Stef Tovar is a native of Chicago, Illinois. His breakout on screen role was Dr. Arrington in Contagion, directed by Steven Soderbergh-where he treats Patient Zero (Gwyneth Paltrow) and must tell her husband (Matt Damon) of her death.
Stef's television credits include Elliot Meyers on Chicago Med for NBC, Bob Callaway on Proven Innocent for CBS; Daniel Schwartz on the premiere season of Chicago Fire for NBC; the 2018 season finale of Empire for FOX (giving some bad news to Jussie Smollett); Boss for Starz and The Chi for Showtime.
Other film credits include "Finance Guy" in Widows directed by Steve McQueen (with Colin Farrell); Kenny in Employee of the Month (with Matt Dillon, Steve Zahn and Christina Applegate) directed by Mitch Rouse; Scott in the award-winning Olympia; Studio Exec in The Bobby Roberts Project (with Fred Willard); The Gymnast directed by Ned Farr-as well as the sequel: The Aerialist, which will premiere in 2020.
Recent Chicago theater credits include Yossi Bellin in the Chicago premiere of Oslo with TimeLine Theatre Company at the Broadway Playhouse; Clem/Nails/Kellerman in world premiere of The Adventures of Augie March (adapted by David Auburn) and The Theban Shepard in Oedipus Rex-both directed by Charles Newell at Court Theatre and Mamma Mia! at Drury Lane directed by William Osetek.
Stef won the Jeff Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1997 and was nominated for Best Supporting actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Luther Billis in South Pacific at Marriott Theatre.Stef teaches at North Central College and has taught his on-camera workshop at DePaul, Columbia, Roosevelt and Wright State University.
He represented by Stewart Talent is the proud father of Sam. www.steftovar.com
