Steve Guttenberg

{{short description|American actor, author, businessman, producer, and director (born 1958)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Steve Guttenberg

| image = Steve Guttenberg 2013.jpg

| caption = Guttenberg in October 2013

| birth_name = Steven Robert Guttenberg

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|08|24}}

| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.

| occupation = {{flatlist|

Actor
author
producer
director
businessman

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| years_active = 1977–present

| spouse = {{Plainlist|

{{marriage|Denise Bixler
|1988|1992|end=div.}}
{{marriage|Emily Smith
|2019|2025|end=sep.}}

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Steven Robert Guttenberg (born August 24, 1958) is an American actor, author, businessman, producer, and director. He is known for playing Carey Mahoney in the Police Academy films from 1984 to 1987. He also acted in Three Men and a Baby (1987) and its 1990 sequel as well as the films Diner (1982), Cocoon (1985), Short Circuit (1986), The Bedroom Window (1987), The Big Green (1995) and A Novel Romance (2011).

On television, he started his career in the CBS sitcom Billy (1979). He has had recurring guest roles as Woody Goodman in the teen mystery series Veronica Mars (2005–2006), Wayne Hastings, Jr. in the HBO dramedy series Ballers (2017), and Dr. Katman in the ABC sitcom The Goldbergs (2017–2023). He was a contestant during season 6 of the dance competition series Dancing with the Stars (2008).

Early life and education

Guttenberg was born on August 24, 1958{{cite book |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television: Volume 1 |date=1985 |publisher=Cengage |page=123 |isbn=9780810302419 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nOfjraScrBEC}} in Brooklyn, New York.Guttenberg, Steve, in {{cite web|url= https://www.westsiderag.com/2017/01/23/why-steve-guttenberg-lives-on-the-upper-west-side|title=Why Steve Guttenberg Lives on the Upper West Side| date= January 23, 2017 |access-date=January 21, 2019|work=West Side Rag|location=Manhattan|first=Eileen |last=Katz|archive-date=June 23, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170623152924/http://www.westsiderag.com/2017/01/23/why-steve-guttenberg-lives-on-the-upper-west-side |url-status=live|quote=I was born in Brooklyn, raised in Flushing, Queens, then Massapequa for my middle and high school years.}} He is the only son (he has two sisters) of Ann Iris (née Newman), a surgical assistant, and Jerome Stanley Guttenberg, an electrical engineer. Stanley served in the Army's 82nd Airborne Division and was an Army Ranger.{{cite web|url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/phoenix-az/stanley-guttenberg-10842844|publisher=Diginity Memorial|title=Stanley Jerome Guttenberg|access-date=January 19, 2025}} His godfather is actor Michael Bell.{{cite web |title=Q&A with actor Steve Guttenberg |url=https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/qa-actor-steve-guttenberg-2012-05-30 |website=NASDAQ}} Steve had a Jewish upbringing{{cite news | title = P.S., Your Mensch Is Dead—for Now | first = Michael | last = Aushenker | url = http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=9963| work=The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|date=January 23, 2003|access-date=October 13, 2011| archive-date= October 21, 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141021210024/http://www.jewishjournal.com/arts/article/ps_your_menschis_dead_for_now_20030124|url-status=dead}} in the Flushing neighborhood of the borough of Queens. In 1976, he graduated from Plainedge High School after his family moved from Queens to North Massapequa.{{cite news | title = A Cheese Slice and a Dose of South Shore | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/19/nyregion/long-island-journal-a-cheese-slice-and-a-dose-of-south-shore.html?pagewanted=all | work = The New York Times | first = Marcelle S. | last = Fischler | date = January 19, 2003}}{{cite tweet|user=SteveGuttbuck|number=1083787119967928320|date=January 11, 2019|title=1975 The Math Room, Plainedge High School|first=Steve|last=Guttenberg}} "@PLainedge1976".{{cite news | title = Show Biz | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iOdIAAAAIBAJ&pg=3608,1256375 | work = Youngstown Vindicator | location=Youngstown, Ohio|first = Timothy | last = Carlson | date = May 19, 1979}} Note: Source says Guttenberg transferred to New York City's High School of Performing Arts for his final two years of high school. While still in high school, Guttenberg attended a summer program at the Juilliard School and studied under John Houseman. During that time, he auditioned for and won a part in an off-Broadway production of The Lion in Winter.

