Stuart Pankin
Stuart Pankin is an American actor. He is known for his role as anchor Bob Charles in Not Necessarily the News and as the voice of Earl Sinclair in Dinosaurs. Pankin is also known for his portrayals of Commander Edward Plank in the Zenon trilogy of films and Orthodox Jew Ben Heineman in Curb Your Enthusiasm, as well as making many guest appearances in many television shows and for lending his voice to various animated shows and films. Among his approximately three dozen films was Hollywood Knights. He also appeared as Gordon Szalinski in Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves, Sheriff Lloyd Parsons in Arachnophobia, and Jimmy in Fatal Attraction.
Early life and education
Pankin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 8, 1946. He attended Dickinson College, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and Columbia University.Career
Pankin has performed at St. Vincent Summer Theatre. Pankin portrayed anchor Bob Charles on HBO's Not Necessarily the News, and voiced Earl Sinclair in the family sitcom Dinosaurs. He also played the father Mike Dooley on the sitcom Nearly Departed. Pankin also played an Orthodox Jew in Curb Your Enthusiasm.One of Pankin's earliest film appearances was as asthmatic musician/magician Dudley Laywicker in Hollywood Knights. Among his approximately three dozen film appearances, he starred in Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century, Zenon: The Zequel, and Zenon: Z3 as Commander Plank. He also appeared in Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves, as the brother of Wayne Szalinski, and also co-starred as a bossy, self-important lawman in the horror/comedy Arachnophobia. Pankin also appeared as an absent-minded professor in a series of edutainment 3D films, designed for large-screen IMAX theaters. Pankin also appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor Podcast on January 24, 2017.