Steven (I) Weber filmography and biography
Date of birth: 4 March 1961, Queens, New York, USA
Steven (I) Weber biography
This Queens-born actor has certainly proven himself adept at everything
from quirky comedy to flat-out melodrama. Born on March 4, 1961, to a
Borscht Belt comic and a nightclub singer, Weber was already appearing
in TV commercials by elementary school age. He later studied at the
High School of the Performing Arts in New York and graduated from New
York State University. The fair-haired, fair-skinned actor worked a
series of menial jobs during his salad days as a struggling thespian
(custodian, elevator operator, singing waiter) until earning his break
on TV in a presentation of one of Mark Twain's stories. Quickly making
his film debut in the popular comedy The Flamingo Kid, he
nabbed a running role on the soap opera
As the World Turns a year later. On the set he met
first wife Finn Carter, another co-star on the daytime drama.
Steven stayed put for a year then went on to gain recognition in more
offbeat and/or prestigious productions on film and primetime TV. He
played a rock star in the thoroughly offbeat foreign-made film
Los Atilde;iexcl;ngeles and showed real command as John F. Kennedy in
the epic miniseries The Kennedys of Massachusetts.
That same year TV stardom came his way with the sitcom
Wings. Co-starring with Tim Daly (I) as Brian
Hackett, the looser, goofier more aimless half of the brotherly team
who co-owned a one-plane, Nantucket-based airline, the actors'
chemistry, not to mention a terrifically eclectic supporting cast, kept
the show on a steady course for seven seasons. Easily typed now as a
genial, lovable loser type, Weber faced the prospect of severe
pigeon-holing. So during the show's off season, he started showing up
in more serious roles. He suffered at the hands of the deranged
Jennifer Jason Leigh in Single White Female;
appeared in a second chiller with The Temp; and made a
cameo in the highly depressing, award-winning
Leaving Las Vegas. He truly impressed both critics and
audiences alike as the complex title character in
Jeffrey, a gay romantic film comedy, and then completely
defied all odds by starring in an epic TV-movie version of
Stephen King (I)'s horror classic The Shining,
seizing the role inherited from Jack Nicholson (I) and
brilliantly making it his own while earning a Saturn award for his
chilling efforts.
By the time "Wings" came to an end in 1997, Weber had divorced wife Finn
(they had no children) and married actress/TV executive
Juliette Hohnen. The couple married on July 9, 1995 and have
since had two children, Jack and Alfie. Since then Steven has remained
quite productive. He and Laura Linney were selected to play the
TV-movie leads in the popular A.R. Gurney theater piece
Love Letters (1999) (TV). While other TV series comebacks have
fared less well, including the short runs of Cursed and
The D.A., Steven bounced back in other venues. In 2002,
he joined the cast of the smash Broadway musical "The Producers,"
taking over the nebbish Matthew Broderick (I) role. In 2004, he
went to London to appear on stage with Kevin Spacey and
Mary Stuart Masterson in "National Anthems." Other plays over
the years have included "Throwing Your Voice," "Something in the Air"
and "Design for Living." In addition to giving voice occasionally to a
few animated film and TV characters, he returned fruitfully to
Stephen King (I) territory in 2006 with two major TV projects.
Steven (I) Weber trivia
- Graduate of the prestigious State University of New York, Purchase.
Other SUNY Purchase
- Son Alfie James born on February 25, 2003.
- Wife Juliette Hohnen is an interior decorator and a former L.A.
Bureau chief for MTV.
- Met ex-wife Finn Carter on the set of the soap
As the World Turns.
- Mom was a nightclub singer; Dad was a manager of Borscht Belt comedians.
- Began acting in commercials in the third grade.
- First child, Jack Alexander Hohnen-Weber, was born on 15 January 2001,
weighing 7lbs 1oz
- In May 2007, he made a large profit on his 1,400-square-foot home on the
Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California, selling it for $3,820,000.
He originally paid $2,849,000 for the house in April 2006.
- Owns a six-bedroom, 5,200-square-foot house on 2.57 acres in Los
Angeles' Brentwood neighborhood. He purchased the house in late 2003
for an undisclosed amount.
Steven (I) Weber quotes
- "I can't do anything else. I can't type or run a computer, and I've been
fired from jobs as a custodian, waiter, and elevator operator. Acting
has always been my passion." - 1990