Steve Hytner (; born September 28, 1959) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as

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Biography

Hytner was born in

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, New York City, and grew up on

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. 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. 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 ''

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'' 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''. As Joseph the coroner, Hytner is one of two actors (the other being

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) 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

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'' 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

References

External links

Official website
* Living people Male actors from New York (state) American male film actors American male television actors People from Valley Stream, New York Place of birth missing (living people) Valley Stream Central High School alumni 1959 births {{US-tv-actor-1950s-stub