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. at the
45th Primetime Emmy Awards 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 an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Drama Series. ==Personal life==