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Stephen Simon
was born in
Evanston, Illinois and grew up in Novato, California.
In
addition to his work with Ten West, Stephen recently appeared with the
Los Angeles Philharmonic as a guest artist in The Composer is Dead
at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Recent
film include leading roles in Crubicle the Musical!, The
Procedure (winner of the Best Horror Film Award at the 2008 Beverly
Hills Film Festival), supporting roles in Eagle Eye (Dreamworks) and
the zombie comedy, Wasting Away.
Television appearances include guest starring appearances on
Nickelodeon’s All That and Qtv’s QueerEdge and
co-starring in JibJab’s The Great Sketch Experiment
(directed by John Landis).
Stephen
has been seen in numerous commercials including V8 Juice, Toys R US,
Bell South, and a PSA for Live Earth (www.liveearth.org) - an
organization promoting awareness of and solutions for our climate
crisis.
His
voice over work includes promos for The Marine Mammal Center in Northern
California, several characters in the upcoming Sony animated comedy
series Liberty Meadows, and half a dozen characters for
Gapers Guide, an audio driving tour of Yellowstone National
Park.
He won
the Geoffrey Award for Best Leading Actor with his work as Albert in
Bye Bye Birdie; the Bigfoot Award from the Youth Education in
Entertainment Series (2008 Winner of New Children's Theatre Company
awarded by the American Alliance for Theatre and Education) for his role
as Rocking Horse in The Velveteen Rabbit; and originated
the role of Praiseworthy in the World Premiere stage adaptation of
Newberry Award Winner Sid Fleischman’s book By the Great Horn
Spoon! – all at the Morgan-Wixson Theater.
Other
recent Los Angeles stage productions include the critically acclaimed
Accidental Death of an Anarchist at the Unknown Theater, and
Kookamonga Falls,
Jenelle Riley’s Seven Deadly Sins, I Wrote This!, Serial
Killers, Ten Tops and Fast and Loose with the Sacred Fools
Theater Company.
He
graduated from UC Irvine with a degree in Theatre Arts and trained at HB
Studios (Uta Hagen), and started his practice in clown, commedia,
juggling, and mime with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College
(Bill Irwin, Barry Lubin, and Larry Pisoni), additional Commedia del
Arte and mime with John Achorn and Lorin Eric Salm.
Other
totally relevant training includes rock climbing instructor, gardener,
school teacher, underwater boat cleaner, professional driver for Charles
Nelson Reilly, and singing in the Dapper Dan's Barbershop Quartet on
Main St., USA. Oh, and he’s tall. If you want to know more, talk to him
after the show or send him an email at . |
