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Steven Robert Weber (born March 4, 1961, in Queens, New York) is an American actor, writer, and audiobook narrator best known for playing Brian Hackett on the long-running NBC sitcom Wings (1990-1997) and for his portrayal of Jack Torrance in the 1997 TV miniseries adaptation of The Shining.1 He contributed a guest voice performance to Extreme Ghostbusters in the episode "Dry Spell."2
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Weber was born and raised in Briarwood, Queens, New York, to Fran (nee Frankel), a nightclub singer, and Stuart Weber, a Borscht Belt comedian and entertainment manager.1 He showed an early aptitude for performance, appearing in television commercials while still in elementary school. He attended the High School of Performing Arts in Manhattan, graduating in 1979, and went on to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the State University of New York at Purchase.1
Weber broke into professional television with a recurring role on the soap opera As the World Turns (1985-1986), appearing opposite a young Julianne Moore.3 His film work in this period included a small part in The Flamingo Kid (1984) and the Vietnam War drama Hamburger Hill (1987).3
His career transformed in 1990 when he was cast as Brian Hackett, a charming and impulsive pilot, on the NBC sitcom Wings. The show ran for eight seasons and 172 episodes (1990-1997), establishing Weber as a recognizable television presence and earning the series a devoted following.1 The same year Wings concluded, he took on one of his most challenging roles: Jack Torrance in a three-part TV miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's The Shining (1997). That performance earned him a Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television.1 Weber went on to appear in two additional King anthology productions: "The Revelation of 'Becka Paulson," a 1997 episode of The Outer Limits that he also directed,1 and "You Know They Got a Hell of a Band" in the anthology series Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (2006).1 He also appeared in the telefilm Desperation (2006).3
In film, notable credits include Single White Female (1992), Jeffrey (1995), and Leaving Las Vegas (1995).3 On Broadway, he performed in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing and took over the role of Leo Bloom in The Producers for the 2001-2002 production run.1
Weber has been active in voice acting across animation and audiobook narration. Animated roles include Charlie B. Barkin in All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series and Norman Osborn/Green Goblin in Disney XD's Ultimate Spider-Man (2012-2017).3 As a narrator, he has recorded dozens of audiobook titles, including Stephen King's It and multiple novels by Harlan Coben. His narration of Coben's Tell No One won him an Audie Award.1
He has continued to work steadily in television across the 2000s and 2010s: notable recurring roles include Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006-2007), NCIS: New Orleans, iZombie, and the medical drama Chicago Med, where he joined the main cast as Dr. Dean Archer from Season 7 (September 2021) onward.4
Weber contributed a guest voice to Extreme Ghostbusters in the Season 1 episode "Dry Spell" (1997).2 He voiced François Rousseau, a marine researcher whose undersea expedition inadvertently awakened the Dry Spell Spirit, an ancient ectoplasmic entity that drains its victims of life force and bodily fluids. Rousseau's obsession with the discovery leads him to steal the ghost's containment trap for private study, an act that unleashes the creature across New York City. He is ultimately drained by the spirit himself before the Extreme Ghostbusters bring the case to a close.
Weber was married to actress Finn Carter from 1985 to 1992.1 He subsequently married Juliette Hohnen, an MTV News bureau chief, on July 29, 1995, in a ceremony held at Highclere Castle in England.1 The couple separated in 2013 and finalized their divorce that year.1 They have two sons together.
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"'Chicago Med' Ups Steven Weber to Series Regular, Adds 2 More to Main Cast for Season 7," TVLine, accessed 2026-06-13, https://tvline.com/casting-news/chicago-med-season-7-steven-weber-series-regular-dean-archer-1234701636/. ↩
