Steve Guttenberg

Joined the cast of ABC's reality series, "Dancing with the Stars" as a contestant

Cast in a recurring role on "Veronica Mars" (UPN) as Woody Goodman, a wealthy businessman and community leader

Played the lead in the NBC made-for-TV remake of "The Poseidon Adventure"

First film as director/producer/co-screenwriter/star, an adaptation of the Broadway hit, "P.S. Your Cat Is Dead"

Featured in the Cinemax movie, "Airborne"

Featured in the children's movies "Zeus and Roxanne" and "Casper: A Spirited Beginning"

Starred in ABC's TV-movie "Tower of Terror"

Featured in the Jodie Foster-directed family comedy "Home for the Holidays"

Played the father of the ubiquitous Olsen twins in the family comedy "It Takes Two"

TV directing debut (also acted), the CBS Schoolbreak Special, "Love Off Limits"

Broadway debut, "Prelude to a Kiss"

London stage debut, "The Boys Next Door"

Reprised his role in "Three Men and a Little Lady"

Executive produced the CBS School Break Special "Gangs"; earned an Emmy nomination

Reprised role for the sequel "Cocoon: The Return"

Again played Officer Mahoney in "Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol"

Co-starred with Tom Selleck and Ted Danson in the charming comedy "Three Men and a Baby"

Featured in the Curtis Hanson's Hitchcock homage "The Bedroom Window"

Revisted the popular Mahoney character in "Police Academy 3: Back in Training"

Starred with Ally Sheedy and a cheeky robot named Number 5 in "Short Circuit"

Reprised role of Officer Mahoney in the sequel "Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment"

Starred as a tour boat captain who comes upon alien pods in Ron Howard's "Cocoon"

Starred as Carey Mahoney in the slapstick comedy "Police Academy"

Featured in the highly-rated nuclear fallout TV-movie "The Day After" (ABC)

Co-starred in Barry Levinson's 1950s set slice of life comedy "Diner"

Played blind Harvard Law student Harold Krents in the CBS TV-movie "To Race the Wind"

Starred in the disco-themed feature "Can't Stop the Music"

Debuted as a TV series star playing "Billy" the imaginative teen-aged protagonist of the short-lived CBS sitcom

Featured alongside Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier in the Nazi-themed thriller "The Boys From Brazil"

Feature film debut, one line in "Rollercoaster"

First significant film role, "The Chicken Chronicles"

TV movie acting debut, "Something for Joey"

Moved to Hollywood two days after high school graduation

Acted in commercials; debut was in a Kentucky Fried Chicken TV spot

Grew up in the Long Island town of Massapequa, New York