Stephen Furst
Highest Rated: 91% National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: May 8, 1954
Birthplace: Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Stephen Furst was born Stephen Nelson Feuerstein on May 8, 1954, in Norfolk, VA. After graduating from Virginia Commonwealth University, Furst took a job as a Los Angeles-based pizza delivery boy during the 1970s, distributing his headshot to movie industry-adjacent customers along with their orders. Although Furst's big screen debut came with a small part in the film "American Raspberry" (1977), his big break came one year later when he starred as Kent "Flounder" Dorfman in the wildly popular comedy movie "Animal House" (1978). The following year, Furst reprised his role as Flounder for the short-lived "Animal House" spin-off TV series, "Delta House" (ABC 1979), redirecting his energies toward the big screen following the show's cancelation. Furst appeared in early '80s pictures like "The Unseen" (1980), "Getting Wasted" (1980), "Silent Rage" (1982), and "Class Reunion" (1982), before landing a costarring part on the hit TV drama "St. Elsewhere" (NBC 1982-88) as Dr. Elliot Axelrod. Following the series' run, Furst began experimenting with writing and directing, kicking off this new chapter of his career with the family comedy "Magic Kid II" (1994), in which he also starred. Around the same time, Furst joined the cast of the sci-fi drama series "Babylon 5" (The WB 1994-98), playing the Centauri character Vir Cotto. After accruing several smaller parts in the years to follow, Furst retired from acting in 2006, at which point he repositioned himself as a producer, yielding such titles as "My Sister's Keeper" (2009) and "Cold Moon" (2016). Also around this time, Furst began devoting himself to philanthropic causes. Included were the Renal Support Network, the American Diabetes Association, and the American Heart Association. On June 16, 2017, Furst died at age 63 of diabetes-related complications.
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Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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No Score Yet | 33% | Bad Stepmother | Executive Producer | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family of Lies | Executive Producer | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Atomic Shark | Producer | - | 2016 |
73% | 33% | Cold Moon | Producer | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Christmas in Homestead | Executive Producer | - | 2016 |
47% | 72% | My Sister's Keeper | Executive Producer | $49.2M | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 34% | The Tenth Circle | Executive Producer | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 16% | Warbirds | Producer | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 13% | Basilisk: The Serpent King |
Carlton (Character), Director |
- | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Seven Days of Grace | Henry Henary, III (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 17% | Path of Destruction |
Terry (Character), Director |
- | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 37% | Dragon Storm | Director | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Echoes of Enlightenment | House Foreclosure Client (Character) | - | 2000 |
17% | 45% | The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea | Dash (Voice) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Everything's Jake | Assistant Librarian (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 51% | Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins | Booster (Voice) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 17% | Stage Ghost | Director | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 17% | Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure | Director | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 71% | Thirdspace | Vir Cotto (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 22% | Little Bigfoot 2: The Journey Home | Derby Ferris (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 17% | Back to Back | Jimmy` (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Hawkins (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Shake, Rattle and Rock! | Frank (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | 43% | Magic Kid 2 |
Bob Ryan (Character), Director |
- | 1993 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Magic Kid | Bob Ryan (Character) | - | 1993 |
50% | 61% | The Dream Team | Albert Ianuzzi (Character) | $26.8M | 1989 |
No Score Yet | 59% | Up the Creek | Gonzer (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Off Sides | Steamboat (Character) | - | 1984 |
67% | 39% | Silent Rage | Charlie (Character) | - | 1982 |
0% | 39% | National Lampoon's Class Reunion | Hubert Downs (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | 34% | The Unseen | "Junior" Keller (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | 70% | Midnight Madness | Harold (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Getting Wasted | Marshall (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Scavenger Hunt | Merle (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Swim Team | Bear (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | 60% | Take Down | Randy Jensen (Character) | - | 1979 |
91% | 89% | National Lampoon's Animal House | Kent "Flounder" Dorfman (Character) | - | 1978 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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83% | 86% | Scrubs | Dr. Franklyn (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Crusade | Director | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 93% | Babylon 5 |
Vir Cotto (Character), Director |
1994-1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diagnosis Murder | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chicago Hope | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
13% | No Score Yet | Misery Loves Company | Lewis (Character) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Sgt. Paulsen (Guest Star) | 1990 |
67% | No Score Yet | Sydney | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Have Faith | Father Gabriel 'Gabe' Podmaninski (Character) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | 73% | MacGyver | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Super Password |
Unknown (Character), Guest |
1986-1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jeffersons | Wiley (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CHiPs | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Newhart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |