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Stephen Furst

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5/1/1955, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

Birth Name

Stephen Fuerstein

Gender

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Also Known As

Stephen 'Flounder' Furst

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Biography

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Stephen Furst has starred in many motion pictures and television series. Beginning with the smash hit comedy classic, National Lampoon's "Animal House", where he starred as the lovable yet bumbling fraternity freshman, Flounder. Stephen did a series of other motion pictures including "Silent Rage", "Up the Creek", and…more

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Star (21)

Role
- Starz Inside: In the Gutter
  Star
  2008
- Sorority Boys
  The Alum
  2002
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
  Booster Sinclair Munchaper
  - S 2: Ep 12 Ancient Evil
    1/6/01
  - S 2: Ep 11 Opposites Attract
    12/23/00
  - S 2: Ep 10 Holiday Time
    12/16/00
  - S 2: Ep 9 Speed Trap
    12/9/00
  - S 2: Ep 8 Return to Karn
    12/2/00
  - + 56 More Credits
- Everything's Jake
  Star
  2000
- Babylon 5
  Vir Cotto
  - S 5: Ep 22 Sleeping in Light
    11/25/98
  - S 5: Ep 21 Objects at Rest
    11/18/98
  - S 5: Ep 18 The Fall of Centauri Prime (2)
    10/28/98
  - — Thirdspace
    7/19/98
  - S 5: Ep 17 Movements of Fire and Shadow (1)
    6/17/98
  - + 80 More Credits
- Little Bigfoot 2 (The Journey Home)
  Star
  1997
- Little Bigfoot
  Star
  1997
- Misery Loves Company
  Lewis
  - S 1: Ep 4 Pilot
    10/22/95
  - S 1: Ep 3 That Book By Nabokov
    10/15/95
  - S 1: Ep 2 Uneasy Rider
    10/8/95
  - S 1: Ep 1 Advice & Dissent
    10/1/95
  - S 1: Ep 8 Joe DeMarco, Boy Wonder
  - + 4 More Credits
- Magic Kid 2(AKA) Ninja Boy
  Star
  1994
- dMagic Kid (AKA)Ninja Dragons
  Star
  1993
- Have Faith
  Fr. Gabe Podmaninski
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Competition
    6/13/89
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Confession
    6/6/89
  - S 1: Ep 5 Letters from Home
    5/30/89
  - S 1: Ep 4 Bingo
    5/16/89
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Window
    5/2/89
  - + 2 More Credits
- The Dream Team
  Albert Ianuzzi
  1989
- St. Elsewhere
  Dr. Elliot Axelrod (1983-1988)
  - S 6: Ep 22 The Last One
    5/25/88
  - S 6: Ep 21 The Abby Singer Show
    5/18/88
  - S 6: Ep 20 Split Decision
    5/11/88
  - S 6: Ep 19 Requiem For a Heavyweight
    5/4/88
  - S 6: Ep 18 The Naked Civil Surgeon
    4/27/88
  - + 109 More Credits
- If It's Tuesday, It Still Must be Belgium
  Star
  1987
- Silent Rage
  Star
  1982
- Midnight Madness
  Star
  1980
- Delta House
  Kent Dorfman
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Matriculation of Kent Dorfman
    4/21/79
  - S 1: Ep 12 Hoover and the Bomb
    4/7/79
  - S 1: Ep 11 Campus Fair
    4/5/79
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Blotto Who Came to Dinner
    3/31/79
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Fall of Dean Wormer
    3/22/79
  - + 9 More Credits
- National Lampoon's Animal House
  Kent Dorfman
  1978
- Up the Creek
  Star
- If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
  Star
  1969
- Jungle Cubs
  Hathi the Elephant (Season One)
  - — The Jungle Book
    10/18/67
  - S 2: Ep 8 Nice Tiger / Sleepless In The Jungle
    1/10/98
  - S 2: Ep 7 Tree For Two / Waiting For Baloo
    11/22/97
  - S 2: Ep 6 A Tale Of Two Tails / Hair Ball
    11/15/97
  - S 2: Ep 4 Birthday Snake / The Five Bananas
    11/1/97
  - + 17 More Credits
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- The New Hollywood Squares
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 101 February 2 - 6, 1987 - Friday
    2/6/87
  - S 1: Ep 100 February 2 - 6, 1987 - Thursday
    2/5/87
  - S 1: Ep 99 February 2 - 6, 1987 - Wednesday
    2/4/87
  - S 1: Ep 98 February 2 - 6, 1987 - Tuesday
    2/3/87
  - S 1: Ep 97 February 2 - 6, 1987 - Monday
    2/2/87
Guest Star (32)

