Fisher Stevens Biography

Fisher Stevens an American actor, director, producer, and writer, known for his role as Ben Jabituya in Short Circuit (renamed “Ben Jhaveri” in the sequel), Chuck Fishman on the 1990s television series Early Edition, and villainous computer genius Eugene “The Plague” Belford in Hackers.

His most recent successes include winning the 2010 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for The Cove and the 2008 Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature for Crazy Love. In addition, Fisher has directed the Leonardo DiCaprio-produced documentary Before the Flood, executive produced by Martin Scorsese, which screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and by National Geographic on October 21, the year 2016.

Fisher Stevens Age

Fisher was born on November 27, 1963, in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Fisher Stevens Friends

Fisher co-founded the Naked Angels Theater Company with longtime friends Rob Morrow, Nicole Burdette, Pippin Parker, Charles Landry, Nancy Travis, and Ned Eisenberg in the year 1986. Fisher also co-founded Greene Street Films, a film production company located in Tribeca, New York City, in 1996. Fisher performed as Edgar Allan Poe on Lou Reed’s album The Raven in 2003. He is an accomplished harmonica player.

In the year 2010, Fisher co-founded a new media and documentary film company, Insurgent Media, with Andrew Karsch and Erik H. Gordon. In June 2010, Fisher made his major theatrical directing debut with John Leguizamo’s one-man show, Ghetto Klown (originally called Klass Klown), which eventually ran on Broadway from March to July 2011.

The two had appeared together in a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Public Theater about twenty years earlier. On July 13, the year 2012, PBS debuted Tales From a Ghetto Klown, a documentary about the development of the show which prominently features Stevens.

In 2010, Fisher won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for co-producing The Cove. Fisher directed the 2012 crime story Stand Up Guys, starring Al Pacino and Christopher Walken. Fisher teamed up with Alexis Bloom to direct the film Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher along with Debbie Reynolds, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016.

Fisher Stevens Net Worth

Fisher has an estimated net worth of $8 million

Fisher Stevens Health

Previously Fisher battled with Hodgkin’s disease. At age 16, he landed his first movie role, acting in the horror film The Burning.

Fisher Stevens Neck

Fisher has a skinny neck that seems too small for his head. He previously struggled with Hodgkin’s disease.

Fisher Stevens Movies and TV shows

• Short Circuit 1986
• Short Circuit 2 1988
• Before the Flood 2016
• Hackers 1995
• Early Edition 1996 – 2000

• Stand Up Guys 2012
• Succession Since 2018
• Reversal of Fortune 1990
• Isle of Dogs 2018
• Only You 1994
• The Burning 1981
• Bright Lights 2016
• My Science Project 1985
• Crazy Love 2007
• Just a Kiss 2002

• Motherless Brooklyn 2019
• The Cove 2009
• Awake 2007
• Super Mario Bros. 1993
• Henry’s Crime 2010
• Factotum 2005
• The Flamingo Kid 1984
• Undisputed 2002
• One for the Money 2012
• Mystery Date 1991

• The Marrying Man 1991
• Uptown Girls 2003
• The Good Fight Since 2017
• Undiscovered 2005
• Kettle of Fish 2006
• Slow Burn 2005
• The Night Of 2016
• Cold Fever 1995
• The Experiment 2010
• The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014

• Hail, Caesar! 2016
• Racing Extinction 2015
• The Brother from Another Planet 1984
• The Boss’s Wife 1986
• Key West 1993
• Piñero 2001
• And We Go Green 2019
• Nina Takes a Lover 1994
• The French Dispatch 2021
• The Tic Code 1998
• When the Party’s Over 1993

• Vice Principals 2016 – 2017
• Four Days in September 1997
• Anything Else 2003
• John Leguizamo’s Ghetto Klown 2014
• Bloodhounds of Broadway 1989

Fisher Stevens Height and Weight

Fisher stands tall at a height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 m) and has an average body weight

Fisher Stevens Family

Fisher was born in Chicago, by his parents Sally, a painter and AIDS activist, and Norman Fisher, a furniture executive. He grew up in the Chicago, Illinois area, living in Hyde Park, Highland Park, and Evanston, and describes himself as a “white Jewish kid from Chicago.”

Fisher’s parents divorced when he was 13, after which he moved to New York with his mother. In the past, Fisher battled with Hodgkin’s disease. At age of 16 years, Stevens landed his first movie role, acting in the horror film The Burning. Fisher completed one year at New York University before deciding to pursue acting full-time.

Fisher Stevens Wife

Fisher is married to Alexis Bloom and together are parents of two children a daughter, named Paloma and a son whose name is not publicly known.