
Fisher Stevens
Department: Acting
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 Roberts (1992), Hackers (1995), Anything Else (2003), and Hail, Caesar! (2016). He has acted in the Wes Anderson films The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Isle of Dogs (2018), The French Dispatch (2021), and Asteroid City (2023). In television he portrayed Chuck Fishman in CBS series Early Edition (1996–2000), Marvin Gerard on NBC's The Blacklist (2015–2022), Gabriel Kovac in CBS's The Good Fight (2017–2020), and Hugo Baker in the HBO drama series Succession (2019–2023).
Known For

Short Circuit
1986

Hackers
1995

Anything Else
2003

Factotum
2005

Four Days in September
1997

The Burning
1981

Short Circuit 2
1988

The Flamingo Kid
1984

Asteroid City
2023

Only You
1994

Kill the Poor
2003

Undisputed
2002

Kettle of Fish
2006

Rising Stars
2010

Reversal of Fortune
1990

Undiscovered
2005

Cold Fever
1995

The Boss' Wife
1986

My Science Project
1985

LOL
2012

Sam the Man
2001

...So Goes the Nation
2006

Mystery Date
1991

Henry's Crime
2010

Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989

Sing 2
2021

Fake
2011

Ponce de Leon
1986

Nina Takes a Lover
1995

Replay
2003

The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014

Jenifer
2001

The Experiment
2010

In the Grey
2026

United Passions
2014

Baby It's You
1983

The Right to Remain Silent
1996

Hail, Caesar!
2016

Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game
2014

Taxman
1999

Awake
2007

Coup!
2024

Palmer
2021

Uptown Girls
2003

Super Mario Bros.
1993

One for the Money
2012

3 A.M.
2001

Bob Roberts
1992

Isle of Dogs
2018

Easy Sex
2003

Private Eye Princess
2002

When the Party's Over
1993

Hero
1992

The Brother from Another Planet
1984

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021

Rio Sex Comedy
2010

Slow Burn
2005

Motherless Brooklyn
2019

The Keyboard Cowboys: A Look Back at Hackers
2015

Mission Blue
2014

The Marrying Man
1991

Lisa Picard Is Famous
2000

Prison Song
2001

Fired!
2007

Song Sung Blue
2025

Sing: Thriller
2024

PERFUMANIA
2025

The Tic Code
1998

On The Couch
2004

Medium
2005

Columbo
1971

Numb3rs
2005

Hope & Faith
2003

Early Edition
1996

Frasier
1993

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001

Ugly Betty
2006

Homicide: Life on the Street
1993

Key West
1993

Hack
2002

Basketball: A Love Story
2018

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005

Vice Principals
2016

Friends
1994

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988

The Mentalist
2008

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

The Blacklist
2013

The Good Fight
2017

Californication
2007

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014

Law & Order
1990

Would I Lie to You?
2022

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993

Tall Tales & Legends
1985

RIPLEY
2024

Succession
2018

Lost
2004

Elementary
2012

The Night Of
2016

Damages
2007

Red Oaks
2014

The Legend of Korra
2012

The Hunger
1997

Saturday Night Live
1975