Who is Steve Guttenberg?

Steve Guttenberg is an actor and producer, known for Short Circuit (1986), 3 Men and a Baby (1987) and Police Academy (1984).

Overview

Nicknames
S. Guttenberg, Steven Guttenberg

Trivia

  • Turned down the role of Dr. Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters (1984) in favor of playing Carey Mahoney in: Police Academy (1984), Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985), Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986) and Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987).
  • 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.
  • Turned down the role of Josh Baskin in Big (1988), which eventually went to Tom Hanks.
  • Spent a week volunteering at the Houston Astrodome after Hurricane Katrina hit.
  • Turned down the lead in Sharknado (2013), which he regretted upon seeing how the movie had become a cult hit. He later accepted a role in Syfy's Lavalantula (2015) and appeared in the Sharknado installment Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016).