Fisher Stevens

Cast · Director · Writer

Born

November 27, 1963 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Birth name

Steven Ira Fisher

Fisher Stevens is an American actor, director, producer and writer. Born in Chicago, he began acting as a teenager and studied briefly at New York University before pursuing a full-time career in performance. He gained recognition for his role in Short Circuit and has collaborated with Wes Anderson on several films. On television, he played Hugo Baker in the acclaimed HBO series Succession. As a filmmaker, Stevens won the Academy Award for The Cove and directed acclaimed documentaries such as Crazy Love and Before the Flood. He also co-founded the Off-Broadway company Naked Angels Theater and the production house Greene Street Films.