Scott Weinger
About
Biography
Filmography
Family & Companions
Biography
With what some might say is a "classically handsome" look, Scott Weinger was on his way to becoming a TV heartthrob when he put his Hollywood career on semi-hold to attend Harvard University in the 1990s. But even attending Harvard did not keep him from working both in front of the cameras and in doing voices. He became the "youth correspondent" for ABC's "Good Morning, America" in 1994. But Weinger is best known for performing the voice of Aladdin in Disney's 1992 animated mega-hit film, and reprising the character in two direct-to-video sequels as well as the spin-off TV series.
Born in New York, but raised in Florida, Weinger got the acting bug at an early age, guest-starred on an episode of "Miami Vice" (shot in southern Florida) at age 11, and also appeared in numerous TV commercials. He convinced his family to move to Los Angeles in 1988, and he promptly made his feature film debut in a small role in "Police Academy 5" and had a more substantial role in the syndicated TV-movie "Hemingway." In an "odd but true" potential trivia answer, Weinger spent the late 80s and early 90s on three different TV series, in each one cast as a character named 'Steve'. He was cocky class president Steve Smith on ABC's "Life Goes On" (1989), Steve Taylor, son of Gregory Harrison, on "The Family Man" (CBS, 1990-1991) and for two seasons had the recurring role of Steve Hale, the beau of Candace Cameron's D.J. on "Full House" (ABC, 1991-1993). Weinger also did the voice of the title role in the 1994 remake of Disney's "The Shaggy Dog" (ABC).
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Cast (TV Mini-Series)
Life Events
1988
Had early feature film role with bit in "Police Academy 5"
1988
Had first significant TV role as Patrick in the syndicated biopic "Hemingway"
1989
Had recurring role in "Life Goes On" (ABC)
1990
Cast as Steve Taylor on the short-lived CBS-TV sitcom "The Family Man", starring Gregory Harrison
1990
Was the whiz kid of the Amiga Commodore Computer advertising campaign
1991
Joined cast of the popular ABC-TV sitcom "Full House" in the role of Steve
1992
Reprised voice of Aladdin in the direct-to-video sequel "Return of Jafar"
1992
Cast as the title voice in Disney's animated blockbuster "Aladdin"
1994
Joined "Good Morning, America" (ABC) as a youth correspondent
1996
Again voiced Aladdin in the second sequel "Aladdin and the King of Thieves"
1998
Provided character voice for Disney's animanted series "Hercules"
2003
Appeared in "Shredder"
2006
Landed a recurring role on "What I Like About You"
2010
Wrote 8 episodes of the revamped TV series "90210"
2014
Started working as a writer/producer on ABC's "Black-ish"
2015
Wrote two episodes of the musical TV series "Galavant"
2015
Returned to voice Aladdin in the "Disney Infinity 3.0" video game
2016
Worked as a writer/producer on "The Muppets"
2016
Reprised his role as Steve Hale on Netflix's "Fuller House"
Family
Companions
