Occupation Voice actor, writer Years active 1985–2014 | Name Steve Viksten Role Television writer | |
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Died June 23, 2014, Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, United States Movies Hey Arnold!: The Movie, 24 Hours to Live Nominations Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in An Animated Program Similar People Craig Bartlett, Tuck Tucker, Joe Ansolabehere, Justin Shenkarow, Jamil Walker Smith | ||
Stephen Lee "Steve" Viksten (July 19, 1960 – June 23, 2014) was an American television writer and voice actor who was best known for voicing the character Oskar Kokoshka on the Nickelodeon animated series Hey Arnold! Viksten also wrote multiple episodes of Hey Arnold, Rugrats, Recess, Duckman, and The Simpsons. Viksten's sole contribution to the latter, season 22's "Homer Scissorhands," was his final writing credit before his death.
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Early life
Viksten was born in Ventura, California on July 19, 1960. His father was the vice president of the local Sears. During his teenage years, Viksten's family moved to Arcadia, California, where Viksten became editor of Arcadia High School's newspaper. After graduating from Arcadia High School in 1978, Viksten attended several universities including the University of Missouri, UCLA, and Cal State Fullerton, though he did not obtain a bachelor's degree.
Death
Steve Viksten died of an intracranial hemorrhage on June 23, 2014 at age 53.
Filmography
Writer
2011
The Simpsons (TV Series) (written by - 1 episode)
- Homer Scissorhands (2011) - (written by)
2005
Higglytown Heroes (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Say What?/Higgly Harmonies (2005)
2003
Recess: All Growed Down (Video) (segment "Kindergarten Derby") / (additional dialogue)
-
Hey Arnold! (TV Series) (5 episodes, 1997 - 2002) (developer - 72 episodes, 1996 - 2002) (written by - 32 episodes, 1996 - 2002) (story - 7 episodes, 1996 - 2001) (developed by - 2 episodes, 1996 - 2002) (story by - 2 episodes, 1999 - 2000)
- The Journal (2002) - (creator)
- Married (2002) - (creator) / (written by)
- On the Lam/Family Man (2002) - (segment "Family Man")
- April Fool's Day (2002) - (creator)
- Arnold Visits Arnie/Chocolate Boy (2001) - (story - segment "Chocolate Boy")
- Suspended/Ernie in Love (2000) - (written by - segment ": "Ernie in Love")
- Bag of Money/Principal Simmons (2000) - (segment "Bag of Money")
- Helga's Masquerade/Mr. Green Runs (2000) - (creator) / (story by - segment "Helga's Masquerade")
- Monkeyman!/Buses, Bikes, and Subways (2000) - (creator)
- Summer Love (1999) - (creator)
- Dino Checks Out (1999) - (creator) / (written by)
- Helga on the Couch (1999) - (creator) / (story)
- Veterans Day (1999) - (creator) / (written by)
- Headless Cabbie/Friday the 13th (1999) - (creator)
- Grandpa's Sister/Synchronized Swimming (1999) - (creator)
- Weird Cousin/Baby Oskar (1999) - (creator) / (written by - segments "Baby Oskar", "Weird Cousin")
- Grudge Match/Polishing Rhonda (1999) - (creator)
- It Girl/Deconstructing Arnold (1999) - (creator)
- Back to School/Egg Story (1999) - (story by - segment "Back to School") / (written by - segment "Egg Story")
- Love and Cheese/Weighing Harold (1999) - (creator) / (written by)
- Helga's Parrot/Chocolate Turtles (1999) - (creator)
- Dinner for Four/Phoebe Skips (1999) - (segment "Dinner for Four")
- The Beeper Queen/Oskar Can't Read? (1999) - (creator)
- Eugene's Birthday/Stinky's Pumpkin (1999) - (creator)
- Big Gino/Jamie O in Love (1999) - (creator) / (story - segment "Jamie O in Love")
- Full Moon/Student Teacher (1999) - (creator) / (written by - segment "Full Moon")
- Parents Day (1998) - (creator)
- School Play (1998) - (creator) / (written by)
- Girl Trouble/School Dance (1998)
- Helga's Show/The Flood (1998) - (segment "Helga's Show") / (creator)
- Arnold's Thanksgiving (1998) - (creator) / (story) / (written by)
- Arnold & Lila/Grand Prix (1998) - (creator) / (written by)
- Grandpa's Birthday/Road Trip (1998) - (creator) / (story - segment "Grandpa's Birthday")
- Sid's Revenge/Roller Coaster (1998) - (creator)
- Best Man/Cool Party (1998) - (creator) / (written by - segment "Best Man")
- Casa Paradiso/Gerald's Tonsils (1998) - (creator)
- Career Day/Hey Harold! (1998) - (creator) / (written by - segment "Hey Harold!")
