Steven Strait (born March 23, 1986) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for starring as Warren Peace in the adventure film Sky High (2005) and as Jim Holden in the science fiction series The Expanse (2015–2022).
Steven Strait | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Strait at the 2016 Fan Expo Canada | |
| Born | March 23, 1986 New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, singer |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Spouse | |
Early life
editStrait was born and raised in Greenwich Village, a neighborhood of Manhattan, New York, the son of Jean (née Viscione) and Richard Dyer Strait.[1] His ancestry is Dutch and Italian.[2] He attended Village Community School, Xavier High School and took classes at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting.
Career
editDuring his teen years, Strait modeled for several magazines, including L'uomo Vogue, Spoon, Details, Surface, Hollister Co., and Pop, and worked with photographers Bruce Weber, Herb Ritts, and Ellen von Unwerth.
Strait began taking acting lessons at the age of eleven. In the sixth grade, he began to take performing classes at the Village Community School. Although forced into it at first, he found a passion for acting after he performed live for the first time. He has worked at both the Stella Adler Acting Studio and the Black Nexxus Acting Studio in New York City.
In 2004, he moved to California to pursue a career in acting. After his first audition, he received an acting job, and in 2005, he appeared in his first film, Sky High, where he played a teenage superhero named Warren Peace.[3] He covered The Fixx's song "One Thing Leads to Another" for the film's soundtrack.
His next film starring role was in Undiscovered, about young singers and actors in the entertainment industry who want to become stars. He also contributed seven songs to the Undiscovered soundtrack.[4] In 2006, he starred as Caleb Danvers in the supernatural thriller film The Covenant, which opened on September 8.[5] Strait appeared opposite Camilla Belle in 10,000 BC, a film about prehistoric Earth, released in March 2008. He played a young mammoth hunter, D'Leh, as he travels through unknown lands on a quest to rescue his people from slavery.[6]
Strait appeared in the 2008 film Stop-Loss as Michael Colson. In 2009, he played Tony, the son of Andy Garcia's character, in the film City Island.[7]
In November 2010, he guest starred on the NBC series Chase as Jackson Cooper, a fugitive with a dark past who manipulates his teenage girlfriend with promises of freedom from her father and a life filled with romance and adventure.
From 2012 to 2013, Strait co-starred on the Starz series Magic City, which centered on Miami mobsters and other characters from Miami Beach in the late 1950s. Strait played the son of Jeffrey Dean Morgan's character, Ike Evans.[8]
In 2012, Strait played Freddy in the sci-fi thriller After. The story centered on two bus crash survivors who wake to discover that they are the only people left in their small town.[9][10]
In 2014, Strait was cast in the lead role of James "Jim" Holden in the science fiction series The Expanse, which aired from 2015–2022 on SyFy (seasons 1–3) and Amazon Prime Video (seasons 4–6).
Personal life
editStrait was married to actress Lynn Collins on December 23, 2007 after dating for four years. The couple divorced in 2013.[11]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Sky High | Warren Peace | |
| Undiscovered | Luke Falcon | ||
| 2006 | The Covenant | Caleb Danvers | |
| 2008 | 10,000 BC | D'Leh | |
| Stop-Loss | Michael Colson | ||
| 2009 | City Island | Tony Nardella | |
| 2012 | After | Freddy | |
| 2013 | Sleeping with the Fishes | Dominic Sebastiani | |
| 2016 | Hot | Jones | |
| 2019 | Life Like | Henry | |
| Here Awhile | Michael | ||
| TBA | Body Language | Dylan | Post-production |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Third Watch | Teenage Bobby | Episode: "Requiem for a Bantamweight" |
| 2010 | HMS: White Coat | Jonathan David | Unsold CW pilot |
| Chase | Jackson Cooper | Episode: "Crazy Love" | |
| 2012–2013 | Magic City | Steven "Stevie" Evans | Main role |
| 2014 | Revenge | Brooks | Episodes: "Struggle", "Disgrace" |
| 2015–2022 | The Expanse | James Holden | Main role; also producer |
| 2024 | Life in Zero G with Steven Strait | as himself | Web series[12] |
| 2024 | Chicago Fire | Flynn Calhoun | Episode: “Down The Rabbit Hole” |
References
edit- ^ Xavier High School. "March 2010 Alumnews". Issuu.
- ^ "Steven Strait". models.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2011.
- ^ "INT: Strait / Stan". August 10, 2006.
- ^ "Undiscovered – Original Soundtrack". AllMusic. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
- ^ Jeff Vice (September 9, 2006). "Film review: Covenant, The". DeseretNews.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
- ^ "10,000 BC: Emmerich's hardest film yet". CNN.
- ^ "City Island". RTÉ.ie. July 22, 2010. Archived from the original on September 18, 2012.
- ^ "Magic City Official Site - STARZ". Starz.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013.
- ^ "Steven Strait Talks After and Magic City Season 2". Collider. September 15, 2012.
- ^ "After (2012)". Dread Central. August 30, 2012.
- ^ Gelt, Jessica (September 9, 2009). "Supper Club, where dining is a class act". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 4, 2011.
Other sun-soaked Hollywood guests included actress Lynn Collins ('True Blood' and 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine') and her husband, actor Steven Strait....
- ^ Space Rocks (March 6, 2024). "LIFE IN ZERO G WITH STEVEN STRAIT (THE EXPANSE)". YouTube. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
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