Steve Eastin
Acting
Born June 22, 1948, Colorado, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Steve Eastin (born June 22, 1948) is an American character actor. He has appeared in over 150 television and film roles throughout his decades long career. Eastin was born in Colorado, where he began to study acting at the young age of six at his local theater. He received his Actor Equity card at age 16 when he performed in two musicals choreographed by Micheal Bennet. Later, he attended the University of Northern Colorado where he appeared in several productions at the Little Theater of the Rockies, whose alumni include Nick Nolte. After college, Eastin received a fellowship to teach at the University of Arizona where he appeared in his first SAG role opposite Clint Eastwood in Joe Kidd. It was shortly after this when Eastin moved to Los Angeles to further pursue his acting career, enrolling in the Charles Conrad Studio upon arrival in 1974. While attending Charles' class, Eastin became interested in teaching acting as well. In 1991, he founded his own acting school, The Steve Eastin Studio. The studio believes in what Eastin refers to as "Choiceless Awareness", where the actors do not read into the script, nor prepare their "beats" or think about what or how they may read their lines. Instead, the actors are encouraged to be in the moment and let their natural, emotional power take over and thus tap into the vast collective unconscious all humans are capable of attuning themselves to. Eastin is best known for appearing in such films as Field of Dreams (1989), Con Air (1997) and A Man Apart (2003), where he developed a reputation as the tough guy with a heart of gold underneath. He played opposite Leonardo Dicaprio in two pivotal scenes in Catch Me if You Can (2002). Eastin has worked with such directors as Steven Spielberg, Brian De Palma, and Jason Reitman. Eastin is also known for his numerous television appearances throughout the years on such shows as Little House on the Prairie, CHiPS, T.J. Hooker, St. Elsewhere and L.A. Law. Description above from the Wikipedia article Steve Eastin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
- 2025Catalyst — Father Albright
- 2023Killers of the Flower Moon — Judge John C. Pollock
- 2022Gasoline Alley — Capt. Lew Ferry
- 2018Warning Shot
- 2013Watercolor Postcards — Morgan
- 2010Jesus Comes to Town — The Man
- 2009Up in the Air — Samuels
- In Plain Sight — Cormac 'Sully' Sullivan
- 2007Rails & Ties — N.B. Garcia
- Saving Grace — Pody Pope
- 2006Crash Landing — Detective Cobb
- Dexter — Bill Bennett
- 2006The Black Dahlia — Detective
- Vanished — Murphy Manning
- 2006When a Stranger Calls — Detective Hines
- 2005Shallow Ground — Detective Russell
- 2003A Man Apart — Ty Frost
- Cold Case — Carl Welter (2010)
- 2003Matchstick Men — Mr. Schaffer
- NCIS — Frank Smith
- 2002Catch Me If You Can — Paul Morgan
- Without a Trace — Bull Carver
- 2001Peril — Detective Marks
- The Division
- The Guardian — Ron Hassey
- 2000Agent Red — Captain Russert
- Gilmore Girls — Sy
- The District — Chief Darby
- 1999Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me — Umpire
- 1999Diplomatic Siege — Bates
- Judging Amy — Ed Dunsmore
- Providence
- 1999The '60s — Big Max
- 1999Three Secrets — Vince
- Felicity — Fire Marshal Howard
- 1998Little Bigfoot 2: The Journey Home — Cavendish
- Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction — Mr. Stone (segment "Secret of the Family Tomb")
- 1997Con Air — Guard Falzon
- 1997Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer — Detective
- 1997Sleeping with the Devil — Wes Dubrovich
- 1996Ed — Sharks' Manager
- Profiler — Leo Cantrell
- 1996Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah — Ben
- The Pretender — Cedar Point Sheriff
- 1996The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits... — Special Agent Millard Weeks
- 1996The Sweeper — Richard
- The Ultimate Guide — Narrator
- JAG — Max Sullivan
- 1995Last Man Standing — Seagrove
- Murder One
- Chicago Hope — McNeil's Coxarthrosis Patient
- ER — Lorenzo
- 1994Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
- 1994The Scout — Clubhouse Manager
- 1994Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story — Ted Raynor
- 1994Wagons East! — Bartender
- 1993Bound by Honor — Hollenbeck Captain
- Diagnosis: Murder — Coz the Bartender, Russ Marsh
- 1993Dying to Love You
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman — Doorman
- 1993Robot Wars — Boles
- Saved by the Bell: The College Years — The Coach
- 1993Sliver — Det. Phillip
- 1993The Hidden II
- 1993The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom — Bob Wilbur
- The X-Files — Sheriff Mazeroski
- Melrose Place
- The Commish
- 1990By Dawn's Early Light — Smitty
- 1990Nightmare on the 13th Floor — Hotel Doorman
- Wings — Murray
- 1989Desperado: Badlands Justice — Ledon
- Doogie Howser, M.D. — Stage Guard
- 1989Field of Dreams — Eddie Cicotte - P
- Life Goes On
- Mancuso, F.B.I.
- Seinfeld — Cop #1
- 1987The Hidden — Agent Stadt
- 1986Acceptable Risks — Jerry Haywood
- L.A. Law — Sam Hamman
- Matlock — Steve Miller
- 1986The Deliberate Stranger
- The Deliberate Stranger
- 1985A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge — Policeman
- 1985Gotcha! — CIA Agent
- MacGyver — Tony
- Moonlighting — Bakery Clerk
- The Colbys
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Police Captain
- 1984Silence of the Heart — Ed Rintal
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King
- The A-Team — Taylor
- Cagney & Lacey
- St. Elsewhere — Detective Thibideaux
- T. J. Hooker — Pete Tebbetts
- 1981Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker — Coach Tom Landers
- Falcon Crest — Lieutenant Thayne
- Hill Street Blues
- 1981The Patricia Neal Story — Frank Gilroy
- 1980A Change of Seasons — Lance
- 1980Trouble in High Timber Country — Bob Elston
- 1979Crisis in Mid-Air — Jamieson
- 1979The Best Place to Be
- 1978Happily Ever After — First Workman
- 1978It's a Mile from Here to Glory — Doctor
- 1978The Clone Master — Huberman
- CHiPs
- Mulligan's Stew
- Wonder Woman — Johnny
- Little House on the Prairie — Shell game barker
- 1974Night Games — Airline Officer
- The Six Million Dollar Man — Ritter
- 1972Joe Kidd — Rider (uncredited)
- The Waltons
- Days of Our Lives — Alfred Jericho