After high school, Guttenberg attended the University at Albany, SUNY for a year. When he left SUNY, Guttenberg moved to California to pursue an acting career. His parents gave him $300 and said he has two weeks to find a job.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q70AzucN-gQ&t=311s |title=Steve Guttenberg on caring for a hero, and being one |date=2025-01-19 |last=CBS Sunday Morning |access-date=2025-01-19 |via=YouTube}} Within two weeks, he was cast in a Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial playing opposite Colonel Sanders.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlyR-sRH8wc |title=Steve Guttenberg's First Gig Was a KFC Commercial With the Real Colonel Sanders |date=2023-07-19 |last=LiveKellyandMark |access-date=2025-01-19 |via=YouTube}}

Career

= 1977–1984: Early roles to breakthrough =

After playing an uncredited bit part in the suspense film Rollercoaster,{{cite news|url= https://www.avclub.com/steve-guttenberg-on-police-academy-party-down-and-tur-1798283070| title=Steve Guttenberg on 'Police Academy', 'Party Down', and turning down 'Sharknado|first=Will |last=Harris|date=July 25, 2015|access-date=January 21, 2019|work=The A.V. Club| archive-date=September 20, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170920203212/https://tv.avclub.com/steve-guttenberg-on-police-academy-party-down-and-tur-1798283070|url-status=live}} Guttenberg had his first screen credit in the TV movie Something for Joey (1977). Next he played the starring role in the 1977 high school comedy The Chicken Chronicles, set in Beverly Hills in 1969. He appeared in the 1978 film The Boys From Brazil, based on the Ira Levin bestseller, and guest-starred on Family.

Guttenberg starred in the short-lived TV series Billy (1979), based on Billy Liar. He had a supporting role in a tennis romance film Players (1979). In 1980, a Coca-Cola commercial featured him trying to help a non-English-speaking woman fix a flat bicycle tire.{{cite web |url=https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=coca-cola&f=all&c=tv_ad&advanced=1&p=17&item=AT:22396.014 |title=COCA-COLA: 10-SPEED BIKE {ART DIRECTORS CLUB, 1981: 60TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION} |author= |date= |website=paleycenter.org |publisher= |access-date=December 11, 2021 |quote=}} He starred in the TV movie To Race the Wind (1980) playing blind lawyer Harold Krents. In the same year, he starred in the Nancy Walker-directed Can't Stop the Music, a semi-autobiographical movie about the disco group Village People. Guttenberg played Jim Craig in the TV movie Miracle on Ice (1981). He appeared in Barry Levinson's Diner (1982) and starred in another short-lived TV series No Soap, Radio (1982). Guttenberg starred in the action-comedy The Man Who Wasn't There (1983) and had a supporting part in the post-apocalyptic television movie The Day After (1983). He starred in The Ferret (1984) a pilot for a TV series which was not picked up.

In 1984, Guttenberg played the lead role in Police Academy. It grossed $8.5 million in its opening weekend and over $149 million worldwide, against a budget of $4.5 million; it is the most successful movie in the film franchise which it launched.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/georgelucassbloc00alex/page/631|title=George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets of Their Financial and Cultural Success|publisher=HarperCollins|year=2010|isbn=9780061778896|editor1-last=Block|editor1-first=Alex Ben|page=[https://archive.org/details/georgelucassbloc00alex/page/631 631]|editor2-last=Wilson|editor2-first=Lucy Autrey|url-access=registration}} He became a busy star over the next four years, appearing in nine starring roles, tying with Gene Hackman for busiest actor.{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|date=October 5, 1988|page=1|last=Cohn|first=Lawrence|title=Acting Jobs Steadiest Since Studio Era}}

= 1985–1999: Subsequent success =

In 1985, Police Academy was quickly followed by a sequel, Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment. Guttenberg then had the romantic male lead in Cocoon, another box-office success. A comedy in which he starred, Bad Medicine, was not particularly successful.

