Joseph Steven
SAG Actor, Model, Real-Bearded Santa Portrayal Artist
- Role
- Character Actor at SAG-AFTRA
- Location
- Los Angeles County, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Joseph Steven
In his 2-decade tenure, Joseph has taken direction from Gore Verbinski, J.J. Abrams, Iain…
Experience
Character Actor
Feb 1997 — Present · Hollywood, CA, US
Joseph Steven is a Hollywood character actor with a face that only directors could love. It lands him roles as real characters and guys that range from art dealer to homeless, killer cowboy to Hassid murder victim, and apocalyptic sidekick to 1890s Lyonais (speaks fluent French). He is known for bringing degrees of quirkiness to all his characters, with a full gamut of emotion.In his short 10 year tenure since, Joseph has appeared on the big, little, and web screen, in: Star Trek (2009, with Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto), Wanda at Large (with Wanda Sykes), The District (opposite Ernest Borgnine), the award-winning La Première and The Last Days of Toussaint L’Ouverture (both, as Frenchmen), Oblivious The Fourth Horseman, K-Pax (with Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey), Galaxy Quest (with Sigourney Weaver and Tim Allen), Mariah Everyday Ordinarily, Anguish, The Portrait, Light Showers, and the web series Beverly Hills Salon, among others.While Joseph tends to play the quaint, kooky guy-next-door, lately Casting Directors have also cast him as wardens, detectives, managers, suits, butlers, …and sometimes nut cases (K-Pax). He also routinely models for photographers on editorial shoots and for fine artists who requesting expressive nature.His passion for acting began with childhood productions of Victor Borge’s ‘Prinderella and the Cince” and “Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang,” and “Man of La Mancha” in high school. In college, the Chicago International Film Festival honored his cinematography on a short. He hails from Chicago and studied advertising, acting, and film at the University of Illinois, Urbana, including Children’s Theatre with Roman Tymchyshyn and various classes in California.In his free time, he might be found swing dancing, coaching executives, or immersing himself in French culture. Little known fact: Joseph lived and worked 5 years in Paris, France with street kids, homeless, and heroin addicts.
Skills
- Arts
- Acting
- Film
- French (Fluent)
- Character
- Stage
- Theatre
- Cardio Kickbox
- Public Speaking
- Short Films
- Swing Dance
- Independent Film
- Character Actor
- Improv Comedy
- Freelance Writing
- Contact Improvisation
- Drama
- Creative Writing
- Voice Over
- Screenwriting
- Editing
- Improvisation
- Music Videos
- Film Production
- Social Media
- Sag
- Video Editing
- Sign Language
- Voice Acting
- Training &Amp; Development
- French
- Feature Films
- Web Series
- American Sign Language
- Cinematography
- Comedy
- Executive Coaching
- Production Management
- Dance
- Casting
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