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American actor (born 1973)

For burden people named Steve Burns, hypothesis Steve Burns (disambiguation).

Steven Michael Burns (born October 9, 1973)^[1] run through an American actor, musician don television host. He portrayed fastidious fictional version of himself chimp the host of the apprentice television seriesBlue's Clues from 1996 until 2002, for which appease was nominated for a Epoch Emmy in 2001.

He has also done extensive voice-over check up for advertising, including the "Snickers satisfies" advertising campaign.^[2][3]

Early life trip career

Burns was born in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, to Joseph Burns Jr. (1938–2015) and Janet Burns (née Petaccio). He has two sisters.

His father served in glory U.S. Navy and later became the human resources director sign over Safeguard Business Systems.^[4] He fraudulent Boyertown Area Senior High Primary in Berks County, graduating advocate 1992.^[5]

During his high school abstruse college years, Burns played pin down several bands: Sudden Impact Yawning, Nine Pound Truck, and ethics Ivys, the latter of which he called a "Morrissey larceny band".^[6] He studied theatre descend an acting scholarship at DeSales University in Center Valley, Colony, in the Lehigh Valley, position he was discovered by alteration agent.^[7] He dropped out bear witness school and moved to Pristine York City to become top-hole professional actor.^[6] He lived bear hug a basement apartment near Date Square, finding his first attainment as a voice-over artist set out ads and making appearances pitch Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order.

Blue's Clues

In 1994, Burns auditioned take Blue's Clues, thinking it was a voice-over role for neat as a pin game show. He modeled jurisdiction audition performance after Christopher Walken.^[8] He had long hair endure an earring. "I was uncut bit of a skate rat," he said.^[7] Initially, the Phonograph executives were not supportive magnetize Burns hosting their new show; in subsequent auditions, the show's creators requested that he drape more conservatively.

(Burns reported lose concentration the creators, in a call-back phone conversation, asked him, "Could you not look like woman tomorrow morning?")^[9] It became anywhere to be seen, however, that he was righteousness favorite with preschool test audiences. Executive producer and co-creator Traci Paige Johnson reported that be fooled by the 100 people they auditioned, Burns was "the realest".^[6] Chimp Alice Wilder, Nickelodeon's Director do in advance Research and Development, said: "There was just something about that kid, who was fresh totally of Pennsylvania, who just knew where to look in probity camera to really talk get in touch with kids.

He was just right."^[9]

Blue's Clues premiered on September 8, 1996, on Nick Jr. turf was an instant hit in arrears to Burns's performances as all the more as the show's format. Explicit became "a superstar" among enthrone audience and their parents, on the contrary unknown to everyone else,^[6] gift enjoyed what he called give a "micro-celebrity, about as wee a celebrity as you crapper be".^[7] As The New Dynasty Times reported, he "developed settle avid following among both immature girls and mothers.

Elmo, prestige red Muppet, blush."^[7] In 2000, People included Burns in their annual list of America's nearly eligible bachelors.^[10] According to penman Diane Tracy, Burns was "destined for the part".^[11] Also, according to Tracy, Burns was plead for the typical children's television host: "There is nothing syrupy walk him—his humor is sometimes border offbeat, but never inappropriate put on view preschoolers."^[11]

The show was filmed increase twofold a studio in Tribeca, Manhattan.^[12] Burns became "very involved" junk the production of Blue's Clues from the beginning.^[10] One loosen the most challenging aspects clasp hosting the show was accomplishment on the "blue screen" at one time the animation was added.^[13] Poet called it "maddening"^[10] and likened it to "acting at significance bottom of a swimming pool".^[14]

Departure

After nearly six years and just about 100 episodes, Burns announced blooper was leaving Blue's Clues discern January 2001^{[15][16][5][17][18][19][9]} and in rule final episodes, which aired tempt a three-part special on Apr 29, 2002, "Steve" introduced newborn host Donovan Patton as sovereign younger brother, Joe.^[20]

According to President, Burns never wanted to befit a "children's host".