Role
- E!'s 101
  Interviewee
  - S 2: Ep 10 Most Awesome Moments in Entertainment 20 - 1
    10/21/04
  - S 2: Ep 9 Most Awesome Moments in Entertainment 40 - 21
    10/20/04
  - S 2: Ep 8 Most Awesome Moments in Entertainment 60 - 41
    10/19/04
  - S 2: Ep 7 Most Awesome Moments in Entertainment 80 - 61
    10/18/04
- She Spies
  Mr. Washman
  - S 1: Ep 6 Ice Man
    10/28/02
- Scrubs
  Dr. Franklyn
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
  Blister
  - S 1: Ep 29 Clone Rangers
    11/2/00
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
  Booster
- Road Rovers
  Sport
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Dog Who Knew Too Much
    11/2/96
- Diagnosis Murder
  Vic Slovak
  - S 3: Ep 13 35 Millimeter Murder
    3/29/96
- Chicago Hope
  Dr. Elliot Feinstein
  - S 2: Ep 11 Christmas Truce
    12/11/95
- Freakazoid!
  Fan Boy
  - S 1: Ep 5 Foamy the Freakadog / Office Visit / Ode to Leonard Nimoy / Emergency Broadcast System
    10/7/95
  - S 1: Ep 4 And Fan Boy Is His Name / Lawn Gnomes: Ch. IV - Fun in the Sun / Freak's French Lesson
    9/30/95
- Melrose Place
  Benjamin Skyler
  - S 2: Ep 22 With This Ball and Chain
    2/23/94
- Davis Rules
  Marty
  - S 2: Ep 11 Strike Down the Band
    3/18/92
- Nurses (1991)
  Chet McGuire
  - S 1: Ep 19 Catch a Fallen Star
    2/22/92
- Dream On
  Leon Carp
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Second Greatest Story Ever Told (2)
    7/7/91
- Dream On
  Leon Carp (Martin in Movie)
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Second Greatest Story Ever Told (1)
    7/7/91
- Shades of L.A.
  Alan Gafkin
  - S 1: Ep 13 Last Laugh
    1/22/91
- Murder, She Wrote
  Sgt. Paulsen
  - S 7: Ep 1 Trials & Tribulations
    9/16/90
- Sydney
  Bookkeeper
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Me Nobody Knows
    5/2/90
- Night Court
  Alexander Tobin
  - S 7: Ep 24 The Blues of the Birth
    5/2/90
- Doctor, Doctor
  George
  - S 2: Ep 13 No Free Lunch
    2/26/90
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 112 June 7, 1989
    6/7/89
  - S 1: Ep 81 April 25, 1989
    4/25/89
  - S 1: Ep 70 April 10, 1989
    4/10/89
- Blackout
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 10 January 15, 1988
    1/15/88
  - S 1: Ep 9 January 14, 1988
    1/14/88
  - S 1: Ep 8 January 13, 1988
    1/13/88
  - S 1: Ep 7 January 12, 1988
    1/12/88
  - S 1: Ep 6 January 11, 1988
    1/11/88
- Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre
  Peter
  - S 4: Ep 1 The Three Little Pigs
    2/12/85
- Lottery!
  ?
  - S 1: Ep 15 St. Louis: Win or Lose
    3/22/84
- The Jeffersons
  Wiley
  - S 10: Ep 13 The Command Post
    1/15/84
- Lottery!
  Guest Star
- CHiPs (1983)
  Dirtball
  - S 6: Ep 19 Fun House
    3/13/83
- Newhart
  2nd Student
  - S 1: Ep 11 Sprained Dreams
    1/3/83
- St. Elsewhere
  Dr. Elliot Axelrod
- Newhart
  Guest Star
- Disneyland
  Himself
  - S 27: Ep 1 Disneyland's 25th Anniversary Show
    9/14/80
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself
  - S 13: Ep 63 April 16-20, 1979 (NBC-TV)
    4/16/79
- Family
  Delivery Boy
  - S 4: Ep 3 Changes
    10/12/78
Special Guest Star (2)

