Stuart Pankin
Biography
Stuart Pankin is an American actor who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and studied at Dickinson College and Columbia University. He performed at St. Vincent Summer Theatre and became known on television for playing Bob Charles, an anchor, on Not Necessarily the News, and for voicing Earl Sinclair on Dinosaurs. His other television roles include Mike Dooley on Nearly Departed and an Orthodox Jew on Curb Your Enthusiasm. His early film work included Dudley Laywicker, an asthmatic musician and magician, in Hollywood Knights. He played Jimmy in Fatal Attraction (1987) and a self-important lawman in Arachnophobia (1990). He was Commander Plank in three Zenon films: Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1999), Zenon: The Zequel (2001), and Zenon: Z3 (2004). In Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves (1997) he was the brother of Wayne Szalinski. For IMAX theaters, he played an absent-minded professor in the edutainment 3D films Encounter in the Third Dimension and Misadventures in 3D.
80years old
Turns 81 on April 8in 178 days
- Born Philadelphia
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 28
- Career span
- 42 years1980 to 2022
Genres
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Stuart Pankin movies on Netflix
Our Almost Completely True Storyas Buster
Deep in the Forest
All I Want for Christmasas Lewis
A Christmas Wedding Dateas Santa Sam
Miss Cast Away and the Island Girlsas Noah
Zenon: Z3as Cmd. Edward Plank
Now You Knowas Mr. Victim
Zenon: The Zequelas Commander Edward Plank
Zenon: Girl of the 21st Centuryas Commander Edward Plank
Babylon 5: The River of Soulsas James Riley
Honey, We Shrunk Ourselvesas Gordon Szalinski
Big Bullyas Gerry
Stripteaseas Alan Mordecai
Congoas Boyd
Napoleonas Perenti Lizard / Father Penguin
Squanto: A Warrior's Taleas Brother Timothy
The Silence of the Hamsas Insp. Pete Putrid
Betrayal of the Doveas Gabe
The Vagrantas Mr. Feemster
Life Stinksas Pritchard
Mannequin Two: On the Moveas Mr. James
Arachnophobiaas Sheriff Lloyd Parsons
Second Sightas Preston Pickett Ph.D.
That's Adequateas Sigmund Freud
Fatal Attractionas Jimmy
An Eye for an Eyeas Nicky LaBelle
The Brady Girls Get Marriedas Frank
Hangar 18as Sam Tate
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Frank Marshall directed two of these films, Fred Olen Ray two. Three actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.









Films together
Holly Fulger3 films together, 1999 to 2004
Holly Fulger's page Zenon: Z32004IMDb rating 5.3Pankin as Cmd. Edward PlankFulger as Aunt Judy Kling-Plank
Zenon: The Zequel2001IMDb rating 5.8Pankin as Commander Edward PlankFulger as Aunt Judy Kling
Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century1999IMDb rating 6.4Pankin as Commander Edward PlankFulger as Aunt Judy Kling
Kirsten Storms3 films together, 1999 to 2004
Kirsten Storms's page Zenon: Z32004IMDb rating 5.3Pankin as Cmd. Edward PlankStorms as Zenon Kar
Zenon: The Zequel2001IMDb rating 5.8Pankin as Commander Edward PlankStorms as Zenon Kar
Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century1999IMDb rating 6.4Pankin as Commander Edward PlankStorms as Zenon Kar
Lauren Maltby3 films together, 1999 to 2004
Lauren Maltby's page Zenon: Z32004IMDb rating 5.3Pankin as Cmd. Edward PlankMaltby as Margie Hammond
Zenon: The Zequel2001IMDb rating 5.8Pankin as Commander Edward PlankMaltby as Margie Hammond
Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century1999IMDb rating 6.4Pankin as Commander Edward PlankMaltby as Margie Hammond
Billy Zane2 films together, 1993 to 1994
Billy Zane's page The Silence of the Hams1994IMDb rating 4.7Pankin as Insp. Pete PutridZane as Jo Dee Fostar
Betrayal of the Dove1993IMDb rating 4.6Pankin as GabeZane as Jesse Peter
Tom Arnold2 films together, 1996 to 2013
Tom Arnold's page All I Want for Christmas2013IMDb rating 5.2Pankin as LewisArnold as Charles
Big Bully1996IMDb rating 4.8Pankin as GerryArnold as Rosco Bigger - Fang
Jeffrey Tambor2 films together, 1991 to 1996
Jeffrey Tambor's page Big Bully1996IMDb rating 4.8Pankin as GerryTambor as Art
Life Stinks1991IMDb rating 5.9Pankin as PritchardTambor as Vance Crasswell
Frank MarshallDirector, 2 films, 1990 to 1995
All films by Frank Marshall Congo1995IMDb rating 5.4Pankin as Boyd
Arachnophobia1990IMDb rating 6.5Pankin as Sheriff Lloyd Parsons
Fred Olen RayDirector, 2 films, 2012 to 2013
All films by Fred Olen Ray All I Want for Christmas2013IMDb rating 5.2Pankin as Lewis
A Christmas Wedding Date2012IMDb rating 5.3Pankin as Santa Sam
Also two films together11 more actors
- Peter JasonDeep in the Forest (2021) and Arachnophobia (1990)
- Marshall BellThe Silence of the Hams (1994) and The Vagrant (1992)
- Robert VaughnThat's Adequate (1989) and Hangar 18 (1980)
- Raven-SymonéZenon: Z3 (2004) and Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1999)
- Rick MoranisHoney, We Shrunk Ourselves (1997) and Big Bully (1996)
- Terry KiserMannequin Two: On the Move (1991) and An Eye for an Eye (1981)
- Joel BrooksNow You Know (2002) and Babylon 5: The River of Souls (1998)
- Teddy WilsonThe Vagrant (1992) and Life Stinks (1991)
- Nedra VolzThe Silence of the Hams (1994) and Betrayal of the Dove (1993)
- Phillip RhysZenon: The Zequel (2001) and Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1999)
- Erick WeissBetrayal of the Dove (1993) and Mannequin Two: On the Move (1991)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Stuart Pankin's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$666 million
11 of the 28 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 28 films: 11 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 9 never in cinemas; 7 figure not found.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 9Never in cinemas
- 7Figure not found
Top grosser

Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$320M48.1% of the total
- 2$152M22.8% of the total
- 3$113M17.0% of the total
- 4$53M8.0% of the total
- 5$7.7M1.2% of the total
- 6$6.0M0.9% of the total
- 7$4.1M0.6% of the total
- 8$3.8M0.6% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.










