Cast & creator
Tom Stern
Best known for 2 Broke Girls, The Wild Thornberrys, Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie
Tom Stern is a television writer, director and producer working in Los Angeles, California. While at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Stern began a partnership with filmmaker/actor Alex Winter which lasted eight years. After graduating in 1987, the pair moved to Venice Beach and directed IMPACT Video Magazine. Writing for the Jim Henson Hour on NBC was his first mainstream show business job. He first married filmmaker Tamara Hernandez with whom he had two kids: Tuesday and Murray Stern. In March 2015, he married architect Barbara Bestor.
Also known as: Jason Truitt, Tom J. Stern, Tom Jason Stern, Thomas Stern, Thomas Jason Stern
32
film credits
15
television credits
10
1985–2026 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (47)
Showing 47 of 47 credits
2 Broke Girls
Director
2011
The Wild Thornberrys
Writer
1998
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie
Teleplay
2024
An American Werewolf in Paris
Writer
1997
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
Trenchcoat Man in Heaven (uncredited)
1991
That's My Bush!
Writer
2001
Saul of the Mole Men
Beet God
2007Saul of the Mole Men
Director
2007Saul of the Mole Men
Producer
2007Saul of the Mole Men
Writer
2007
The Toys That Made Us
Executive Producer
2017The Toys That Made Us
Director
2017
The Andy Milonakis Show
Producer
2005
Freaked
Man / Milkman
1993Freaked
Director
1993Freaked
Writer
1993Freaked
Co-Producer
1993
The Idiot Box
Lockjaw
1991The Idiot Box
Director
1991The Idiot Box
Creator
1991
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Producer
2026Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Director
2026Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Writer
2026
Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History
Samuel Smith
2019Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History
Director
2019Alligator Boots
Director
2009
Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust
Creator
2003
Windy City Heat
Yurgi
2003
Alligator Boots
Director
2008
This Is GWAR
Self
2021
Marilyn Manson: God Is In the TV
Director
1999
Harland Williams: A Force of Nature
Executive Producer
2011
Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget
Director
2004
Howie Meets the Ghost of Environmental Disasters Yet to Come
Writer
1990Howie Meets the Ghost of Environmental Disasters Yet to Come
Director
1990
Owen Benjamin: Huge Pianist
Executive Producer
2018
Meals on Wheels
Various Characters
1992Meals on Wheels
Writer
1992Meals on Wheels
Director
1992
Adams
Director
2019Adams
Editor
2019Adams
Executive Producer
2019
Squeal of Death
Gumbie Weedling
1985Squeal of Death
Director
1985
Aisles of Doom
Narrator
1989Aisles of Doom
Writer
1989Aisles of Doom
Director
1989