In 1986, Guttenberg played Pecos Bill in an episode of Tall Tales & Legends, then was in Police Academy 3: Back in Training. Also in 1986, he starred in Short Circuit opposite Ally Sheedy, another very popular film. In 1987, Guttenberg changed pace acting in the thriller The Bedroom Window , directed by Curtis Hanson. Guttenberg then made Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol, his last Police Academy Film. He had a cameo in Amazon Women on the Moon and supported Michael Caine and Sally Field in Surrender. Guttenberg had the biggest financial success of his career to date with Three Men and a Baby with Tom Selleck and Ted Danson. In 1988, Guttenberg starred with Peter O'Toole and Daryl Hannah in High Spirits, which flopped. In 1989, Guttenberg appeared in the Michael Jackson music video "Liberian Girl".{{cite web|url=http://web20.vevo.com/watch/michael-jackson/liberian-girl/USSM20301505 |title=Liberian Girl - Michael Jackson |publisher=Vevo |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202231621/http://web20.vevo.com/watch/michael-jackson/liberian-girl/USSM20301505 |archive-date=December 2, 2013 |df=mdy }} Guttenberg also acted in Cocoon: The Return which was a commercial disappointment.

In 1990, he replaced Timothy Hutton in the lead role of Prelude to a Kiss at the Helen Hayes Theatre on Broadway.{{cite news | title = Steve Guttenberg is back in the majors | url = https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2011-oct-16-la-ca-steve-guttenberg-20111016-story.html | work = Los Angeles Times | first = Steven | last = Zeitchik | date = October 16, 2011}} He also performed in London's West End, where he starred in The Boys Next Door. He appeared in the world stage premiere production of Furthest From the Sun, which Woody Harrelson directed and co-authored. In films, Guttenberg acted in Don't Tell Her It's Me and Three Men and a Little Lady. He directed "Love Off Limits" for CBS Schoolbreak Special in 1993. In 1995, he acted in The Big Green. He was among the ensemble in Home for the Holidays, and starred in It Takes Two with Kirstie Alley and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.

In 1997, Guttenberg starred in Zeus and Roxanne, Casper: A Spirited Beginning and alongside Kirsten Dunst in Disney's Tower of Terror, based on the attraction at Disney World. In 1998, he acted in action films, Airborne, and Overdrive, as well as the comedy Home Team.

= 2000–2009 =

His first film as director/producer/co-screenwriter/star was P.S. Your Cat Is Dead (2002), a film adaptation of a novel and Broadway play by James Kirkwood, Jr. Guttenberg starred in Mojave Phone Booth (2006) as Barry, and Making Change as Trafton. In Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus and then its sequel Meet the Santas, he played the starring role of Nick. He had a recurring role in the 2005–2006 season of the television series Veronica Mars as Woody Goodman, a wealthy businessman and community leader. He appeared as a lead in the NBC made-for-TV remake of The Poseidon Adventure (2005), playing Richard Clarke, a failing writer having an affair with a massage therapist. He guest-starred in a 2007 episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. He appeared in an According to Jim episode, "Two for the Money", in 2008. In the same year, Guttenberg released a video titled "Steve Guttenberg's Steak House"{{Cite web |url=http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/cfa7881384 |title=Steve Guttenberg's Steak House |access-date=August 25, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010231917/http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/cfa7881384 |archive-date=October 10, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} on Will Ferrell's Funny or Die website. Guttenberg joined the 2008 spring season dancing on Dancing with the Stars with professional dancer Anna Trebunskaya, and was eliminated on April 1.{{cite web|date=April 2, 2008|title=Steve Guttenberg Eliminated From 'Dancing With The Stars'|url=http://www.accesshollywood.com/_article_8964|access-date=October 13, 2011|publisher=Access Hollywood}}

