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Scott Weinger

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Scott Weinger
Weinger at GalaxyCon Richmond in 2020
Born (1975-10-05) October 5, 1975 (age 49)
Alma materHarvard University (BA)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • screenwriter
  • producer
Years active1988–present
Spouse
(m. 2008)
Children1

Scott Weinger (born October 5, 1975)[1] is an American actor. He is best known as the voice of the Disney character Aladdin in the 1992 animated film and various follow-ups, and as Steve Hale on the ABC sitcom Full House and its Netflix sequel Fuller House. For ABC, he wrote and produced for the television sitcoms Galavant and Black-ish and was a co-executive producer of ABC's The Muppets.

Early life

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Weinger graduated from Harvard University in 1998 magna cum laude with a degree in English and American Literature.[2] He is Jewish.[3]

Career

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Weinger's first professional acting work was a national commercial for Ideal Toys.[4] His first acting role was in Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach. After guest-starring on ABC's Life Goes On, Weinger became a series regular on the situation comedy The Family Man on CBS. His next regular role in a series came as Steve Hale on the sitcom Full House from 1991 to 1995 after he had guest-starred on one episode during its fifth season as the similarly named Steve Peters. During the run of Full House, Weinger made his motion-picture debut as the voice of Aladdin in Disney's 1992 animated feature of the same name.

Weinger with Kellie Martin at the 45th Primetime Emmy Awards

Weinger went on to several small roles in television programs, starred in a horror comedy film, 2003's Shredder, and provided his voice for Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis and the 3D Disney film Mickey's PhilharMagic. He had a guest appearance on the NBC's Scrubs for the season 6 episode "My Coffee" as Dr. Kershnar. He played Officer Rubin on What I Like About You. From 2016 until 2020, Weinger reprised his role of Steve Hale on the Full House spin-off series Fuller House.[5]

Weinger was cast as Aladdin, the street urchin in Walt Disney Pictures' animated feature film of the same name. He reprised his role multiple times off the big screen including the CBS television series and direct-to-video sequels The Return of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves. His voice would also be used for several video games including the Kingdom Hearts series, Kinect Disneyland Adventures, and Disney Infinity series.

Weinger has written and produced for television, receiving his first writing credit on the WB television show Like Family. Other writing credits include What I Like About You and Privileged. From 2009 to 2013, he was a writer-producer for 90210, penning the series' 100th episode. After the series ended, he returned to comedy, becoming a writer-producer for The Neighbors, Galavant, Black-ish, and The Muppets.

Personal life

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Weinger has been married to television writer and producer Rina Mimoun since 2008;[6] together they have a son who was born in 2009.[7][8]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1988 Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach Shark Attack Kid
1992 Aladdin Aladdin (voice)
1994 The Return of Jafar Direct-to-video
1996 Aladdin and the King of Thieves
2002 Mickey's House of Villains
2001 Metropolis Atlas (voice) English dub
2003 Shredder Cole Davidson
2005 Jasmine's Enchanted Tales: Journey of a Princess Aladdin (voice) Direct-to-video
2006 Farce of the Penguins Horny penguin (voice)
2011 Roulette Mike
2023 Once Upon a Studio Aladdin (voice) Short film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1988 Hemingway Patrick Hemingway Miniseries
1989–1990 Life Goes On Steve Smith 2 episodes
1990–1991 The Family Man Steve Taylor 22 episodes
1991 Eerie, Indiana Eddie Episode: "ATM with a Heart of Gold"
1993 Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Himself Episode: "The Pied Pirates of Petra"
1994 The Shaggy Dog Wilbert "Wilby" Daniels TV movie
1991–1995 Full House Steve Hale Recurring role in seasons 5 and 8; main role in seasons 6–7 (50 episodes)
1994–1995 Aladdin Aladdin / Evil Aladdin (voices) 86 episodes
1995 Aladdin on Ice Aladdin (voice) TV movie
1999 Hercules Episode: "Hercules and the Arabian Night"
1999 Walker, Texas Ranger Bradley Roberts Episode: "Full Recovery"
2001–2002 House of Mouse Aladdin (voice) 3 episodes
2006 What I Like About You Officer Rubin 4 episodes
2006 Scrubs Dr. Kershnar Episode: "My Coffee"
2013 The Mistresses Father Episode: "I Choose You"
2014 The Neighbors Man Episode: "There Goes The Neighbors' Hood"
2016–2020 Fuller House Dr. Steve Hale Recurring role in season 1; main role in season 2–5

Video games

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Year Title Role
1997 Aladdin's MathQuest Aladdin
2001 Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge
2002 Kingdom Hearts Aladdin (English version)
2005 Kingdom Hearts II
2011 Kinect Disneyland Adventures Aladdin
2013 Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX
2014 Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX
Disney Infinity 2.0
2015 Disney Infinity 3.0
2022 Cookie Run: Kingdom

Production credits

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Writer

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Year Title Notes
2003 Like Family
2005 What I Like About You 3 episodes
2008–2009 Privileged 2 episodes
2010–2013 90210 8 episodes
2013–2014 The Neighbors 3 episodes
2014–2015 Black-ish 1 episode
2015–2016 Galavant 2 episodes
2016 The Muppets 1 episode
2018 The Hookup Plan 4 episodes
2021 DC Super Hero High 1 episode

Producer

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Year Title Position Notes
2002 The Cricket Player
2011–2012 90210 Co-producer 45 episodes
2013–2014 The Neighbors 22 episodes
2014–2015 Black-ish Supervising producer 15 episodes
2015–2016 Galavant Supervising producer 12 episodes
2016 The Muppets Co-executive producer 5 episodes
2018 The Hookup Plan 8 episodes
Génération Q 1 episode
2021 DC Super Hero High Executive producer 1 episode

References

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  1. ^ "Today in History – The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  2. ^ Etkin, Jaimie (September 22, 2012). "'Full House' Cast: Where Are They Now; Interviews With Dave Coulier, Jodie Sweetin, Lori Loughlin And More". HuffPost. Archived from the original on February 26, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  3. ^ Arfa, Orit (October 13, 2005). "Celebs Stick to Their Tzedakah Box Job". Jewish Journal. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  4. ^ Commodore Amiga TV Ad – Celebrities on YouTube
  5. ^ Elizabeth Wagmeister (July 17, 2015). "'Fuller House' Brings Back Steve: Scott Weinger Joining Netflix Series". Variety. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
  6. ^ Samantha Rullo (June 12, 2014). "Whatever Happened to Steve from 'Full House?' The Ivy League Grad Is Still Working in TV". bustle.com. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
  7. ^ Boone, John (September 29, 2015). "EXCLUSIVE: Here's What Happened When the Voice of 'Aladdin' Took His Own Kid to See the Movie". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  8. ^ Grant, Stacey (September 28, 2015). "Scott Weinger Was Joined By A 'Fuller House' Costar At A Special Screening Of 'Aladdin'". MTV News. Archived from the original on September 29, 2015. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
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