Steven Strait Biography
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Steven Strait was born in New York
City, New York in 1986. He grew up in the Greenwich Village section
of Manhattan and even attended school their as a child (PS 3).
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Steven has always been interested in
the entertainment industry and 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 he was forced
into it at first, after he performed live for the first time, he
really began to enjoy it. In fact, some of the acting schools
included the Stella Adler Acting Studio and the Black Nexus Acting
Studio in NYC.
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He has always been a good-looking kid.
In fact, he began to do modeling as a teenager and was able to
finance his private school tuition with his modeling gigs. He first
began modeling at thirteen (and even had an agent). However, he was
truly “discovered” by John Babin of Boss Models agency a few years
later while working out in a gym. He was given Babin’s card with a
“call me sometime.” Steven placed the call and his career has begun
to soar ever since. Some of the magazines he has appeared in
include L’Uomo Vogue, Spoon Magazine, Details,
Surface Magazine and Pop Magazine. He is also highly
sought after by top fashion photographers such as Dah Len, Peter
Murdoch Ellen von Unwerth, and Bruce Weber. He has also modeled for
Harleguin and Hollister advertisement campaigns.
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In 2004, after graduating from Xavier
High School (in New York City) he moved out to California to pursue
a career in show biz. It was not long for him to receive his first
role. In fact, he received his first job after his very first
audition and in 2005, he debuted in his first movie, Sky High
where he plays a bad-boy type (although he is a good guy)
teenage superhero named Warren Peace who has the ability to control
fire and shoot flames at his enemies.
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Coming up very soon is his second movie
appearance where he co-stars with Ashlee Simpson (in her movie
debut) and Pell James in the movie Undiscovered. The movie
is about young people beginning in the entertainment industry who
want to become superstars. Steven plays the role of Luke Falcon who
want to be a rock n’ roll star.
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When not acting, he is also trying to
pursue a career in music and is the lead singer for a band called
Tribe. In fact, this multitalented youngster also writes the lyrics
to their songs. Their first album is due to be released in late
2005.
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Hobbies and Interests: Playing
basketball (he played on leagues as a kid); boxing and karate (his
mother was a third-degree black belt and an East-Coast Karate
champion
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Favorites: authors = Roald Dahl, Emerson, Throeau and modernist
writers; music =
Rolling Stones
Biography by Ian Ripley,
PopStarsPlus.com, Sr. Staff Writer
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