Background and career
Scott Weinger (born October 5, 1975) is an American actor, screenwriter and television producer. He is the voice of the Disney character Aladdin in the 1992 animated film and various follow-ups, and played Steve Hale on the ABC sitcom Full House and its Netflix sequel Fuller House. For ABC, he wrote and produced for the television sitcoms Galavant and Black-ish and was a co-executive producer of The Muppets. He is a writer and co-executive producer on the Hulu show Paradise, for which he received Emmy nominations in 2025 and 2026.
Weinger grew up in Hollywood, Florida before moving to Los Angeles when he got cast as a regular on Full House. Weinger graduated from Harvard University in 1998 magna cum laude with a degree in English and American Literature. He is Jewish.
Weinger's first professional acting work was a national commercial for Ideal Toys. His first acting role was in Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach. After guest-starring on ABC's Life Goes On, Weinger became a series regular on the situation comedy The 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 Aladdin in Disney's 1992 animated feature of the same name.
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 3D Disney 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 provided the voice for Aladdin, the street urchin in Walt Disney Pictures' animated feature film of the same name. He reprised his role multiple times off the big screen including the CBS television 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 WB television show Like Family. Other writing credits include What I Like About You and Privileged. From 2009 to 2013, he was a writer-producer for 90210. He later worked as a writer-producer for The Neighbors, Galavant, Black-ish, and The Muppets. Weinger was a co-executive producer and showrunner for the French-language Netflix romantic comedy series Plan Coeur (The Hookup Plan). During the run of Fuller House, he sold pilots to Fox, CBS, HBO Max, and Disney Plus. Weinger is co-executive producer on Hulu's drama series Paradise. He wrote the series' fourth episode, titled "Agent Billy Pace". The series earned him multiple Emmy nominations for Outstanding Drama Series.
Weinger has been married to television writer and producer Rina Mimoun since 2008; together they have a son who was born in 2009.