- Arnold Betrays Iggy/Helga and the Nanny (1998) - (segment "Arnold Betrays Iggy") / (creator)
- The Aptitude Test/Oskar Gets a Job (1998) - (creator) / (written by - segment "Oskar Gets a Job")
- Curly Snaps/Pre-Teen Scream (1998) - (creator)
- Stinky Goes Hollywood/Olga Gets Engaged (1998) - (creator)
- Arnold's Room/Helga vs. Big Patty (1998) - (segment "Helga vs. Big Patty") / (creator)
- Dangerous Lumber/Mr. Hyunh Goes Country (1998) - (creator) / (written by - segment "Mr. Hyunh Goes Country")
- Helga Blabs It All/Harold the Butcher (1998) - (creator)
- Eugene Goes Bad/What's Opera, Arnold? (1997) - (creator) / (written by - segment "Eugene Goes Bad")
- Eating Contest/Rhonda's Glasses (1997) - (creator)
- Steely Phil/Quantity Time (1997) - (creator) / (written by)
- Arnold's Halloween (1997) - (creator) / (story)
- The High Life/Best Friends (1997) - (creator)
- Mudbowl/Gerald Moves Out (1997) - (written by - segment "Gerald Moves Out")
- Freeze Frame/Phoebe Cheats (1997) - (creator)
- Arnold Saves Sid/Hookey (1997) - (creator) / (written by - segment "Arnold Saves Sid")
- Ransom/Ms. Perfect (1997) - (segment "Ms. Perfect")
- Monkey Business/Big Caesar (1997) - (segment "Monkey Business") / (creator)
- Longest Monday/Eugene's Pet (1997) - (creator)
- The Big Scoop/Harold's Kitty (1997) - (creator) / (written by - segment "Harold's Kitty")
- Helga's Love Potion/Gerald's Secret (1997) - (creator)
- Save the Tree/New Teacher (1997) - (creator)
- Arnold's Valentine (1997) - (creator) / (written by)
- Runaway Float/Partners (1997) - (creator) / (written by - segment "Partners")
- Tour de Pond/Teachers' Strike (1997) - (creator)
- Coach Wittenberg/Four-Eyed Jack (1997) - (creator)
- Hall Monitor/Harold's Bar Mitzvah (1997) - (creator)
- Helga's Boyfriend/Crush on Teacher (1997) - (segment "Helga's Boyfriend") / (creator)
- Part Time Friends/Biosquare (1997) - (creator)
- False Alarm/World Records (1996) - (creator) / (written by - segment "False Alarm")
- Arnold's Christmas (1996) - (creator) / (story) / (written by)
- Magic Show/24 Hours to Live (1996) - (creator) / (written by - segment "24 Hours to Live")
- Abner Come Home/The Sewer King (1996) - (creator)
- Olga Comes Home/Sally's Comet (1996) - (segment "Olga Comes Home") / (creator)
- Spelling Bee/Pigeon Man (1996) - (creator)
- Das Subway/Wheezin' Ed (1996) - (segment "Wheezin' Ed") / (creator)
- Door #16/Arnold as Cupid (1996) - (creator) / (written by - segment "Arnold as Cupid")
- The List/Haunted Train (1996) - (creator)
- Heat/Snow (1996) - (creator)
- Operation Ruthless/The Vacant Lot (1996) - (creator) / (written by - segment "Operation Ruthless")
- Tutoring Torvald/Gerald Comes Over (1996) - (creator)
- Benchwarmer/Cool Jerk (1996) - (creator)
- 6th Grade Girls/The Baseball (1996) - (creator) / (written by - segment "Sixth Grade Girls")
- Helga's Makeover/The Old Building (1996) - (creator) / (written by - segment "The Old Building")
- Arnold's Hat/Stoop Kid (1996) - (creator) / (written by)
- The Little Pink Book/Field Trip (1996) - (creator) / (written by - segment "Field Trip")
