- Played Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof in High School.
- Studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City.
- After securing Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci and Stern for Home Alone (1990), Chris Columbus felt confident enough to cast actors who were his heroes growing up, like Catherine O'Hara after seeing her work on SCTV (1976) as well as John Heard, and Tim Curry and Rob Schneider on Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) because they were all open to the films.
- Attended Bethesda Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda MD, in 1975.
- Daughter Sophie Stern (b. 1986).
- Father of Henry Stern.
- Daughter Ella Marie Stern (b. 1/23/89).
- Brother of David M. Stern.
- He has appeared in one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Home Alone (1990).
- Lives in Los Angeles, California.
- Has played a law enforcement officer twice: Blue Thunder (1983) & Mr. Monk and the UFO (2009).
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