The Midnight Meat Train

2008

Executive Producer

6.1
Producing

A photographer's obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer who stalks late night commuters, ultimately butch...

Awake

Awake

2007

as Dr. Puttnam

6.5
Acting

While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the oper...

Awake

Awake

2007

Producer

6.5
Producing

While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the oper...

Feast of Love

Feast of Love

2007

Executive Producer

6.2
Producing

A meditation on love and its various incarnations, set within a community of friends in Oregon. It is described as an exploration of the magical, myst...

Meet Bill

Meet Bill

2007

Producer

6.0
Producing

A mild-mannered bank executive mentors a teenage con artist and tries to make a career change as a doughnut merchant.

Fired!

Fired!

2007

as Self

6.0
Acting

When actress Annabelle Gurwitch was fired from a play by Woody Allen, she wondered how she would cope with being downsized by a cultural icon. Turning...

Kettle of Fish

Kettle of Fish

2006

as Bruce

4.8
Acting

A lifelong bachelor confronts his intimacy issues when he sublets his apartment to a fetching biologist. His heartsick fish and his wise best buddy ar...

...So Goes the Nation

...So Goes the Nation

2006

as Self

6.8
Acting

A look at the role of the Buckeye State in the 2004 Presidential Election.

Wedding Daze

Wedding Daze

2006

Executive Producer

5.5
Producing

After losing the woman of his dreams, Anderson is convinced he'll never fall in love again. But at the urging of his best friend, he spontaneously pro...

A Prairie Home Companion

A Prairie Home Companion

2006

Executive Producer

6.3
Producing

A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country m...

Slow Burn

Slow Burn

2005

as Alan Turlock

5.3
Acting

A district attorney (Ray Liotta) is involved in a 24-hour showdown with a gang leader (LL Cool J) and is, at the same time, being manipulated by an at...

Undiscovered

Undiscovered

2005

as Garrett Schweck

4.6
Acting

A group of aspiring entertainers try to establish careers for themselves in the city of Los Angeles.

Yes

Yes

2005

Executive Producer

5.8
Producing

She is a scientist. He is a Lebanese doctor. They meet at a banquet and fall into a carefree, passionate relationship. But difficulties abound because...

Factotum

Factotum

2005

as Manny

6.2
Acting

This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live ...

Replay

Replay

2003

as Blu

4.0
Acting

The viewer becomes the eyes of two detectives who never appear on camera as they unravel a mystery on a video screen, watching tapes from twenty-one h...

Easy Sex

Easy Sex

2003

as Officer Donny

5.2
Acting

Packard Schmidt is a burnt-out, middle-aged college English professor. In a desperate attempt to restore some sense of vitality to his lonely existenc...

Anything Else

Anything Else

2003

as Manager

6.2
Acting

Jerry Falk, an aspiring writer in New York, falls in love at first sight with a free-spirited young woman named Amanda. He has heard the phrase that l...

Uptown Girls

Uptown Girls

2003

as Fisher Stevens

6.9
Acting

Molly Gunn, the freewheeling daughter of a deceased rock legend, is forced to get a job when her manager steals her money. As nanny for precocious Ray...

Uptown Girls

Uptown Girls

2003

Producer

6.9
Producing

Molly Gunn, the freewheeling daughter of a deceased rock legend, is forced to get a job when her manager steals her money. As nanny for precocious Ray...

Kill the Poor

Kill the Poor

2003

as Stuffed Shirt

4.4
Acting

When a marriage of convenience becomes the real thing, Joe moves his pregnant French wife to a tenement building on New York's Lower East Side. The st...

Private Eye Princess

Private Eye Princess

2002

as Rasputini / Spanish Dancer (voice)

Acting

The animated adventures of royal who becomes a PI when her family is evicted from their castle.

Swimfan

Swimfan

2002

Executive Producer

5.3
Producing

Ben Cronin has it all: the admiration of his many friends, a terrific girlfriend, and he's on the fast-track to an athletic scholarship. Ben's rock-so...

Undisputed

Undisputed

2002

as James 'Ratbag' Kroycek

6.5
Acting

Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convicted to a life sentence due to a passionate crime. I...

Just a Kiss

Just a Kiss

2002

Director

4.2
Directing

A group of thirtysomethings having problems with fidelity gets an opportunity to turn back the clock.

Jenifer

Jenifer

2001

as Dr. Aaron Sanders

5.8
Acting

The true story of three sisters who unite in the face of adversity when one of them is diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.

Piñero

Piñero

2001

Producer

6.2
Producing

"Piñero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the gay poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a pr...

3 A.M.

3 A.M.

2001

as Haplin

5.5
Acting

The feature film directing debut of Spike Lee protege Lee Davis takes the viewer into the world of taxi drivers. Developed in the Sundance Laboratory,...

Prison Song

Prison Song

2001

as Prosecutor

5.4
Acting

Elijah has been bounced from group home to group home throughout his turbulent young life. What has sustained him is his art. After a promised scholar...

Sam the Man

Sam the Man

2001

as Sam Manning

2.3
Acting

A writer having difficulty completing his second novel goes on a journey of self-discovery.

Sam the Man

Sam the Man

2001

Story, Producer

2.3
Writing Producing

A writer having difficulty completing his second novel goes on a journey of self-discovery.

The Château

The Château

2001

Executive Producer

4.8
Producing

Two brothers go to France to claim the chateau they have inherited.

Lisa Picard Is Famous

Lisa Picard Is Famous

2000

as Fisher Stevens

5.1
Acting

A documentarian decides to follow the career of New York actress Lisa Picard, believing she is on the brink of fame. Instead, he bears witness to Lisa...

