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Steve Zahn
Steve Zahn, July 2008
Birth name	Steven James Zahn
Born	November 13, 1967 (1967-11-13) (age 41) Marshall, Minnesota, USA
Years active	1990 – present
Spouse	Robyn Peterman (1994-present) 2 children

Steven James "Steve" Zahn (born November 13, 1967) is an American comedian and actor of both film and stage. He has appeared in many films, usually playing the role of a goofy comic relief sidekick.¹

Early life

Zahn was born in Marshall, Minnesota, the son of Elizabeth Clair (née Gades), who worked for the YMCA, and James Edward Zahn, a retired Lutheran pastor.²³ Zahn spent part of his childhood in Mankato, Minnesota, attending Kennedy Elementary School. After attending Robbinsdale Cooper High School, Gustavus Adolphus College and the Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at American Repertory Theater at Harvard University, his first professional acting role was in Biloxi Blues, a Minnesota production at the Old Log Theater; but his first big break came in 1994, when he was noticed by Ben Stiller, who cast him in his picture, Reality Bites.

Career

Zahn with Jennifer Aniston at the premiere of the movie Management in which he acted.

Zahn's early roles were split between movies, touring companies of Broadway shows, and TV shows. In 1992-1993, he toured as Hugo with the Barry Weissler production of Bye Bye Birdie with Tommy Tune, Ann Reinking, and Marc Kudisch. He played Phoebe Buffay's husband Duncan in a 1995 episode of Friends. Zahn appeared in several films in the mid-1990s, including Tom Hanks' That Thing You Do! These films garnered him enough respect that he was offered the starring role in the critically-acclaimed indie film Happy, Texas (1999). Some of Zahn's most popular movies have been his most recent ones, including National Security (2003), Daddy Day Care (2003) and Sahara (2005). Zahn received his strongest critical acclaim for his performance in Riding in Cars with Boys, in which he co-starred with Drew Barrymore as her dim-witted, drug addicted husband. Roger Ebert, Richard Roeper and the BBC stated that the performance was deserving of an Oscar nomination. He also voiced Runt of the Litter in Chicken Little. He recently gave dramatic performances in Rescue Dawn and the television mini-series Comanche Moon.

Personal life

Zahn is an avid fly fisherman, and he owns a farm in Lexington, Kentucky. Zahn is married to Robyn Peterman, an actress and the daughter of John Peterman, whom Zahn met on a touring production of Bye Bye Birdie. The two have a son, Henry Zahn (born 3 April 2000 in New York), and a daughter, Audrey Robyn. In 2004, the family moved from New Jersey to a small horse farm in Georgetown, Kentucky, near Lexington, Kentucky, his wife's hometown.

He is very close friends with Tom Everett Scott, his costar in That Thing You Do, and was the best man at Scott's wedding.

Filmography

• Reality Bites (1994) — Sammy Grayn
• 'The Other Ted') (1995) - Allison Anders/Quentin Tarantino
• Friends (1995) - Duncan
• Crimson Tide (1995) — William Barnes
• subUrbia (1996) — Buff
• That Thing You Do! (1996) — Lenny Haise
• From the Earth to the Moon (1998) TV miniseries — Astronaut Elliot See
• The Object of My Affection (1998) — Frank Hanson
• You've Got Mail (1998) — George Pappas
• Out of Sight (1998) — Glenn Michaels
• Safe Men (1998) — Eddie
• Freak Talks About Sex (1999) — "Freak"
• Happy, Texas (1999) — Wayne Wayne Wayne Jr., aka David
• Stuart Little (1999) (voice) — Monty the Mouth
• Forces of Nature (1999) — Alan
• Hamlet (2000) — Rosencrantz
• Chain of Fools (2000) — Thomas Kresk
• Saving Silverman (2001) — Wayne Lefessier
• Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) (voice) — Archie
• Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) — Ray Hasek
• Chelsea Walls (2001) — Ross
• Joy Ride (2001) — Fuller Thomas
• National Security (2003) — Hank Rafferty
• Daddy Day Care (2003) — Marvin
• Shattered Glass (2003) — Adam Penenberg
• Speak (2004) — Mr. Freeman
• Employee of the Month (2004) — Jack
• Sahara (2005) — Al Giordino
• Chicken Little (2005) — Runt (voice)
• Bandidas (2006) — Quentin Cooke
• Rescue Dawn (2007) — Duane
• Comanche Moon (2008) — Augustus "Gus" McCrae
• Strange Wilderness (2008) — Peter Gaulke
• Sunshine Cleaning (2008) — Mac
• The Great Buck Howard (2008) — Limo Driver
• Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby (2008) — Sandy Pig (voice)
• Management (2008) — Mike Flux
• Monk (2009) (TV series) — Jack Monk, Jr.
• Night Train (2009) — Pete
• A Perfect Getaway (2009) — Cliff
• Calvin Marshall (2009) — Coach Little
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010) - Frank Heffley
• Death (2011) - Fred

References

External links

• Steve Zahn at the Internet Movie Database
• BBC film critic BBC review of 'Riding in Cars with Boys', suggests Academy Award nomination for Zahn
• Video interview with Steve Zahn on Rescue Dawn
• Steve Zahn Interview (Rescue Dawn)
• Onion A.V. Club Interview
• Steve Zahn at FEARnet