- Downtown as Fruits/Eugene's Bike (1996) - (creator) / (written by - segments "Downton as Fruits", "Eugene's Bike")
2002
Hey Arnold! The Movie (written by)
1999
Recess (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Kindergarten Derby (1999) - (writer)
1994
Hey Arnold!: 24 Hours to Live (Short)
1994
Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Not So Easy Riders (1994)
-
Rugrats (TV Series) (8 episodes, 1992 - 1994) (written by - 6 episodes, 1991 - 1992) (writer - 1 episode, 1993)
- Angelica's Worst Nightmare/The Mega Diaper Babies (1994) - (segment "Angelica's Worst Nightmare")
- Cuffed/The Blizzard (1993) - (segment "Cuffed")
- When Wishes Come True/Angelica Breaks a Leg (1993) - (segment "Angelica Breaks a Leg")
- King Ten Pin/Runaway Angelica (1993) - (segment "Runaway Angelica")
- Feeding Hubert/Spike the Wonder Dog (1993) - (writer)
- Down the Drain/Let Them Eat Cake (1993)
- Meet the Carmichaels/The Box (1993)
- Family Reunion/Grandpa's Date (1992) - (segment "Grandpa's Date")
- Regarding Stuie/Garage Sale (1992)
- Graham Canyon / Stu-Maker's Elves (1992) - (written by - segment "Stu-Maker's Elves")
- Fluffy vs. Spike/Reptar's Revenge (1992) - (written by - segment "Fluffy vs. Spike")
- Real or Robots? / Special Delivery (1991) - (written by - segment "Real or Robots?")
- Grandpa's Teeth/Momma Trauma (1991) - (written by - segment "Momma Trauma")
- Baby Commercial/Little Dude (1991) - (written by - segment "Baby Commercial")
- Barbecue Story/Waiter, There's a Baby in My Soup (1991) - (written by - segment "Barbeque Story")
Producer
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Hey Arnold! (TV Series) (co-producer - 79 episodes, 1996 - 2000) (co-executive producer - 4 episodes, 2000 - 2003)
- Simmons' Documentary/Big Bob's Crisis (2003) - (co-executive producer)
- Married (2002) - (co-executive producer)
- Stuck in a Tree/Rhonda Goes Broke (2001) - (co-executive producer)
- New Bully on the Block/Phoebe Breaks a Leg (2000) - (co-executive producer)
- Helga's Masquerade/Mr. Green Runs (2000) - (co-producer)
- Monkeyman!/Buses, Bikes, and Subways (2000) - (co-producer)
- Dino Checks Out (1999) - (co-producer)
- Helga on the Couch (1999) - (co-producer)
- Veterans Day (1999) - (co-producer)
- Headless Cabbie/Friday the 13th (1999) - (co-producer)
- Helga Sleepwalks/Fighting Families (1999) - (co-producer)
- Grandpa's Sister/Synchronized Swimming (1999) - (co-producer)
- Weird Cousin/Baby Oskar (1999) - (co-producer)
- Grudge Match/Polishing Rhonda (1999) - (co-producer)
- It Girl/Deconstructing Arnold (1999) - (co-producer)
- Back to School/Egg Story (1999) - (co-producer)
- Love and Cheese/Weighing Harold (1999) - (co-producer)
- Helga's Parrot/Chocolate Turtles (1999) - (co-producer)
- Dinner for Four/Phoebe Skips (1999) - (co-producer)
- The Beeper Queen/Oskar Can't Read? (1999) - (co-producer)
- Eugene's Birthday/Stinky's Pumpkin (1999) - (co-producer)
- Big Gino/Jamie O in Love (1999) - (co-producer)
- Full Moon/Student Teacher (1999) - (co-producer)
- Parents Day (1998) - (co-producer)
- School Play (1998) - (co-producer)
- Girl Trouble/School Dance (1998) - (co-producer)
