Stephen Lea Sheppard

Stephen Lea Sheppard is a Canadian writer and former television and film actor. He played Dudley Heinsbergen in the 2001 Wes Anderson film The Royal Tenenbaums and geek guru Harris Trinsky on NBC dramedy Freaks and Geeks. Sheppard was born in Gibsons, British Columbia, northwest of Vancouver. Anderson’s friend, Judd Apatow, recommended Sheppard, who was acting in Apatow’s TV series Freaks and Geeks, to Anderson.