A video which appeared to show Guttenberg jogging nearly naked through Central Park in New York City was released online in 2008.{{Cite web|title=Why Is the Goot Running in Central Park With No Bottoms? - Slideshow - Daily Intel|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2008/11/why_is_the_goot_running_in_cen.html|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Intelligencer|date=November 5, 2008 |language=en-us}} During an interview on the British talk show The Paul O'Grady Show, Guttenberg said that he made the video for Will Ferrell's Funny or Die website, but then decided to release it virally "as if it were real"{{cite web|title=Steve Guttenberg Explains Naked Jogging Video and Wins World Record | Celebrity Gossip and Entertainment News | VH1 Celebrity|url=http://vh1.com/celebrity/2008-11-12/steve-guttenberg-wins-world-record-spills-beans-on-naked-jogging|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603065230/http://www.vh1.com/celebrity/2008-11-12/steve-guttenberg-wins-world-record-spills-beans-on-naked-jogging/|archive-date=June 3, 2015|access-date=2018-04-14|df=mdy-all}} as part of a challenge for the show. Guttenberg became the Guinness World Record Holder for preparing the most hot-dogs in one minute.{{cite web|date=November 12, 2008|title=Steve Guttenberg Wins World Record, Spills Beans On Naked Jogging|url=http://www.thefablife.com/2008-11-12/steve-guttenberg-wins-world-record-spills-beans-on-naked-jogging/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120915112505/http://www.thefablife.com/2008-11-12/steve-guttenberg-wins-world-record-spills-beans-on-naked-jogging/|archive-date=September 15, 2012|access-date=October 13, 2011|publisher=VH1}}

Guttenberg starred in the Cinderella pantomime at Churchill Theatre in Bromley (Greater London), playing the Baron (father of Cinderella) in 2008.{{cite news | title = Steve Guttenberg: from Hollywood to panto in Kent | url = https://www.thetimes.com/article/steve-guttenberg-from-hollywood-to-panto-in-kent-bqvpcl7vslm | work = The Times | publisher = TimesOnline | first = Alastair | last = Gee | date = December 15, 2008 | access-date = October 13, 2011}} Celebrating his involvement, the local Empire Cinema screened Police Academy on November 19. He introduced the film and answered questions.{{cite news|title=Steve Guttenberg faced fans questions at a Police Academy screening at The Empire, Bromley |url=http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/leisure/onstage/3868408.Steve_Guttenberg_questioned_by_Police_Academy_fans/ |first=Scott |last=Mullins |date=November 21, 2008 |publisher=ThisisLocalLondon.com |access-date=October 13, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828075259/http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/leisure/onstage/3868408.Steve_Guttenberg_questioned_by_Police_Academy_fans/ |archive-date=August 28, 2012 |df=mdy }}{{cite news | title=Actor Steve Guttenberg talks about starring in panto at The Churchill, Bromley | url=http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/archive/2008/11/21/Star+Interviews+%28starinterviews%29/3861886.Police_Academy_to_panto_star___Steve_Guttenberg/ | first=Kerry Ann | last=Eustice | date=November 21, 2008 | publisher=ThisisLocalLondon.com | access-date=October 13, 2011}}

= 2010–present=

Guttenberg played himself in a 2010 episode of the Starz comedy Party Down. He appeared on Broadway from late 2011 to early 2012 in Woody Allen's one-act play Honeymoon Hotel, which was part of the show Relatively Speaking. Guttenberg was on History Channel's 2015 miniseries Sons of Liberty playing Jack Bonner. In 2015, he was on SyFy Channel's Lavalantula and was featured in an episode of Community, "Intro to Recycled Cinema", which aired on Yahoo Screen.{{cite web |author=Community Season Six |url=https://screen.yahoo.com/community/community-episode-8-intro-recycled-070001874.html |title=Community Episode 8: Intro to Recycled Cinema [Video] |publisher=Screen.yahoo.com |date=2015-04-28 |access-date=2018-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524193959/https://screen.yahoo.com/community/community-episode-8-intro-recycled-070001874.html |archive-date=May 24, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} In 2020, he appeared on Holey Moley II: The Sequel. He also starred in the Lifetime film How to Murder Your Husband: The Nancy Brophy Story where he portrayed Daniel Brophy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.etonline.com/how-to-murder-your-husband-trailer-see-cybill-shepherd-as-novelist-nancy-brophy-exclusive-196077|title='How to Murder Your Husband': Watch Cybill Shepherd and Steve Guttenberg in the Trailer (Exclusive)|website=ET Online|first=Stacy|last=Lambe|date=December 16, 2022|access-date=January 15, 2023}}