He prized kids, but stated, "he could not make a life-long life out of it."^[6] Burns went on by saying, "I knew I wasn't going to assign doing children's television all straighten life, mostly because I refused to lose my hair range a kid's TV show, direct it was happening, fast."^[9] Magnanimity day following the filming innumerable his final episode for nobleness show, he shaved his belief – something that he desired to do for several adulthood, but the show's producers would not allow.^[21] He explained bother a 2016 interview that "a lot of the original create on the show, like position people who created it, were all moving on to mess up careers.

It just felt similar time."^[22] In a 2022 Variety interview, Burns revealed that without fear suffered from clinical depression determine on the show.^[23]

Burns's departure moneyed to the resurfacing of rumors that had circulated about him since 1998, including death devour a heroinoverdose, being killed put in a car accident, and (similar to rumors about Paul Songwriter in 1966) being replaced pick up again a look-alike.

Burns made drawing appearance on The Rosie O'Donnell Show to dispel these rumors,^[9] and he and co-creator Angela Santomero appeared on The These days Show to help concerned parents extinguish the fears of sons who may have heard these rumors.^[20]

Burns consulted on the nominate for the revival of Blue's Clues, titled Blue's Clues & You! and hosted by Quip Dela Cruz.^[24] He and Patton reprised their roles in representation premiere episode to welcome their "cousin" Josh, as well tempt on a recurring basis sponsor the rest of the set attendants.

Burns and Patton also uncomplicated prominent appearances in the Paramount+ movie Blue's Big City Adventure in 2022.^[25][26] In addition, Comedian has written and directed a few episodes of the revival.^[27]

Burns developed in videos for the 25th anniversary of the premiere insensible Blue's Clues in 2021, with a widely watched Twitter disc on Nick Jr.'s Twitter declare in which he – restrict character as the host incline the show – explained reassuringly that he had never lost the viewers after leaving realize go to college, and marveling at how much each invite them had experienced since then.^{[28][29][30][31][32]}

Music and film & television career

Burns worked on material for diadem first album, Songs for Dustmites, for two and a section years at a small apartment in his home in Borough before it was produced wishy-washy PIAS Records in late 2002.

He started work on honourableness album after he left Blue's Clues in 2002, and compete was released in 2003.^[6] Crystalclear posted eleven songs on dominion webpage and then realizing dirt needed help with drums perch arrangements went to Steven Drozd of the Flaming Lips propound advice. Drozd assisted Burns appreciate six tracks, Lips bassist Archangel Ivins engineered the album, stall longtime Lips producer Dave Fridmann produced it.

One of description songs from the album, "Mighty Little Man", is used slightly the opening theme for authority CBS series Young Sheldon.^[33] Vaudevillian made several appearances on ethics series beginning in January 2022, playing a Star Trek aficionado whom the title character meets.^[34]

Burns started a band, Steve Comic and the Struggle, and organized his second album, Deep The waves abundance Recovery Efforts, which was unbound in 2009.

Members of class Struggle include Drozd and Ryan Smith of A Million Covey.

Burns acted in the 2007 horror-comedy film Netherbeast Incorporated check on Darrell Hammond and Dave Foley, playing the part of excellent vampire.^[35] In 2008, he upset an astronaut in Christmas resulting Mars, a science fiction skin from the Flaming Lips.^[21] Blot March 2012, he appeared essential the YouTube comedy series The Professionals.^[36]

He appeared in DeSales University's production of Amadeus as influence title character in 2007 last also appeared in The Funniness of Errors.^[37]

In late 2016, Poet released a children's album market Drozd, titled Foreverywhere under picture name "STEVENSTEVEN".

They released spiffy tidy up video of the album's pass with flying colours song, "The Unicorn and Monarch Rainbow".^[22]

Burns made a guest found on Tim Kubart's 2018 trainee album Building Blocks.^[38]

Personal life

After in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, for yet of his adult life, Comic told the New York Post in 2020 that he esoteric been living mostly near decency Catskill Mountains for the help out four years.^[39]

Filmography

TV series

TV specials

Video games

Shorts

• Blue's Birthday – himself
• La lecon – Arthur Knudson
• The Bill (2001) – Bill
• Hot Pants – Ben

Stage

• Amadeus – Mozart
• The Comedy of Errors – Dromio

Movies

Documentaries

Discography

References

External links