Steve Zahn

Steve Zahn
Zahn in 2008
Born
Steven James Zahn

(1967-11-13) November 13, 1967 (age 56)
Education
OccupationActor
Years active1990–present
Spouse
Robyn Peterman
(m. 1994)
Children2

Steven James Zahn (/zɑːn/ ZAHN;[1] born November 13, 1967)[2] is an American actor. The accolades he has received include an Independent Spirit Award, alongside nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

In film, Zahn is best known for his lead roles in That Thing You Do! (1996), Happy, Texas (1999), Joy Ride (2001), National Security (2003), A Perfect Getaway (2009), the Diary of a Wimpy Kid film series (2010–2012), Cowboys (2020), and LaRoy, Texas (2023). His notable supporting roles in films include Reality Bites (1994), Out of Sight (1998), Forces of Nature (1999), Employee of the Month (2004), the Stuart Little film series (1999–2002), Riding in Cars with Boys (2001), Chicken Little (2005), Sahara (2005), Rescue Dawn (2006), Dallas Buyers Club (2013), The Good Dinosaur (2015), Captain Fantastic (2016) and War for the Planet of the Apes (2017).

In television, Zahn is best known for his main cast credits as Davis McAlary in the HBO series Treme (2010–2013), Cobi in the Amazon Prime Video series Mad Dogs (2015–2016), Jude Ellis in the ABC science fiction series The Crossing (2018), and Mark Mossbacher in season 1 of the HBO anthology series The White Lotus (2021).

  1. ^ "Steve Zahn: Filming 'War of the Planet of the Apes' was 'physically the hardest job I ever did'". Good Morning America. July 11, 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-11-13. Retrieved February 10, 2020 – via YouTube.
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