Steven, a talented actor, achieved a plateau of success early in his career, starring as "Doc" Randy Matsuda on the critically acclaimed CBS Vietnam drama series Tour of Duty from 1987 to 1988, and currently in syndication on TNT.
His success in show business was preceded by a co-starring role as Detective Shigeta in the Whoopi Goldberg/Sam Elliott feature film Fatal Beauty for MGM/UA in 1987, earning his Screen Actors Guild card. This marked the beginning of an impressive body of work in over 100 feature films, television, theater, and commercial productions.
Steven's credits include the successful Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III for New Line Cinema, the family drama A Year in the Life opposite Richard Kiley and Sarah Jessica Parker for NBC, The O.J. Simpson Story bio-pic for Fox TV, and the actioner Back to Back for HBO.
In addition to his acting career, Steven has explored other facets of the entertainment industry. He has worked in the television/movie-of-the-week arena, including Harpo Films' Before Women Had Wings for ABC with Ellen Barkin, John Savage, Tina Majorino, and Oprah Winfrey, and Little Girls in Pretty Boxes for NBC starring Swoosie Kurtz and John Ashton.
Steven's passion for filmmaking led him to form North River Pictures in 1998, with the primary objective of creating and collaborating on projects that reflect societal changes and positive messages. He made his directorial debut with North River Pictures' At Face Value, a 35mm live-action short produced in association with the Academy Award-winning Simon Wiesenthal Center Museum of Tolerance.
At Face Value was recognized in the top 3 out of 400 competitive short submissions at the 1999 Newport Beach International Film Festival. Steven also wrote and produced the project, which featured veteran actors Felton Perry, Anna Maria Horsford, Terence Knox, John Capodice, and the late Helen Martin in one of her last performances.
Steven has collaborated with Silver Sky Productions on the genre pic Hollywood Vampyr, starring Trevor Goddard and Muse Watson, and produced the cable television anthology pilot Tales of the Fly on the Wall, starring Curtis Armstrong and Leslie Easterbrook. Both projects are currently in postproduction and anticipating a late 2002 release.
Currently, Steven is producing the mystery feature Sweet Deadly Dreams, starring Hollywood veterans Bill Cobbs, J.A. Preston, John Ashton, bestselling author and legendary film star Terry Moore, and Roscoe Lee Browne.