Rumored projects

In a 2009 interview, Guttenberg mentioned that Disney was developing a second sequel to Three Men and a Baby, entitled Three Men and a Bride. He said that his co-stars, Ted Danson and Tom Selleck, would return for the sequel.{{cite magazine |date=2013-01-03 |title=Tom Selleck says he's up for making 'Three Men and a Baby' sequel |url=https://ew.com/article/2013/01/03/three-men-and-a-baby-sequel-tom-sellecks-game-video/ |access-date=2018-04-14 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} Guttenberg expressed his interest in making additional sequels to the Police Academy and Cocoon movies, saying they would be surefire hits if they were to be made.{{cite web |date=November 4, 2009 |title=Guttenberg, Danson, Selleck Walking Down the Aisle for 'Three Men and a Bride'? |url=http://insidemovies.moviefone.com/2009/11/04/three-men-and-a-bride-steve-guttenberg/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109195541/http://insidemovies.moviefone.com/2009/11/04/three-men-and-a-bride-steve-guttenberg/ |archive-date=January 9, 2010 |access-date=October 13, 2011 |publisher=Moviefone |df=mdy-all}} In 2010, he revealed that David Diamond and David Weissman were writing a script for Police Academy 8.{{cite web |last=Gencarelli |first=Mike |date=August 1, 2010 |title=Interview with Steve Guttenberg |url=http://moviemikes.com/2010/08/interview-with-steve-guttenberg/ |access-date=August 7, 2010 |publisher=Movie Mikes |archive-date=August 11, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100811111638/http://moviemikes.com/2010/08/interview-with-steve-guttenberg/ |url-status=dead }} In 2018, Guttenberg said that a new Police Academy film is packaged but had no other details.{{cite news|title= Steve Guttenberg says another 'Police Academy' film is in the works |publisher= Yahoo|date=2018-09-04|url=https://comicbook.com/movies/2018/09/03/police-academy-8-movies-franchise-sequel/|access-date=2018-09-04}}

Production company

Guttenberg's production company, Mr. Kirby Productions, is named after Gerald J. Kirby, his high-school drama teacher.

In 1995, Guttenberg was name-checked in The Simpsons episode "Homer the Great" in the song "We Do", whereby a fictional ancient secret society called the Stonecutters (a parody of the Freemasons) claim it was them that made Guttenberg a star. He was reportedly flattered by the reference.{{Cite web |date=2017-09-01 |title=How Steve Guttenberg Feels About 'Simpsons' Jab in Alf Clausen's Stonecutter Song (Video) |url=https://www.thewrap.com/simpsons-steve-guttenberg-alf-clausen-stonecutters/ |access-date=2021-09-19 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US}}

Personal life

= Marriage and relationships =

Guttenberg married model Denise Bixler on September 30, 1988.{{cite news|date=October 4, 1988|title=Steve Guttenberg Weds|work=Rome News-Tribune|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XGAzAAAAIBAJ&pg=4505,1259126}} They separated in June 1991{{cite web|date=January 17, 1992|title=Guttenberg seeks divorce from model|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB373922E332F56&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|work=Chicago Sun-Times}} and divorced in 1992.{{cite web|date=July 23, 2017|title=The Devil and Steve Guttenberg: Love, Sex, Fame And The Rollercoaster From 'Police Academy' To 'Ballers'|website=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-devil-and-steve-guttenberg-love-sex-fame-and-the-rollercoaster-from-police-academy-to-ballers}} Guttenberg has lived with WCBS-TV reporter Emily Smith since 2014.{{cite news|last=Kaufman|first=Joanne|date=August 19, 2016|title=Steve Guttenberg's Little Home in the Sky|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/realestate/steve-guttenbergs-little-home-in-the-sky.html|access-date=August 23, 2016}} They were engaged on Christmas Day 2016{{cite web|date=December 27, 2016|title=Grand Island native Emily Smith engaged to actor Steve Guttenberg|url=http://buffalonews.com/2016/12/27/wny-native-emily-smith-engaged-actor-steve-guttenberg-holidays/|access-date=2018-04-14|work=The Buffalo News|location=Buffalo, New York}}Smith, Emily, in {{cite web|date=December 25, 2016|title=yes, yes, yes|url=https://www.facebook.com/emily.smith.52056223/posts/10154241613292081 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/616727080/10154241613292081 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|access-date=January 21, 2019|publisher=Emily Smith Facebook account}}{{cbignore}} and married on January 19, 2019.{{cite news|last=Fernandez|first=Alexia|date=January 20, 2019|title=Three Men and a Baby Star Steve Guttenberg Marries News Anchor Emily Smith in Intimate Ceremony|work=People|url=https://people.com/movies/steve-guttenberg-marries-news-anchor-emily-smith/|access-date=January 21, 2019}} The couple divorced in 2025.{{Cite web |title='Police Academy' star Steve Guttenberg divorcing wife Emily after 6 years of marriage |url=https://ew.com/steve-guttenberg-files-for-divorce-wife-emily-after-6-years-marriage-11710804 |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=EW.com |language=en}}

