Fisher Stevens

Fisher Stevens (born November 27, 1963) is an American actor, director, and producer. Honours in his career include the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature in 2010 for his film The Cove and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2008 for his film Crazy Love. As an actor, he is known for his performances with Chuck Fishman in Early Edition, Seamus O’Neill in Key West, Eugene “The Plague” Belford in Hackers, Iggy in Super Mario Brothers, Hawk Ganz in The Flamingo Kid and Ben Jahrvi on Short Circuit and Short Circuit 2. He has appeared on television series such as Frasier, Friends, Law & Order, Key West and Lost. He recently appeared in two episodes of the TV series Numb3rs while starring as Hugo Baker in the HBO satirical drama series Succession. Fisher also has a distinguished Broadway and Off-Broadway career spanning nearly 3 decades. He played Jigger Craigin in the 1994 Lincoln Center revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel. He had an early success in the 1982 Broadway production of the Torch Song Trilogy playing David, the adopted son of the gay protagonist played by series writer Harvey Fierstein, and in the original Broadway production of Brighton Beach Memoirs, succeeding Matthew Broderick in the lead role role of Eugene. During his career, he acted in and directed more than 50 theater productions. In 2010, Fisher founded a film and documentary production company, Insurgent Media, with Andrew S. Karsch and Erik H. Gordon. In 2023 he directed the new documentary on the life of David Beckham on Netflix.