- Helga's Show/The Flood (1998) - (co-producer)
- Arnold's Thanksgiving (1998) - (co-producer)
- Arnold & Lila/Grand Prix (1998) - (co-producer)
- Grandpa's Birthday/Road Trip (1998) - (co-producer)
- Sid's Revenge/Roller Coaster (1998) - (co-producer)
- Best Man/Cool Party (1998) - (co-producer)
- Phoebe Takes the Fall/The Pig War (1998) - (co-producer)
- Casa Paradiso/Gerald's Tonsils (1998) - (co-producer)
- Career Day/Hey Harold! (1998) - (co-producer)
- Crabby Author/Rich Kid (1998) - (co-producer)
- Arnold Betrays Iggy/Helga and the Nanny (1998) - (co-producer)
- The Aptitude Test/Oskar Gets a Job (1998) - (co-producer)
- Curly Snaps/Pre-Teen Scream (1998) - (co-producer)
- Stinky Goes Hollywood/Olga Gets Engaged (1998) - (co-producer)
- Arnold's Room/Helga vs. Big Patty (1998) - (co-producer)
- Dangerous Lumber/Mr. Hyunh Goes Country (1998) - (co-producer)
- Helga Blabs It All/Harold the Butcher (1998) - (co-producer)
- Eugene Goes Bad/What's Opera, Arnold? (1997) - (co-producer)
- Eating Contest/Rhonda's Glasses (1997) - (co-producer)
- Steely Phil/Quantity Time (1997) - (co-producer)
- Arnold's Halloween (1997) - (co-producer)
- The High Life/Best Friends (1997) - (co-producer)
- Mudbowl/Gerald Moves Out (1997) - (co-producer)
- Freeze Frame/Phoebe Cheats (1997) - (co-producer)
- Arnold Saves Sid/Hookey (1997) - (co-producer)
- Ransom/Ms. Perfect (1997) - (co-producer)
- Monkey Business/Big Caesar (1997) - (co-producer)
- Longest Monday/Eugene's Pet (1997) - (co-producer)
- The Big Scoop/Harold's Kitty (1997) - (co-producer)
- Helga's Love Potion/Gerald's Secret (1997) - (co-producer)
- Save the Tree/New Teacher (1997) - (co-producer)
- Arnold's Valentine (1997) - (co-producer)
- Runaway Float/Partners (1997) - (co-producer)
- Tour de Pond/Teachers' Strike (1997) - (co-producer)
- Coach Wittenberg/Four-Eyed Jack (1997) - (co-producer)
- Hall Monitor/Harold's Bar Mitzvah (1997) - (co-producer)
- Helga's Boyfriend/Crush on Teacher (1997) - (co-producer)
- Part Time Friends/Biosquare (1997) - (co-producer)
- False Alarm/World Records (1996) - (co-producer)
- Arnold's Christmas (1996) - (co-producer)
- Magic Show/24 Hours to Live (1996) - (co-producer)
- Abner Come Home/The Sewer King (1996) - (co-producer)
- Olga Comes Home/Sally's Comet (1996) - (co-producer)
- Spelling Bee/Pigeon Man (1996) - (co-producer)
- Das Subway/Wheezin' Ed (1996) - (co-producer)
- Door #16/Arnold as Cupid (1996) - (co-producer)
- Mugged/Roughin' It (1996) - (co-producer)
- The List/Haunted Train (1996) - (co-producer)
- Heat/Snow (1996) - (co-producer)
- Operation Ruthless/The Vacant Lot (1996) - (co-producer)
- Tutoring Torvald/Gerald Comes Over (1996) - (co-producer)
- Benchwarmer/Cool Jerk (1996) - (co-producer)
- 6th Grade Girls/The Baseball (1996) - (co-producer)
- Helga's Makeover/The Old Building (1996) - (co-producer)
- Arnold's Hat/Stoop Kid (1996) - (co-producer)
- The Little Pink Book/Field Trip (1996) - (co-producer)
- Downtown as Fruits/Eugene's Bike (1996) - (co-producer)
2002
Hey Arnold! The Movie (co-executive producer)
Actor
1996
Hey Arnold! (TV Series) as
Oskar Kokoshka / Caesar / Race Official / ...
