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Steven Robert Weber is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Brian Hackett on the television series Wings, voicing Charlie B. Barkin in All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series, and portraying Jack Torrance in the TV miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's The Shining. Weber was born on March 4, 1961, in Briarwood, Queens, New York. He is the son of Fran (Frankel), a nightclub singer, and Stuart Weber, a nightclub performer, and Borscht Belt comic and manager. He began his acting career in high school, appearing in several productions. After graduating from high school, he attended the High School of the Performing Arts in New York City and graduated from New York State University at Purchase. Weber's first major acting role was in the 1987 film Hamburger Hill. He then went on to appear in a number of other films, including The Flamingo Kid (1984), The Kennedys of Massachusetts (1990), and The Shining (1997). In 1990, Weber began starring as Brian Hackett on the television series Wings. The show ran for eight seasons and was a critical and commercial success. Weber's performance on the show earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy. In 1994, Weber began voicing Charlie B. Barkin in the animated series All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series. He continued to voice the character until the show ended in 1996. In 1997, Weber starred in the TV miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's The Shining. He played Jack Torrance, the role made famous by Jack Nicholson in the 1980 film. Weber's performance was praised by critics, and he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film. Weber has continued to work in film and television since then. He has appeared in a number of films, including The Santa Clause 2 (2002), The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006), and The Christmas Chronicles (2018). He has also appeared in a number of television shows, including iZombie, NCIS: New Orleans, and Chicago Med.
Steven Weber
The Narrator
for The Narrator in The Cat in the Hat (Illumination version)
Suggested by joseortiz
When a large, cunning, troublemaking, Who cat in a hat from another world has been kicked out of his home because of his frustrating antics and causing mischief everywhere he goes, he gets sent to the lively city of Anville through a big magical red crate, to perform a community service to whomever needs his help so he can make up for his actions with the condition of returning if he successfully completes the task. The Cat soon learns of two siblings with nothing fun to do and obviously need help putting on happy faces while their mother is at work. Eventually, the Cat manages to entertain the kids, doing lots of fun activities and even bonding with them. But in the process of taking things to the next level, The Cat and the kids accidentally wreck the house, lose the family dog and the red crate the Cat came through. So they set out to find them with the help of The Cat’s companions, Thing 1 and Thing 2, the family fish, and some of the kids’ friends from school. Little did they know that their amazing, wacky adventure they are about to embark on will increase twice the fun and excitement.
