Stephen Tobolowsky played Dr. Max Milkman in The Stormy Present. He is well known for his role as Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day, as well as portraying Commissioner Hugo Jarry in Deadwood (with Ian McShane) for nine episodes and Bob Bishop in Heroes for eleven episodes over the second and third seasons (with James Kyson Lee). Tobolowsky has a recurring role as Sandy Ryerson in the FOX show Glee (starring Jane Lynch) and as Stu Biggs in the Showtime series Californication (starring Evan Handler).
He also had roles in Spaceballs, Mississippi Burning, Thelma and Louise, Basic Instinct (with Daniel von Bargen), Single White Female, Sneakers (with Timothy Busfield), Radioland Murders (with Christopher Lloyd, Corbin Bernsen and Dylan Baker), The Insider (with Philip Baker Hall and Colm Feore), Freaky Friday, Failure to Launch, Wild Hogs, and The Time Traveler's Wife.