Steven Weber

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 Kings 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 Webers 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 Webers 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 Kings The Shining He played Jack Torrance the role made famous by Jack Nicholson in the 1980 film Webers 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