Lisa Picard Is Famous

Lisa Picard Is Famous

2000

Executive Producer

5.1
Producing

A documentarian decides to follow the career of New York actress Lisa Picard, believing she is on the brink of fame. Instead, he bears witness to Lisa...

Taxman

Taxman

1999

as Kenneth Green

3.5
Acting

After a homocide that the police believe is over gasoline theft, a tax investigator discovers the Russian mafia is involved and that they are stealing...

The Tic Code

The Tic Code

1998

as Morris

5.8
Acting

A 10 year old gifted boy wants to be a jazz pianist much to the chagrin of his more classical oriented piano instructor. With his mother's help, he is...

Four Days in September

Four Days in September

1997

as Mowinckel

7.5
Acting

Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. César, h...

The Right to Remain Silent

The Right to Remain Silent

1996

as Dale Myerson

5.0
Acting

Bright and eager to hit the streets in search of bad guys, rookie cop Christine Paley is disappointed when she's instead assigned to process criminals...

Hackers

Hackers

1995

as Eugene Belford / 'The Plague' / Mr. Babbage

6.4
Acting

Along with his new friends, a teenager who was arrested by the US Secret Service and banned from using a computer for writing a computer virus discove...

Nina Takes a Lover

Nina Takes a Lover

1995

as Paulie

5.7
Acting

Laura San Giacomo stars in this sexy comedy about adultery. When Nina's (San Giacomo) husband goes out of town for several weeks on a business trip, N...

Cold Fever

Cold Fever

1995

as Jack

6.5
Acting

A Japanese businessman travels to Iceland and has a series of misadventures while venturing to a remote area to perform a traditional burial ritual wh...

Only You

Only You

1994

as Larry Corvatch

6.8
Acting

Two childhood paranormal incidents have convinced schoolteacher Faith Corvatch that her true love is a guy named "Damon Bradley," but she has yet to m...

Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros.

1993

as Iggy

4.5
Acting

Mario and Luigi, plumbers from Brooklyn, find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dinosaurs live in hi-tech squalor. They're the only ho...

When the Party's Over

When the Party's Over

1993

as Alexander

4.8
Acting

Three women and a gay man in their 20s share a house in Los Angeles; try to find love and happiness - often at the expense of their well-being and fr...

Hero

Hero

1992

as Director of Channel 4 Crash Feature

6.3
Acting

Bernie Laplante is having a rough time. He's divorced, his ex-wife hates him and has custody of their son, the cops are setting a trap for him, then t...

Bob Roberts

Bob Roberts

1992

as Rock Bork

6.5
Acting

Millionaire conservative Bob Roberts launches an insurgent campaign against incumbent senator Brickley Paiste, firing up crowds at his rallies by sing...

Mystery Date

Mystery Date

1991

as Dwight

5.9
Acting

Tom McHugh quickly learns that his perfect big brother Craig isn't all he's cracked up to be while on a night on the town with the girl next door, dur...

The Marrying Man

The Marrying Man

1991

as Sammy

5.6
Acting

Charley Pearl, wealthy heir and gadabout, is slated to marry Adele, the daughter of a Hollywood tycoon. But, during a wild bachelor party in Las Vegas...

Reversal of Fortune

Reversal of Fortune

1990

as David Marriott

6.6
Acting

Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.

Bloodhounds of Broadway

Bloodhounds of Broadway

1989

as Hotfoot Harry

5.6
Acting

This musical is based on four short stories by Damon Runyon. In one tale, gambler Feet Samuels sells his body to science just as he realizes that Hort...

Short Circuit 2

Short Circuit 2

1988

as Ben Jahrvi

6.2
Acting

Robot Johnny 5 moves to the city to help his friend Ben Jahrvi with his toy manufacturing enterprise, only to be manipulated by criminals who want to ...

Ponce de Leon

Ponce de Leon

1986

as Indian Chief

Acting

Get to know the legendary European explorer with an impossible mission in this retelling of the myth of Ponce de Leon (Michael York). Executive produc...

Short Circuit

Short Circuit

1986

as Ben Jabituya

6.6
Acting

After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his design...

The Boss' Wife

The Boss' Wife

1986

as Carlos Delgado

4.9
Acting

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...

My Science Project

My Science Project

1985

as Vince Latello

6.2
Acting

His high school teacher issues an ultimatum: turn in a science project or flunk. So Mike Harlan scavenges a military base's junk pile for a suitable g...

The Flamingo Kid

The Flamingo Kid

1984

as Hawk Ganz

6.0
Acting

Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Willis, thoroughly unhappy with his modest homestead, embraces the other-world aspects of his summer job at the posh Flaming...

The Brother from Another Planet

The Brother from Another Planet

1984

as Card Trickster

6.6
Acting

An alien slave crash-lands in New York City while being pursued by two Men in Black bounty hunters. His attempt to find a place for himself on Earth p...

Baby It's You

Baby It's You

1983

as Stage Manager

5.9
Acting

In a 1966 New Jersey high school, Jill and new student Sheik from the other side of the tracks make their way in a first love romance.

The Burning

The Burning

1981

as Woodstock

6.2
Acting

A caretaker at a summer camp is burned when a prank goes tragically wrong. After several years of intensive treatment at hospital, he is released back...

In the Grey

In the Grey

N/A

Acting

Two extraction specialists must plan an escape path for a high-level female negotiator.

On The Couch

N/A

as Gary

5.0
Acting

Faith Weinstein endures the worst day of her young life in the discomfort of her living room, on the couch. Parent's divorce imminent, job is lost, gi...

My Decisions

N/A

Director

Directing

A global exploration of interesting characters, the decisions they make and how they go about making them.

The Montreal Protocol

N/A

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

A group of underdog scientists set out to repair the hole in the ozone layer and avoid a global environmental catastrophe.