---
name: "Steve Viksten"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/steve-viksten"
fi1m_id: "steve-viksten"
imdb_id: "nm0897267"
tmdb_id: 1816918
wikidata_id: "Q17300499"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "19 July 1960"
died: "23 June 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:40:53.419485+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Steve Viksten

## Identity

Steve Viksten

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/steve-viksten
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** steve-viksten
- **IMDb ID:** nm0897267
- **TMDB ID:** 1816918
- **Wikidata ID:** Q17300499
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Viksten, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17300499, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0897267/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1816918

Writer. Born 19 July 1960 in Ventura, California, USA. Died 23 June 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 19 July 1960, Ventura, California, USA
- **Died:** 23 June 2014
- **Also known as:** Stephen Viksten
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Viksten, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17300499, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0897267/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1816918

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88)

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## Biography

Steve Viksten was an American television writer and voice actor. He co-developed the Nickelodeon animated series *Hey Arnold!* (1996–2004) with Craig Bartlett and Joe Ansolabehere, and voiced the character Oskar Kokoshka. He wrote numerous episodes of the series, as well as episodes of *Rugrats* (1991–1994), *Recess* (1997–2001) and *Duckman* (1994).

Viksten's sole writing credit for *The Simpsons* (1989) was the season 22 episode 'Homer Scissorhands' (2011), co-written with Peter Gaffney. This was his final writing credit. He also served as co-producer and co-executive producer on *Hey Arnold!* and contributed to the 2002 feature film *Hey Arnold! The Movie*.

Viksten was born Stephen Lee Viksten on 19 July 1960 in Ventura, California, and died on 23 June 2014 in Roseville, California, aged 53. The television film *Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie* (2017) was dedicated to his memory.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, simpsonswiki.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Higglytown Heroes* (2004), series, Writer
- *Recess: All Growed Down* (2003), Writer, Additional Dialogue
- *Hey Arnold! The Movie* (2002), as Oskar Kokoshka (voice) · Co-Executive Producer, Writer
- *Recess* (1997), series, Writer
- *Hey Arnold! Arnold's Christmas* (1996), as Oskar Kokoshka (voice) · Development Producer, Story, Writer
- *Hey Arnold!* (1996), series, as Oskar Kokoshka (voice), Oskar Kokoshka / Caesar (voice; uncredited), Oskar Kokoshka / Smitty (voice), Oskar Kokoshka / Burt (voice), Oskar Kokoshka / Cop #2 (voice), Caesar (voice; uncredited), Oskar Kokoshka / Caesar (voice), Oskar Kokoshka / Stagehand (voice), Oskar Kokoshka / Casa Paradiso Spokes
- *Arnold* (1996), Writer
- *Duckman* (1994), series, Writer
- *Rugrats* (1991), series, Writer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *3:15 the Moment of Truth* (1986), Location Manager
- *Carnival of Lost Souls* (1983), Assistant Director

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