- The Racing Mule/Curly's Girl (2002) - Oskar Kokoshka (voice)
- On the Lam/Family Man (2002) - Oskar Kokoshka (voice)
- Beaned/Old Iron Man (2001) - Oskar Kokoshka / Race Official (voice)
- Stuck in a Tree/Rhonda Goes Broke (2001) - Oskar Kokoshka (voice)
- Monkeyman!/Buses, Bikes, and Subways (2000) - Giant Clown / Caesar (voice)
- Summer Love (1999) - Oskar Kokoshka / Paramedic / Fat Man (voice)
- Dino Checks Out (1999) - Oskar (voice, as Stephen Viksten)
- Veterans Day (1999) - Oskar Kokoshka / Adolf Hitler (voice)
- Helga Sleepwalks/Fighting Families (1999) - Oskar Kokoshka (voice)
- Weird Cousin/Baby Oskar (1999) - Oskar Kokoshka (voice)
- Back to School/Egg Story (1999) - Oskar Kokoshka (voice)
- Love and Cheese/Weighing Harold (1999) - Caesar (voice)
- The Beeper Queen/Oskar Can't Read? (1999) - Oskar Kokoshka (voice)
- Parents Day (1998) - Eduardo (voice)
- School Play (1998) - Oskar Kokoshka (voice, as Stephen Viksten)
- Girl Trouble/School Dance (1998) - Oskar Kokoshka (voice)
- Helga's Show/The Flood (1998) - Oskar Kokoshka (voice)
- Arnold's Thanksgiving (1998) - Oskar Kokoshka (voice)
- Arnold & Lila/Grand Prix (1998) - Giuseppe (voice)
- Grandpa's Birthday/Road Trip (1998) - Oskar Kokoshka (voice)
- Casa Paradiso/Gerald's Tonsils (1998) - Oskar Kokoshka / Paradiso Spokesman (voice)
- The Aptitude Test/Oskar Gets a Job (1998) - Oskar Kokoshka (voice)
- Stinky Goes Hollywood/Olga Gets Engaged (1998) - Oskar Kokoshka (voice)
- Dangerous Lumber/Mr. Hyunh Goes Country (1998) - Oskar Kokoshka / Stagehand (voice)
- Helga Blabs It All/Harold the Butcher (1998) - Oskar Kokoshka (voice)
- Eating Contest/Rhonda's Glasses (1997) - Oskar Kokoshka (voice)
- Arnold's Halloween (1997) - Oskar Kokoshka / Smitty (voice)
- Arnold Saves Sid/Hookey (1997) - Oskar Kokoshka (voice)
- Runaway Float/Partners (1997) - Oskar Kokoshka (voice)
- Coach Wittenberg/Four-Eyed Jack (1997) - Oskar Kokoshka (voice)
- Part Time Friends/Biosquare (1997) - Oskar Kokoshka (voice)
- False Alarm/World Records (1996) - Oskar Kokosha (voice)
- Arnold's Christmas (1996) - Oskar Kokoshka (voice)
- Door #16/Arnold as Cupid (1996) - Oskar Kokoshka (voice, as Stephen Viksten)
- Heat/Snow (1996) - Oskar Kokoshka (voice)
- Tutoring Torvald/Gerald Comes Over (1996) - Oskar Kokoshka (voice)
2002
Hey Arnold! The Movie as
Oskar Kokoshka (voice)
Miscellaneous
1997
Recess (TV Series) (additional dialogue - 6 episodes)
- The Experiment (1997) - (additional dialogue)
- Officer Mikey (1997) - (additional dialogue)
- The Great Jungle Gym Stand Off (1997) - (additional dialogue)
- Jinxed (1997) - (additional dialogue)
