Scott Weinger is an American actor, voice actor, writer and producer, best known as the voice of the title character in Disney's Aladdin and as Steve Hale on the ABC sitcom Full House and its Netflix sequel Fuller House. Weinger also reprised the Aladdin role in the two direct-to-videosequels, the television series of the same name, the Hercules crossover with Aladdin and the Kingdom Hearts and Disney Infinityvideo game series. He is also a writer and producer for television, including for ABC's Galavant and Black-ish. He was a co-executive producer of ABC's The Muppets.
Weinger's first professional acting work was a national commercial for Ideal Toys. His first acting role was in . After guest starring on ABC's Life Goes On, Weinger became a series regular on the situation comedyThe Family Man on CBS. His next regular role in a series came as Steve Hale on the sitcom Full House from 1991 to 1995 after he had guest-starred on one episode during its fifth season as the similarly-named Steve Peters. During the run of Full House, Weinger made his motion-picture debut as the voice of the title character in Disney's 1992 animated feature Aladdin. Weinger went on to several small roles in television programs, starred in a horror comedy film, 2003's Shredder, and provided his voice for Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis and the 3-DDisney film Mickey's PhilharMagic. He had a guest appearance on the NBC's Scrubs for the season 6 episode "My Coffee" as Dr. Kershnar. He played Officer Rubin on What I Like About You. From 2016 until 2020, Weinger reprised his role of Steve Hale on the Full House spin-off series, Fuller House. Weinger was cast as Aladdin, the street urchin in Walt Disney Pictures' animated feature filmAladdin. He reprised his role multiple times off the big screen including the CBS Aladdin series and direct-to-video sequels The Return of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves. His voice would also be used for several video games including the Kingdom Hearts series, Kinect Disneyland Adventures, and Disney Infinity series. Weinger has written and produced for television, receiving his first writing credit on the WBtelevision showLike Family. Other writing credits include What I Like About You and Privileged. From 2009 to 2013, he was a writer-producer for 90210, penning the series' 100th episode. After the series ended, he returned to comedy, becoming a writer-producer for The Neighbors, Galavant, Black-ish, and The Muppets.
Personal life
Weinger has been married to television writer and producer Rina Mimoun since 2008; together they have a son who was born in 2009.
