DANIEL STERN
Name: Daniel Jacob Stern
Born: 28 August 1957 Chevy Chase, Maryland, U.S.
Daniel Jacob Stern (born August 28, 1957) is an American television and film
actor. He is known for his roles in the 1990s Hollywood films City Slickers and
Home Alone.
Stern was born in Bethesda, Maryland to a social worker father and a mother who
managed a day care center. His brother is television writer David M. Stern.
Stern applied for a job as a lighting engineer for a Shakespeare Festival in
Washington, D.C., but was hired as a walk-on. After taking acting lessons, Stern
began his acting career in Off Broadway and Broadway productions, including a
performance at Second Stage Theatre with actor Bob Gunton.
In 1979, Stern made his movie debut as Cyril in Breaking Away. The following
year he played a student who raised objections during Jill Clayburgh's proof of
the snake lemma in the film It's My Turn. His breakthrough role as an actor came
in Barry Levinson's Diner. Another film role he is remembered for is the 1983
action film Blue Thunder as J.A.F.O., also known as Officer Richard Lymangood.
He was the original choice to play Biff Tannen in the 1985 film Back to the
Future, but he turned the role down.
Stern is often remembered for playing bumbling but lovable idiots, such as Phil
from the City Slickers movies, Marv from the first two Home Alone movies, and
Max from Bushwacked. Many consider his role as Marv to be a breakthrough for his
career. He is also noted for providing the voice of the narrator on the TV
series The Wonder Years, which starred Fred Savage. Stern and Savage were also
featured together in Little Monsters, interestingly Stern played the part as
Savage's father. Stern provided the voice for the main character of the Dilbert
animated series, based on the comic strip by Scott Adams. He also tried his hand
at directing through several episodes of The Wonder Years and the movie Rookie
of the Year.
Stern was featured breaking the fourth wall in an issue of MAD Magazine which
spoofed Home Alone. In this lampoon, as he is breaking into the house, he tells
Joe Pesci he is humiliated.
Stern: "We ought to be ashamed of ourselves!"
Pesci: "Why, because we are criminals stealing from somebody's house?"
Stern: "No, because we are fine actors taking such embarrassing roles!"
Pesci: "I see your point of view! People expected we knew better after seeing my
performance in Raging Bull, Goodfellas, and Casino, and yours in Diner, Breaking
Away, and the voice of the adult Kevin on The Wonder Years!"
His best friends include Billy Crystal and Joe Pesci, his co-stars from City
Slickers and Home Alone, respectively.
Name: Daniel Jacob Stern
Born: 28 August 1957 Chevy Chase, Maryland, U.S.
Daniel Jacob Stern (born August 28, 1957) is an American television and film
actor. He is known for his roles in the 1990s Hollywood films City Slickers and
Home Alone.
Stern was born in Bethesda, Maryland to a social worker father and a mother who
managed a day care center. His brother is television writer David M. Stern.
Stern applied for a job as a lighting engineer for a Shakespeare Festival in
Washington, D.C., but was hired as a walk-on. After taking acting lessons, Stern
began his acting career in Off Broadway and Broadway productions, including a
performance at Second Stage Theatre with actor Bob Gunton.
In 1979, Stern made his movie debut as Cyril in Breaking Away. The following
year he played a student who raised objections during Jill Clayburgh's proof of
the snake lemma in the film It's My Turn. His breakthrough role as an actor came
in Barry Levinson's Diner. Another film role he is remembered for is the 1983
action film Blue Thunder as J.A.F.O., also known as Officer Richard Lymangood.
He was the original choice to play Biff Tannen in the 1985 film Back to the
Future, but he turned the role down.
Stern is often remembered for playing bumbling but lovable idiots, such as Phil
from the City Slickers movies, Marv from the first two Home Alone movies, and
Max from Bushwacked. Many consider his role as Marv to be a breakthrough for his
career. He is also noted for providing the voice of the narrator on the TV
series The Wonder Years, which starred Fred Savage. Stern and Savage were also
featured together in Little Monsters, interestingly Stern played the part as
Savage's father. Stern provided the voice for the main character of the Dilbert
animated series, based on the comic strip by Scott Adams. He also tried his hand
at directing through several episodes of The Wonder Years and the movie Rookie
of the Year.
Stern was featured breaking the fourth wall in an issue of MAD Magazine which
spoofed Home Alone. In this lampoon, as he is breaking into the house, he tells
Joe Pesci he is humiliated.
Stern: "We ought to be ashamed of ourselves!"
Pesci: "Why, because we are criminals stealing from somebody's house?"
Stern: "No, because we are fine actors taking such embarrassing roles!"
Pesci: "I see your point of view! People expected we knew better after seeing my
performance in Raging Bull, Goodfellas, and Casino, and yours in Diner, Breaking
Away, and the voice of the adult Kevin on The Wonder Years!"
His best friends include Billy Crystal and Joe Pesci, his co-stars from City
Slickers and Home Alone, respectively.