Biography
Who is Steve Zahn?
Early life and education
Steve Zahn: Steven James Zahn was born on November 13, 1967, in Marshall, United States. His father worked as a Lutheran minister, while his mother was employed as a bookstore clerk and a YMCA administrator. During his childhood, he lived in Mankato and later moved to the suburbs of Minneapolis for high school. While attending school, he participated in plays and won recognition as a state speech champion.
After graduating from high school in 1986, Steve attended Gustavus Adolphus College for a single semester. He left after seeing a theatrical production of Les Misérables. He later enrolled in the Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree.
Career highlights
Steve made his professional stage debut in 1991 in a production of Biloxi Blues. That same year, he helped form the Malaparte theater company alongside other actors. He gained wider attention for his breakout role in the 1994 film Reality Bites. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, he built a reputation for playing memorable characters in a variety of supporting and leading roles.
His extensive filmography includes appearances in That Thing You Do!, Out of Sight, Happy, Texas, and Joy Ride. He also portrayed Frank Heffley in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid film series and voiced characters in animated films like Chicken Little and The Good Dinosaur. In 2017, he played Bad Ape in War for the Planet of the Apes.
Television work
Steve has worked extensively in television, landing main cast roles in several prominent series. He played Davis McAlary in the HBO series Treme and portrayed Cobi in the Amazon Prime Video series MadDogs. He also appeared as Jude Ellis in The Crossing and starred as Mark Mossbacher in the first season of the HBO anthology series The White Lotus.
His performance in The White Lotus earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. He also received an Independent Spirit Award and multiple Screen Actors Guild Awards over the course of his career. Later television projects include appearing in the second season of Silo.
Personal life
Steve met author and theater artist Robyn Peterman while they were performing in a theatrical tour in 1991. The couple married in 1994 and share a child named Audrey. They eventually settled on a horse farm outside Lexington, Kentucky, where they raise animals and run a local community theater.
Outside of his acting career, Steve is a lifelong military history buff and a fan of University of Kentucky sports. He received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Northern Kentucky University in 2007. He continues to split his time between his farm and a lake cabin in Minnesota.
Birthday and age
Steve Zahn was born on November 13, 1967, which makes Steve 58 years old today. That birthday falls under the Scorpio sign. Steve shares the date with 25 other famous people.
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