Steven Robert Guttenberg (born August 24, 1958) is an American actor, author, businessman, producer, and director.

[2] He is the only son (he has his two sisters) of Ann Iris (née Newman), a surgical assistant, and Jerome Stanley Guttenberg, an electrical engineer.

[9][10] After playing an uncredited bit part in the suspense film Rollercoaster,[11] Guttenberg had his first screen credit in the TV movie Something for Joey (1977).

In the same year, he starred in the Nancy Walker-directed Can't Stop the Music, a semi-autobiographical movie about the disco group Village People.

Guttenberg starred in the action-comedy The Man Who Wasn't There (1983) and had a supporting part in the post-apocalyptic television movie The Day After (1983).

In 1986, Guttenberg played Pecos Bill in an episode of Tall Tales & Legends, then was in Police Academy 3: Back in Training.

Guttenberg had the biggest financial success of his career to date with Three Men and a Baby with Tom Selleck and Ted Danson.

In 1990, he replaced Timothy Hutton in the lead role of Prelude to a Kiss at the Helen Hayes Theatre on Broadway.

He appeared in the world stage premiere production of Furthest From the Sun, which Woody Harrelson directed and co-authored.

Your Cat Is Dead (2002), a film adaptation of a novel and Broadway play by James Kirkwood, Jr.[6] Guttenberg starred in Mojave Phone Booth (2006) as Barry, and Making Change as Trafton.

He had a recurring role in the 2005–2006 season of the television series Veronica Mars as Woody Goodman, a wealthy businessman and community leader.

He appeared as a lead in the NBC made-for-TV remake of The Poseidon Adventure (2005), playing Richard Clarke, a failing writer having an affair with a massage therapist.

[18] A video which appeared to show Guttenberg jogging nearly naked through Central Park in New York City was released online in 2008.

He appeared on Broadway from late 2011 to early 2012 in Woody Allen's one-act play Honeymoon Hotel, which was part of the show Relatively Speaking.

In 2015, he was on SyFy Channel's Lavalantula and was featured in an episode of Community, "Intro to Recycled Cinema", which aired on Yahoo Screen.

[27] Guttenberg expressed his interest in making additional sequels to the Police Academy and Cocoon movies, saying they would be surefire hits if they were to be made.

[31] On January 8, 2025, Guttenberg was among the various citizens who have been volunteering their time helping first responders as devastating wildfires raged across the Los Angeles area of Southern California.

The sixth Fire Island Golden Wagon Film Festival held annually, honored Guttenberg with the 2008 Tony Randall Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in the entertainment industry, as well as his community service.

[45] In 2014, he received a key to the city from Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine for his work with Fun Paw Care, raising awareness for animal rights.