Steven James "Steve" Zahn (November 13, 1967 in Marshall, Minnesota) is a prolific American actor and comedian, having appeared in films like Reality Bites, That Thing You Do!, Out of Sight, Happy, Texas, Riding in Cars with Boys, Shattered Glass, Sahara, Rescue Dawn, the first three Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies, Dallas Buyers Club, War for the Planet of the Apes, and HBO's Treme.
He has also done voice acting, such as his works in the Stuart Little films, Chicken Little, Escape from Planet Earth, and The Good Dinosaur.
He founded a theater company called Malaparte with Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, and Frank Whaley. He is also good friends with That Thing You Do! co-star Tom Everett Scott
Selected Filmography:
- All My Children (1993) as Spence
- Reality Bites (1994) as Sammy Gray
- Crimson Tide (1995) as William Barnes
- Friends (1995) as Duncan
- That Thing You Do! (1996) as Lenny
- From the Earth to the Moon (1998) as Elliott See
- The Object of My Affection (1998) as Frank Hanson
- Out of Sight (1998) as Glenn Michaels
- You've Got Mail (1998) as George Pappas
- Happy, Texas (1999) as Wayne Wayne Wayne Jr./David
- Stuart Little (1999) as Monty
- Stuart Little 2 (2002)
- Hamlet (2000) as Rosencratz
- Saving Silverman (2001) as Wayne
- Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) as Archie
- Joy Ride (2001) as Fuller Thomas
- Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) as Ray Hasek
- Daddy Day Care (2003) as Marvin
- National Security (2003) as Hank Rafferty
- Shattered Glass (2003) as Adam Peneberg
- Employee of the Month (2004) as Jack
- Speak (2004) as Mr. Freeman
- Chicken Little (2005) as Runt of the litter
- Sahara (2005) as Al Giordino
- Bandidas (2006) as Quentin Cooke
- Comanche Moon (2008) as Gus McCrae
- Strange Wilderness (2008) as Peter Gaulke
- Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby (2008) as Sandy Pig
- Phineas and Ferb (2008-2009, 2012) as Swampy, Additional voices
- Sunshine Cleaning (2008) as Mac
- Monk (2009) as Jack Monk, Jr.
- A Perfect Getaway (2009) as Cliff Anderson
- WWII in HD (2009) as Nolen Marbey
- Treme (2010-2013) as Davis McAlary
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid series (2010-2012) as Frank Heffley
- Escape from Planet Earth (2013) as Hawk
- Dallas Buyers Club (2013) as Tucker
- Knights of Badassdom (2013) as Eric
- Mind Games (2014) as Clark Edwards
- Modern Family (2014-2015) as Ronnie
- The Good Dinosaur (2015) as Thunderclap
- Captain Fantastic (2016) as Dave
- War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) as Bad Ape
- The Crossing (2018) as Jude Ellis
- The White Lotus (2021) as Mark Mossbacher
- 8-Bit Christmas (2021) as John Doyle
- Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again (2022) as Jedidiah
