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Steve Hytner

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Steve Hytner
Hytner in 2013
Born (1959-09-28) September 28, 1959 (age 65)
OccupationActor
Years active1990–present

Steve Hytner (/ˈhtnər/; born September 28, 1959)[1] is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Kenny Bania on the NBC series Seinfeld.

Biography

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Hytner was born in Brooklyn, New York City,[2] and grew up on Long Island.[3] In 1979, he joined the company of Lexington Conservatory Theatre in Lexington, NY, serving as a technical assistant. He soon appeared onstage in an intern performance of The Wager by Mark Medoff. His first professional on-stage appearance was a year later, in George M. Cohan's The Tavern, the debut production of Capital Repertory Theatre.[4][5][6]

He appeared as a regular in The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage, Hardball, and Working, in several episodes of Roswell, and also in occasional episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; one episode of Friends; and in The King of Queens, Two and a Half Men, Dharma & Greg, The X-Files, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, That's So Raven, George Lopez, The Bill Engvall Show, The Jeff Foxworthy Show as Craig Lesko, and Mike & Molly. He portrays Ty Parsec in two episodes of The Adventures of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000).

He performed in the Disney Channel Original Series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody as Herman Spatz, in Good Luck Charlie as Marvin the bellman, and in Sonny with a Chance as Murphy the troublesome security guard. He plays a motivational workshop instructor in the HBO series Hung.

Hytner has appeared in In the Line of Fire, Forces of Nature, and Eurotrip.[7]

As Joseph the coroner, Hytner is one of two actors (the other being Christopher Walken) to appear in each of the first three films of The Prophecy series.

He appears in the 2006 comedy film Bachelor Party Vegas and reprised his role as Kenny Bania on the fictional Seinfeld reunion table read on Curb Your Enthusiasm in 2009. He was the Camp Superior counselor in the 2012 comedy film Fred 3: Camp Fred, and plays the role of client Roger Bodder in the comedy/thriller film Bad Vegan and the Teleportation Machine.

Partial filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1990 Ski Patrol Myron
1991 The Marrying Man George
1993 The Commish Arlo Manno Episode: "Stoned"
The X-Files Dr. Denny Murphy Episode: "Ice"
In the Line of Fire Tony Carducci
1994-98 Seinfeld Kenny Bania 7 episodes
1994 The Shadow Marine Guard
1995 The Prophecy Joseph
1997 Face/Off Interrogating Agent
1999 Forces of Nature Jack
Love Stinks Marty Mark
2000 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command Ty Parsec Voice, 2 episodes
2002 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Jonathan Claddon Episode: "Cats in the Cradle..."
2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Bathroom Guy
The Haunted Mansion Mr. Silverman
2004 EuroTrip Absinthe Green Fairy
2006 The Suite Life of Zack and Cody Herman Spatz Episode: "Commercial Breaks"
2006-07 That's So Raven Principal Stuckerman 2 episodes
2007 Totally Baked Hack Murphy Segment: "Mudslingers"
2008 Man Maid Mean Developer
Soccer Mom Coach Kenny
2009 Curb Your Enthusiasm Steve Hytner Episode: "The Table Read"
Tom Cool
2010 Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend Klaus
2011 Good Luck Charlie Marvin Starkwell Episode: "Snow Show"
About Fifty Larry of Lumpy's
2012 Should've Been Romeo Rick
2016 Bad Vegan and the Teleportation Machine Roger Bodder
2019 Extracurricular Activities Gary Vaughn

References

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  1. ^ "On this Date: Birthdays". The News & Observer. The Associated Press. September 28, 2018. p. 2A. Actor Steve Hytner is 59.
  2. ^ Freeman, Laura (May 16, 2018). "Kenny Bania from 'Seinfeld' to appear in Cuyahoga Falls". The Record-Courier. Retrieved June 10, 2024. Hytner, 58, was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up on Long Island and now lives in the Reno-Tahoe area, but he spent 25 years in Los Angeles to build his career.
  3. ^ Beck, Marilyn (September 23, 1997). "Hytner Finally Barking Up Right Tree". The StarPhoenix. Tribune Media. p. D2.
  4. ^ "Lexington Conservatory Theatre: 1980 Playbill". archive.org. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  5. ^ Gray, James R. (March 24, 1980). "'Tavern' offers joyous toast to new Capital Rep". The Knickerbocker News.
  6. ^ Gray, James R. (March 14, 1980). "New professional troupe starts its climb with debut at The Egg". The Knickerbocker News.
  7. ^ Strickner, Julie (February 22, 2018). "Comedian Steve Hytner returns to Fairbanks for more sledding and more Alaska".
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