Stephen Furst
Stephen Furst
Stephen Furstis an American actor and film and television director. Furst was a regular in the science fiction series Babylon 5 playing Centauri diplomatic attaché Vir Cotto and as Dr. Elliot Axelrod on St. Elsewhere. He was also featured, before appearing in either of those roles, as Kent "Flounder" Dorfman in the film National Lampoon's Animal House and its spin-off series, Delta House...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth8 May 1955
CountryUnited States of America
I'm one of the most insecure people in the world, always have been, and when you're a fat kid, you try to make the fat jokes before other people make them.
When I was a child, I used to eat sugar Frosted Flakes with chocolate milk, but I digest, I mean digress.
I remember I made $22 a week doing dinner theater in Norfolk, Virginia. Back then, in the '70s, that was pretty good for a teenager, for a part-time job.
Like most severely overweight people, I had to hit a rock-hard bottom before I'd take responsibility for the consequences of neglecting my own health.
I didn't get a Bachelor's degree - I got a Bachelor's of Fine Arts, which means I didn't have to take humanities, math, and stuff like that. I think I had to take Art History, which I failed a few times.
The way to deal with the devil of obesity and diabetes is literally one day at a time.
I also have a degree in marriage, family and child counseling - I'm a therapist.
When my parents died they both were 47, and they died of complications of different diseases; one being diabetes.
I had a great childhood, a very close-knit family. We were all overweight, and we had good times eating together, I imagine.