Scott Weinger

Scott Weinger (born October 5, 1975) is an American actor, screenwriter and television producer. He is the voice of the Disney character Aladdin in the 1992 animated film and various follow-ups, and played Steve Hale on the ABC sitcom Full House and its Netflix sequel Fuller House. For ABC, he wrote and produced for the television sitcoms Galavant and Black-ish and was a co-executive producer of The Muppets. He is a writer and co-executive producer on the Hulu show Paradise, for which he received Emmy nominations in 2025 and 2026.

Early life Weinger grew up in Hollywood, Florida before moving to Los Angeles when he got cast as a regular on Full House. Weinger graduated from Harvard University in 1998 magna cum laude with a degree in English and American Literature. He is Jewish.

Career Weinger's first professional acting work was a national commercial for Ideal Toys. His first acting role was in Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach. After guest-starring on ABC's Life Goes On, Weinger became a series regular on the situation comedy The Family Man on CBS. His next regular role in a series came as Steve Hale on the sitcom Full House from 1991 to 1995 after he had guest-starred on one episode during its fifth season as the similarly named Steve Peters. During the run of Full House, Weinger made his motion-picture debut as the voice of Aladdin in Disney's 1992 animated feature of the same name.

Weinger went on to several small roles in television programs, starred in a horror comedy film, 2003's Shredder, and provided his voice for Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis and the 3D Disney film Mickey's PhilharMagic. He had a guest appearance on the NBC's Scrubs for the season 6 episode "My Coffee" as Dr. Kershnar. He played Officer Rubin on What I Like About You. From 2016 until 2020, Weinger reprised his role of Steve Hale on the Full House spin-off series Fuller House.

Weinger provided the voice for Aladdin, the street urchin in Walt Disney Pictures' animated feature film of the same name. He reprised his role multiple times off the big screen including the CBS television series and direct-to-video sequels The Return of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves. His voice would also be used for several video games including the Kingdom Hearts series, Kinect: Disneyland Adventures, and Disney Infinity series.

Weinger has written and produced for television, receiving his first writing credit on the WB television show Like Family. Other writing credits include What I Like About You and Privileged. From 2009 to 2013, he was a writer-producer for 90210. He later worked as a writer-producer for The Neighbors, Galavant, Black-ish, and The Muppets. Weinger was a co-executive producer and showrunner for the French-language Netflix romantic comedy series Plan Coeur (The Hookup Plan). During the run of Fuller House, he sold pilots to Fox, CBS, HBO Max, and Disney Plus.

Personal life Weinger has been married to television writer and producer Rina Mimoun since 2008; together they have a son who was born in 2009.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1988 Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach Shark Attack Kid 1992 Aladdin Aladdin (voice) 1994 The Return of Jafar Direct-to-video 1996 Aladdin and the King of Thieves 2001 Metropolis Atlas (voice) English dub 2002 Mickey's House of Villains Aladdin (voice) 2003 Shredder Cole Davidson 2005 Jasmine's Enchanted Tales: Journey of a Princess Aladdin (voice) Direct-to-video 2006 Farce of the Penguins Horny penguin (voice) 2011 Roulette Mike 2023 Once Upon a Studio Aladdin (voice) Short film

Television Year Title Role Notes 1988 Hemingway Patrick Hemingway Miniseries 1989–1990 Life Goes On Steve Smith 2 episodes 1990–1991 The Family Man Steve Taylor 22 episodes 1991 Eerie, Indiana Eddie Episode: "ATM with a Heart of Gold" 1991–1995 Full House Steve Hale Recurring role (season 5 and 8), main role (season 6–7) 1993 Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Himself Episode: "The Pied Pirates of Petra" 1994 The Shaggy Dog Wilbert "Wilby" Daniels TV movie 1994–1995 Aladdin Aladdin / Evil Aladdin (voices) 85 episodes 1995 Aladdin on Ice Aladdin (voice) TV movie 1999 Hercules Episode: "Hercules and the Arabian Night" Walker, Texas Ranger Bradley Roberts Episode: "Full Recovery" 2001–2002 House of Mouse Aladdin (voice) 3 episodes 2006 What I Like About You Officer Rubin 4 episodes Scrubs Dr. Kershnar Episode: "My Coffee" 2013 The Mistresses Father Episode: "I Choose You" 2014 The Neighbors Man Episode: "There Goes The Neighbors' Hood" 2016–2020 Fuller House Dr. Steve Hale Recurring role (season 1); main role (season 2–5)

Video games Year Title Role 1997 Aladdin's MathQuest Aladdin 2001 Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge 2002 Kingdom HeartsAladdin (English version) 2005 Kingdom Hearts II 2011 Kinect: Disneyland Adventures Aladdin 2013 Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX 2014 Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX Disney Infinity 2.0 2015 Disney Infinity 3.0 2022 Cookie Run: Kingdom

Production credits Writer + Year Title Notes 2003 Like Family 2005 What I Like About You 3 episodes 2008–2009 Privileged 2 episodes 2010–2013 90210 8 episodes 2013–2014 The Neighbors 3 episodes 2014–2015 Black-ish 1 episode 2015–2016 Galavant 2 episodes 2016 The Muppets 1 episode 2018 The Hook Up Plan 4 episodes 2025–present Paradise 2 episodes TBD DC Super Hero High

Producer Year Title Position Notes 2002 The Cricket Player 2011–2012 90210 Co-producer 45 episodes 2013–2014 The Neighbors 22 episodes 2014–2015 Black-ish Supervising producer 15 episodes 2015–2016 Galavant 12 episodes 2016 The Muppets Co-executive producer 5 episodes 2018 The Hookup Plan 8 episodes Génération Q 1 episode 2021 DC Super Hero High Executive producer 2025–present Paradise Co-executive producer 15 episodes