Steve Zahn

Steven James Zahn (/zɑːn/ ZAHN; born November 13, 1967) is an American actor and comedian. In film, Zahn is best known for his lead roles in That Thing You Do! (1996), Safe Men (1998), Happy, Texas (1999), Joy Ride (2001), National Security (2003), A Perfect Getaway (2009), the Diary of a Wimpy Kid film series (2010–2012), Cowboys (2020), and LaRoy, Texas (2023). His notable supporting roles in films include Reality Bites (1994), Out of Sight (1998), Forces of Nature (1999), Employee of the Month (2004), the Stuart Little film series (1999–2002), Riding in Cars with Boys (2001), Daddy Day Care (2003), Chicken Little (2005), Sahara (2005), Sunshine Cleaning (2008), Dallas Buyers Club (2013), The Good Dinosaur (2015), Captain Fantastic (2016), War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) and Anaconda (2025).

In television, Zahn is best known for his main cast credits as Davis McAlary in the HBO series Treme (2010–2013), Cobi in the Amazon Prime Video series Mad Dogs (2015–2016), Jude Ellis in the ABC science fiction series The Crossing (2018), and Mark Mossbacher in season 1 of the HBO anthology series The White Lotus (2021).

Zahn received an Independent Spirit Award, a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for The White Lotus, as well as two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Zahn also starred in the series Chad Powers.