=Los Angeles wildfire rescue efforts=

On January 8, 2025, Guttenberg was among the various citizens who have been volunteering their time helping first responders as devastating wildfires raged across the Los Angeles area of Southern California. Guttenberg even went unnoticed by the local media when interviewed. “This is the time for us to remember that we're part of a community" Guttenberg said and that people “have to help each other and be kind to each other. If you see somebody who needs help, help them. Ask them what they need.” In an interview with CNN, Guttenberg said that he hadn't “seen anything like this in my entire life, and I don’t think many people have.”

Guttenberg also discussed helping to rescue pets belonging to a neighbor who happened to be out of town as the fires raged. At least five people had died and more than 1,000 structures have been destroyed, and more than 100,000 people, including various celebrities, have evacuated their homes in what has become the most destructive in Los Angeles' history.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/steve-guttenberg-los-angeles-wildfires_n_677ee30de4b004ca51b5bb95?yptr=yahoo|title=Steve Guttenberg Helps First Responders As Wildfires Devastate Los Angeles Area |work=The Huffington Post |access-date=2025-01-08}}{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/palisades-fire-live-tens-thousands-flee-wildfires-rage-los-angeles-2025-01-08/|title=California wildfires: 100,000 evacuated, at least five dead in 'historic natural disaster' |publisher=Reuters |access-date=2025-01-08}}

Philanthropy

Guttenberg is involved with charities whose goal is to improve opportunities for the homeless and for young people.{{cite web|url=http://looktothestars.org/celebrity/steve-guttenberg |title=Steve Guttenberg: Charity Work & Causes |publisher=Look to the Stars |access-date=2018-04-14}} In 2016, a trust in his honor was established to provide support services to the homeless population of Los Angeles.{{cite web | title=Private Citizens Aid Los Angeles Homeless Population | url=https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-017-lopez-skid-row-20160117-column.html | work=Los Angeles Times | date=January 16, 2016 | access-date=May 25, 2016}} The Entertainment Industry Foundation, Hollywood's charity arm, selected Guttenberg to be Ambassador for Children's Issues for his work on behalf of children and the homeless.{{cite web | title=Steve Guttenberg Charity Work, Events and Causes | url=http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1337-steve-guttenberg | publisher=Look to the Stars | access-date=October 13, 2011}} At the 2016 New York Walk to Fight Lymphedema & Lymphatic Diseases in Brooklyn, Guttenberg announced, via a pre-recorded message, that he had joined the Lymphatic Education & Research Network's (LE&RN) Honorary Board.

Acting credits and accolades

The sixth Fire Island Golden Wagon Film Festival held annually, honored Guttenberg with the 2008 Tony Randall Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in the entertainment industry, as well as his community service.{{cite web|author=Timothy Bolger|date=August 6, 2008|title=6th Annual Golden Wagon Film Festival Rocks OB|url=https://www.edgemedianetwork.com/entertainment/movies//78452|publisher=EDGE Media Network}} The award was created in tribute to the first Golden Wagon honoree, Tony Randall; it is given to a member of the entertainment industry who embodies the same love of Fire Island, independent spirit, and community service which Randall shared.

Guttenberg received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011.{{cite news|date=December 12, 2011|title=Steve Guttenberg gets star on Hollywood Walk of Fame|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/steve-guttenberg-gets-walk-of-fame-star-la-film-critics-name-descendants-best-picture/2011/12/12/gIQAFy4TpO_blog.html|newspaper=The Washington Post}} In 2014, he received a key to the city from Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine for his work with Fun Paw Care, raising awareness for animal rights.{{cite web|title=Steve Guttenberg, Fun Paw Care & Sabrina Cohen Foundation|date=October 20, 2014 |url=http://www.funpawcare.com/2014/10/19/steve-guttenberg-fun-paw-care-sabrina-cohen-foundation|access-date=2018-04-14|publisher=Funpawcare.com}}