Stephen Arthur "Steve" Hytner (born September 28, 1959) is an American

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 actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Kenny Bania in Seinfeld

Seinfeld

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. He attended Valley Stream Central High School (along with fellow future actors Patricia Charbonneau

Patricia Charbonneau

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 and Steve Buscemi

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) in Valley Stream, New York

Valley Stream, New York

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.

Hytner appeared as a regular in The Jeff Foxworthy Show

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, The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage

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, and Working

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, in several episodes of Roswell

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, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

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, Friends

Friends

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, King of Queens, Dharma and Greg, The X-Files

The X-Files

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, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

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, Thats So Raven, George Lopez

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and The Bill Engvall Show

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.

He has also appeared in the Disney Channel Original Series, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody as Herman Spatz. He most recently appeared in Good Luck Charlie

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as "Marvin" the bellman and in Sonny with a Chance

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as "Murphy" the troublesome security guard. He is currently in the cast of the HBO series "Hung

Hung (TV series)

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", on which he plays a motivational workshop instructor.

He has also appeared in the 2006 comedy film Bachelor Party Vegas

Bachelor Party Vegas

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.

In 2009, Hytner reprised his role as Kenny Bania on the fictional Seinfeld reunion table read in Curb Your Enthusiasm

Curb Your Enthusiasm

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