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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Song Sung Blue
2025
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
2025
In this offbeat and surreal comedy, frustrated playwright Mark becomes addicted to huffing perfume to conjure memories from a previous Italian summer ...

Sing: Thriller
2024
as Additional Voices (voice)
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!
2024
as Upton Sinclair
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
2024
Executive Producer
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 Told in Anita’s own words, from her unpublished memoir, and i...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
2024
Producer
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
2023
as Detective #1
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
2021
as Additional Voices (voice)
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
2021
as Story Editor
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
2021
as Additional Voices (voice)
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
2021
Director
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
2019
as Lou
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
2019
Producer, Director
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
2018
as Scrap (voice)
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
2017
Producer
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
2017
Director
An intimate portrait of Hollywood royalty featuring Debbie Reynolds, Todd Fisher, and Carrie Fisher.

Before the Flood
2016
Director, Producer
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!
2016
as Communist Writer
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
2015
Brand-new interviews with director Iain Softley, cast members Fisher Stevens, Matthew Lillard and Penn Jillette, costume designer Roger Burton, visual...

Racing Extinction
2015
Producer
An unlikely team of activists and innovators hatches a bold mission to save endangered species.

Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game
2014
as Self (archive footage)
A documentary about the making of the live-action Super Mario Bros. movie.

United Passions
2014
as Carl Hirschmann
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
2014
Director
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
2014
as M. Robin
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
2014
Director
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
2014
as Self
This documentary follows oceanographer Sylvia Earle's campaign to save the world's oceans from threats such as overfishing and toxic waste.

Mission Blue
2014
Director, Producer
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
An unprecedented view of John Leguizamo the actor/writer, as he mounts his latest one-man show on Broadway.

Stand Up Guys
2012
Director
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
2012
as Roman
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
2012
as Morty Beyers
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
2011
as Agent Tom Kozinski
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
2010
as Mo
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
2010
as Fish
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
2010
as Archaleta
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
2010
as Eddie Vibes
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
2009
Producer
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
2009
Executive Producer
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
2008
Executive Producer
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
2007
as Dr. Puttnam
While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the oper...

Awake
2007
Producer
While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the oper...

Feast of Love
2007
Executive Producer
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
2007
Producer
A mild-mannered bank executive mentors a teenage con artist and tries to make a career change as a doughnut merchant.

Fired!
2007
as Self
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
2006
as Bruce
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
2006
as Self
A look at the role of the Buckeye State in the 2004 Presidential Election.

Wedding Daze
2006
Executive Producer
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
2006
Executive Producer
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
2005
as Alan Turlock
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
2005
as Garrett Schweck
A group of aspiring entertainers try to establish careers for themselves in the city of Los Angeles.

Yes
2005
Executive Producer
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
2005
as Manny
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
2003
as Blu
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
2003
as Officer Donny
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
2003
as Manager
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
2003
as Fisher Stevens
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
2003
Producer
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
2003
as Stuffed Shirt
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
2002
as Rasputini / Spanish Dancer (voice)
The animated adventures of royal who becomes a PI when her family is evicted from their castle.

Swimfan
2002
Executive Producer
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
2002
as James 'Ratbag' Kroycek
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
2002
Director
A group of thirtysomethings having problems with fidelity gets an opportunity to turn back the clock.

Jenifer
2001
as Dr. Aaron Sanders
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
2001
Producer
"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.
2001
as Haplin
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
2001
as Prosecutor
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
2001
as Sam Manning
A writer having difficulty completing his second novel goes on a journey of self-discovery.

Sam the Man
2001
Story, Producer
A writer having difficulty completing his second novel goes on a journey of self-discovery.

The Château
2001
Executive Producer
Two brothers go to France to claim the chateau they have inherited.

Lisa Picard Is Famous
2000
as Fisher Stevens
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
2000
Executive Producer
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
1999
as Kenneth Green
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
1998
as Morris
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
1997
as Mowinckel
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
1996
as Dale Myerson
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
1995
as Eugene Belford / 'The Plague' / Mr. Babbage
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
1995
as Paulie
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
1995
as Jack
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
1994
as Larry Corvatch
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.
1993
as Iggy
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
1993
as Alexander
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
1992
as Director of Channel 4 Crash Feature
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
1992
as Rock Bork
Millionaire conservative Bob Roberts launches an insurgent campaign against incumbent senator Brickley Paiste, firing up crowds at his rallies by sing...

Mystery Date
1991
as Dwight
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
1991
as Sammy
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
1990
as David Marriott
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
1989
as Hotfoot Harry
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
1988
as Ben Jahrvi
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
1986
as Indian Chief
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
1986
as Ben Jabituya
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
1986
as Carlos Delgado
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
1985
as Vince Latello
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
1984
as Hawk Ganz
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
1984
as Card Trickster
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
1983
as Stage Manager
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
1981
as Woodstock
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
N/A
Two extraction specialists must plan an escape path for a high-level female negotiator.
On The Couch
N/A
as Gary
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
A global exploration of interesting characters, the decisions they make and how they go about making them.
The Montreal Protocol
N/A
Director, Producer
A group of underdog scientists set out to repair the hole in the ozone layer and avoid a global environmental catastrophe.