Steven Weber

Steven Robert Weber (born March 4, 1961) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Brian Hackett on the television series Wings, and as Dr. Dean Archer on NBC’s Chicago Med. He also voiced Charlie B. Barkin in All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series, and portrayed Jack Torrance in the TV miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's The Shining. He had a recurring role on iZombie as Vaughn du Clark. He played Mayor Douglas Hamilton on NCIS: New Orleans in a recurring role and starred as Sergeant First Class Dennis Worcester in Hamburger Hill.

Early life Weber was born in Queens, New York. His mother, Fran (née Frankel), Weber is Jewish and embraces his heritage despite not having received a formal religious education. Weber graduated from Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts (1979) and the State University of New York at Purchase.

Career Weber started appearing in TV commercials in the third grade. After leaving college, he became a member of the Mirror Repertory Company and appeared opposite legendary actress Geraldine Page and Mason Adams in "Paradise Lost" before winning a role as Julianne Moore's ill-tempered and ill-fated boyfriend on the CBS daytime drama As the World Turns in 1985–1986. He appeared in several motion pictures and TV mini-series, such as The Flamingo Kid, Hamburger Hill, and the acclaimed The Kennedys of Massachusetts (as the young John F. Kennedy).

His best-known role is as Brian Hackett, a skirt-chasing airplane pilot on the sitcom Wings. Several years later, Weber starred in his own short-lived half-hour comedy Cursed (later renamed The Weber Show), joined the cast of ABC's Once and Again as the tortured artist Sam Blue, and starred the next year in the acclaimed show The D.A., also for ABC. Weber also had lead roles in the 1990s films Single White Female and Jeffrey.

Weber first appeared on Broadway in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing

In 1995, he became engaged to Juliette Hohnen, then the Los Angeles bureau chief for MTV News, and they married on July 29 that year at Highclere Castle in Berkshire, England. In March 2013, it was reported that the couple filed for divorce. They have two sons.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1984 The Flamingo Kid Paul Hirsch 1985 Walls of Glass Sean 1987 The Little Fox Adult Vic Voice, English dub Hamburger Hill Sergeant First Class Dennis Worcester 1990 Angels Rickie 1992 Single White Female Sam Rawson 1993 The Temp Brad Montroe 1994 Benders The Man 1995 Just Looking Craig Take Out the Beast Drummond Short film Jeffrey Jeffrey Leaving Las Vegas Marc Nussbaum Dracula: Dead and Loving It Jonathan Harker 1998 I Woke Up Early the Day I Died Policeman in Alley Sour Grapes Evan Maxwell Break Up Officer Andrew Ramsey An All Dogs Christmas Carol Charlie B. Barkin Voice, direct to video 1999 At First Sight Duncan Allanbrook 2000 Timecode Darren Fetzer Common Ground Gil Roberts Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes Hutch Rimes Joseph: King of Dreams Simeon, Slave Trader Voice 2019 Soliloquy or The Goose Dave Voice, short TBA You Above All Filming

Television