Steve Guttenberg Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Steven Robert "Steve" Guttenberg is an American actor and comedian. He became well known during the 1980s starting with his breakthrough role in 1984's Police Academy and subsequent starring roles in major Hollywood films, including Diner, Cocoon, Three Men and a Baby, and S...
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Plainedge High School, University of California, Los Angeles, Juilliard School, University at Albany, SUNY
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Denise Bixler (m. 1988–1992)
Children
Bobbi Maria Stricker
Parents
Stanley Guttenberg, Ann Guttenberg
Siblings
Scott Stricker
Nicknames
Steven Robert Guttenberg , Steven Guttenberg , S. Guttenberg , Steven Robert "Steve" Guttenberg , Steve
Nominations
Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children/Youth/Family Special
Movies
Police Academy, Three Men and a Baby, Short Circuit, Lavalantula, Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol, It Takes Two, Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment, Police Academy 3: Back in Training, Three Men and a Little Lady, Cocoon, Can't Stop the Music, The Big Green, Don't Tell Her It's Me, High S...
TV Shows
Dancing with the Stars, Veronica Mars, Billy, No Soap, Radio
Star Sign
Virgo
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Quote
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[1985] If there's a role for a spear carrier, and it's in a good film, I'll do it. I'd rather have two lines in a good movie than the lead in a piece of doody.
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If you're an underdog, mentally disabled, physically disabled, if you don't fit in, if you're not as pretty as the others, you can still be a hero.
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[on Charles Bubba Smith's death] Bubba was my friend. His generosity was much larger than his physical stature. Only his gift for caring about his friends and family could compare with his achievements on the football field, film and television. He also laughed like no other.
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I just want to do good stories. That's the trap. When people say, "Oh, I don't want to do this again" -- well, if they're good at it, why not do it? I don't care about switching from comedy to drama -- I just like to be able to jump from work to work. I just like to be doing good work -- that's all I want to do. I just want to work.
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[addressing the rumours of a Police Academy/Mahoney spin-off film] Definitely. It's coming. People will look down at the idea, but they're in the same business of making money too. The Police Academy (1984) films gave me so much opportunity, and I've got nothing but a good attitude towards them. I sure hope they do it. If the script's right - I'm definitely in. You never know, I may direct.
According to his autobiography, "The Guttenberg Bible", Steve is tied with Gene Hackman as the Screen Actors Guild member who worked on the most projects between 1980 and 1990.
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Is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Steve's co-star in The Boys from Brazil (1978), Gregory Peck, sponsored him for academy membership in 1978.
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Started the Guttenhouse Project, which provides housing in south Los Angeles for at-risk foster care youth when they turn 18 and have nowhere else to go. Has also organized a campaign to provides glasses for poor children whose families cannot afford eye care.
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Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6411 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on December 12, 2011.
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Attended the Julliard School, State University of New York at Albany and the University of California at Los Angeles.
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Attended and graduated from Plainedge High School in North Massapequa, New York (1976).
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Boyfriend of Anna Gilligan. They have planned a Chinese adoption as they have both done extensive charity work in and around Beijing (2008).
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Has a website of "Steve Guttenberg Facts" dedicated to him.
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While on the set of Cocoon: The Return (1988), told an interviewer how his mother, Ann, had locked him outdoors. In order to wake him for school, after several failed attempts, she did so while he was still dressed for bed.
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Spent a week volunteering at the Houston Astrodome after Hurricane Katrina hit.
In a recent article in Entertainment Weekly about Police Academy (1984), the author had issues contacting Guttenberg and had no clue why his calls were never returned. Eventually, the author bumped into Guttenberg by sheer coincidence at a restaurant and learned that Guttenberg felt burned by EW in the past and -- although he had no personal issues with the author himself -- declined the interview based on that.
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The writers of The Simpsons (1989) pay tribute to Guttenberg in the episode "Homer the Great", (Sixth Season; episode 2F09) where he appears as a cartoon and mentioned in the song sung by the Stonecutters ("Who holds back the electric car? Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star? We do! We do!").
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Turned down the role of Dr. Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters (1984) in favor of playing Carey Mahoney in Police Academy (1984).
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Turned down the role of Josh Baskin in Big (1988), which eventually went to Tom Hanks.
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Named honorary mayor of Pacific Palisades, California (2002).
$15 Million
