Stephen Furst

Stephen Furst
Furst in 2014
Born
Stephen Nelson Feuerstein

(1954-05-08)May 8, 1954
DiedJune 16, 2017(2017-06-16) (aged 63)
Alma materVirginia Commonwealth University
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • producer
Years active1973–2016
Known for
Spouse
Lorraine Wright
(m. 1976)
Children2
Websitestephenfurst.com

Stephen Furst (born Stephen Nelson Feuerstein; May 8, 1954 – June 16, 2017) was an American actor. After gaining attention with his featured role as Kent "Flounder" Dorfman in the comedy film National Lampoon's Animal House and its spin-off television series Delta House,[1] he went on to be a regular as Dr. Elliot Axelrod in the medical drama series St. Elsewhere from 1983 to 1988, and as Centauri diplomatic attaché Vir Cotto in the science fiction series Babylon 5 from 1994 to 1998. Other notable film roles included the college comedy Midnight Madness (1980), as a team leader in an all-night mystery game, the action thriller Silent Rage (1982), as deputy to a sheriff played by Chuck Norris, and the comedy The Dream Team (1989), as a good-natured psychiatric patient.

  1. ^ "Animal House Gallery". New York Daily News. June 25, 2011. Archived from the original on November 4, 2011.