Daniel Stern (actor)

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Daniel Stern (born August 28, 1957, in Bethesda, Maryland), is an American television and film actor.

Born in Bethesda, Maryland, Stern applied for a job as a lighting engineer for a Shakespeare Festival in Washington, D.C., but was hired as a walk-on. After taking acting lessons, Stern began his acting career on and off Broadway. In 1979, he made his movie debut as Cyril in Breaking Away. His breakthrough role as an actor came in Barry Levinson's Diner, another film role he is remembered for is the 1983 action film Blue Thunder as J.A.F.O., a.k.a. Officer Richard Lymangood.

However, Stern is often more remembered for playing bumbling but lovable idiots, such as Phil from the City Slickers movies and Marv from the first two Home Alone movies. He is also noted for providing the voice of the narrator on the TV series The Wonder Years, and the eponymous title character of the animated series of Scott Adams' comic strip, Dilbert.

Stern has also tried his hand at directing through several episodes of The Wonder Years and the movie Rookie of the Year.

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