- Swing on Thru to the Other Side (1997) - (additional dialogue)
- Parents' Night (1997) - (additional dialogue)
1996
Hey Arnold! (TV Series) (developer - 1 episode)
- Downtown as Fruits/Eugene's Bike (1996) - (developer)
-
Rugrats (TV Series) (story editor - 14 episodes, 1992 - 1993) (punch-up dialogue - 7 episodes, 1994)
- Cradle Attraction/Moving Away (1994) - (punch-up dialogue)
- I Remember Melville/No More Cookies (1994) - (punch-up dialogue)
- Kid TV/The Sky Is Falling (1994) - (punch-up dialogue)
- New Kid in Town/Pickles vs. Pickles (1994) - (punch-up dialogue)
- Angelica's Worst Nightmare/The Mega Diaper Babies (1994) - (punch-up dialogue)
- The Alien/Mr. Clean (1994) - (punch-up dialogue)
- In the Dreamtime/The Unfair Pair (1994) - (punch-up dialogue)
- Tooth or Dare/Party Animals (1993) - (story editor)
- Driving Miss Angelica/Susie vs. Angelica (1993) - (story editor)
- Game Show Didi/Toys in the Attic (1993) - (story editor)
- King Ten Pin/Runaway Angelica (1993) - (story editor)
- The Slide/The Big Flush (1993) - (story editor)
- Feeding Hubert/Spike the Wonder Dog (1993) - (story editor)
- The Seven Voyages of Cynthia/My Friend Barney (1993) - (story editor)
- Meet the Carmichaels/The Box (1993) - (story editor)
- Rebel Without a Teddy Bear/Angelica the Magnificent (1993) - (story editor)
- Chuckie Loses His Glasses/Chuckie Gets Skunked (1992) - (story editor)
- The Santa Experience (1992) - (story editor)
- A Visit from Lipschitz/What the Big People Do (1992) - (story editor)
- Aunt Miriam/The Inside Story (1992) - (story editor)
- Touchdown Tommy / The Trial (1992) - (story editor)
Soundtrack
2011
The Simpsons (TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Homer Scissorhands (2011) - (lyrics: "Teacher Said Don't Eat the Paste")
-
Hey Arnold! (TV Series) (lyrics - 2 episodes, 1998 - 1999) (music - 2 episodes, 1998 - 1999) (writer - 2 episodes, 1998)
- Dino Checks Out (1999) - (lyrics: "Don't Count Me Out") / (music: "Don't Count Me Out")
- Girl Trouble/School Dance (1998) - (lyrics: "My Last Bow", "Back in the Swing") / (music: "My Last Bow", "Back in the Swing")
- Grandpa's Birthday/Road Trip (1998) - (writer: "We Got Tomorrow")
- Dangerous Lumber/Mr. Hyunh Goes Country (1998) - (writer: "The Simple Things")
Location Management
1986
3:15 the Moment of Truth (location manager)
1985
Stand Alone (location scout)
Thanks
2017
Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie (TV Movie) (in loving memory of)
2014
Jam Bites (TV Series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
- Kindergarten Cop (2014) - (in memory of)
References
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