Role
- Scrubs
  Dr. Franklyn
  - S 1: Ep 21 My Sacrificial Clam
    4/30/02
- MacGyver
  Dr. Kozby
  - S 4: Ep 18 Renegade
    5/8/89
Director (5)

Role
- Path of Destruction
  Director
  2005
- Dragon Storm
  Director
  2004
- Crusade
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 13 Each Night I Dream of Home
    9/1/99
  - S 1: Ep 8 Appearances and Other Deceits
    7/28/99
- Babylon 5
  Director
  - S 5: Ep 13 The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father
    4/15/98
  - S 4: Ep 22 The Deconstruction of Falling Stars
    11/30/97
  - S 4: Ep 8 The Illusion of Truth
    2/20/97
- Magic Kid 2(AKA) Ninja Boy
  Director
  1994
Executive Producer (1)

Role
- The Tenth Circle
  Executive Producer
  2008
  - S 1: Ep 1
    6/28/08

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- Stephen co-wrote, directed and stared in 1994 movie "Magic Kid II".
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- Stephen attended Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.
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- Stephen's father died when Stephen was 17 due to complications from diabetes.
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- Stephen wrote the book "Confessions of a Couch Potato (Or, If I'm So Skinny, Why Do I Still Feel Like Flounder?)".
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- Stephen has appeared with his son Griff in at least 4 movies.
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- Stephen co-wrote, directed, produced and stared in the short film "D4G - Diabetes for Guys: A Guy Flick".
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- In 1986 Stephen was in a TV commercial for Sun Country Wine Coolers.
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- Stephen was in the music video for Twisted Sister's song "I Wanna Rock"
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- In 1999 at the Santa Clarita International Film Festival Stephen won a Directors Gold Award for "Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure".
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- Stephen has 2 sons. Nathan who is a composer and Griff who is an actor.
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- Stephen has been married to Lorraine Wright since June 13, 1976. She is an entertainment lawyer.
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- Stephen is 5' 10" (1.78 m) tall.
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- Stephen was a pizza delivery man in Hollywood before going into acting full time. He put his resume in delivery boxes and this attracted the attention of one of the producers of National Lampoon's Animal House, which led to his being hired.
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- While being treated for diabetes complications in 1996, Stephen lost around 150 pounds, going from 320 pounds to 175 pounds.
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- Stephen: I'd love to do romantic comedy, and a good thriller. I just like to tell a story. I like to make movies. It's gotta be good.
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- Stephen: Well, the Sci-Fi Channel in particular seems to use the same people over and over There's a rumor going around that they're all kept on a ranch somewhere.
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- Stephen: I also lost the weight between the third and fourth season of Babylon 5. I came in, and the wardrobe was just hanging off of me. I didn't mention that I'd lost weight to them, so the first couple episodes on year four, you'll never see my back towards camera, because I was safety pinned together.
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- Stephen: (On recovering from dangerous side-effects of Diabetes) I experienced a multi-layered epiphany while I was healing. Bit by bit, the reality of my life's demon became clear to me.
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- Stephen: Like most severely overweight people, I had to hit a rock-hard bottom before I'd take responsibility for the consequences of neglecting my own health.
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