Fisher Stevens(I)
- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Fisher Stevens moved from his native Chicago to New York at the age of
13 to pursue an acting career. He tried, unsuccessfully, to get any
kind of job and was, he recalls, even rejected as extra for a Crest
commercial.
When his acting teacher, Dan Fauci, lost the
lease to his teaching studio, he rented Fisher's loft and built a stage
in the living room. He later studied with
Uta Hagen. His first professional theatrical
production was playing Tiny Tim's brother, Harry, in the musical
version of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" in the basement of an
off-off-off Broadway theatre when he was 14. Since then he has
performed in more than 20 stage productions including 544 performances
in Harvey Fierstein's "Torch Song
Triology", both on and off Broadway. He also played Eugene in
Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach
Memories". Most recently, he played the leads in
Thomas Babe's "Carrying School Children",
"Almost Romance" opposite Helen Slater and
Jules Feiffer's "Little Murders" with
Christine Lahti. He also sang
and danced in the musicals "Miami" by
Wendy Wasserstein and the late
Michael Bennett's Broadway
production of "Scandal" with Swoosie Kurtz
and Treat Williams. He also appeared in
the recent New York City Shakespeare Festival production of "A
Midsummer Nights Dream".
Fisher made his motion picture debut getting his fingers chopped off in
the horror film The Burning (1981)
when he was 16-years-old. After that he appeared in
Baby It's You (1983) and
The Brother from Another Planet (1984).
He co-starred with Matt Dillon in
the hit comedy film
The Flamingo Kid (1984) where he
met the then fledgling producer
Gary Foster. He appeared as sidekick
to Steve Guttenberg's character in
Short Circuit (1986).
In television he has performed in ABC's
Ryan's Hope (1975), Showtime's
Tall Tales & Legends (1985)
and CBS' Early Edition (1996).
Despite having lived in New York City for more than a decade, where,
with some other actors, Stevens has started an off-off-off Broadway
theatre company called Naked Angels, he insists that he is still a fan
of the Chicago Cubs.
13 to pursue an acting career. He tried, unsuccessfully, to get any
kind of job and was, he recalls, even rejected as extra for a Crest
commercial.
When his acting teacher, Dan Fauci, lost the
lease to his teaching studio, he rented Fisher's loft and built a stage
in the living room. He later studied with
Uta Hagen. His first professional theatrical
production was playing Tiny Tim's brother, Harry, in the musical
version of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" in the basement of an
off-off-off Broadway theatre when he was 14. Since then he has
performed in more than 20 stage productions including 544 performances
in Harvey Fierstein's "Torch Song
Triology", both on and off Broadway. He also played Eugene in
Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach
Memories". Most recently, he played the leads in
Thomas Babe's "Carrying School Children",
"Almost Romance" opposite Helen Slater and
Jules Feiffer's "Little Murders" with
Christine Lahti. He also sang
and danced in the musicals "Miami" by
Wendy Wasserstein and the late
Michael Bennett's Broadway
production of "Scandal" with Swoosie Kurtz
and Treat Williams. He also appeared in
the recent New York City Shakespeare Festival production of "A
Midsummer Nights Dream".
Fisher made his motion picture debut getting his fingers chopped off in
the horror film The Burning (1981)
when he was 16-years-old. After that he appeared in
Baby It's You (1983) and
The Brother from Another Planet (1984).
He co-starred with Matt Dillon in
the hit comedy film
The Flamingo Kid (1984) where he
met the then fledgling producer
Gary Foster. He appeared as sidekick
to Steve Guttenberg's character in
Short Circuit (1986).
In television he has performed in ABC's
Ryan's Hope (1975), Showtime's
Tall Tales & Legends (1985)
and CBS' Early Edition (1996).
Despite having lived in New York City for more than a decade, where,
with some other actors, Stevens has started an off-off-off Broadway
theatre company called Naked Angels, he insists that he is still a fan
of the Chicago Cubs.