Steven Strait
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| Steven Strait | |
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 Strait at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of City Island |
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| Born | March 23, 1986 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, model, singer |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Spouse(s) | Lynn Collins (2008-present) |
Steven Strait (born March 23, 1986) is an American actor, fashion model, and rock singer.
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[edit] Early life and modeling
Strait was born and raised in Greenwich Village, New York City, New York. He attended Xavier High School and took classes at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. During his teen years, Strait modeled for L'uomo Vogue, Spoon magazine, Details, Surface, Hollister Co., and Pop magazine, and worked with photographers Bruce Weber, Herb Ritts, and Ellen von Unwerth.[1] Weber featured Strait in his 2001 book, All-American: Short Stories.
[edit] Acting career
Strait 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 forced into it at first, he found a passion for acting after he performed live for the first time. He has worked at the Stella Adler Acting Studio and the Black Nexxus Acting Studio in New York City.
In 2004, he moved to California to pursue a career in acting. After his first audition he received an acting job, and in 2005, he debuted in his first movie, Sky High where he played a teenage superhero named Warren Peace. He covered The Fixx song "One Thing Leads to Another" for the film's soundtrack.
His next movie appearance was alongside Ashlee Simpson (in her movie debut) and Pell James in Undiscovered, a movie about young actors in the entertainment industry who want to become stars. In 2006 he starred as Caleb Danvers in The Covenant, a horror/thriller film which opened on September 8, 2006. Strait appeared opposite Camilla Belle in 10,000 BC, a film about prehistoric Earth, released in March 2008. He plays a young mammoth hunter D'Leh as he travels through unknown lands on a quest to rescue his people from slavery.
He appeared in the 2008 movie Stop-Loss as Michael Colson.
He was rumoured to replace Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black in the second installment of the Twilight series, New Moon, however, Lautner was able to hold on to his role and star in the film.
[edit] Personal
In 2006, Strait started dating Lynn Collins. In 2008, Steven Strait announced their engagement. Later, in March 2008, Strait announced they were married in an edition of GQ.[citation needed]
[edit] Music
Steve has signed to Lakeshore Records and is scheduled to record and release a full length solo album.[2]
Strait also sang seven songs on the Undiscovered soundtrack. They are:
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| "Boomerang" |
| "This Is Living" |
| "Never Said Anything" |
| "Half Lit" |
| "Smart in a Stupid Way" (with Ashlee Simpson) |
| "Pure Example" |
| "House Lights" |
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 2005 | Sky High | Warren Peace | |
| Undiscovered | Luke Falcon | ||
| 2006 | The Covenant | Caleb Danvers | |
| 2008 | 10,000 BC | D'Leh | |
| Stop-Loss | Michael Colson | Cameo | |
| 2009 | City Island | Tony Nardella |
[edit] References
- ^ "Steven Strait: Strait to the Top" by Sean Bickerton, ModelSwim.com, May 14, 2003, retrieved August 6, 2005
- ^ The Tribe's Myspace page
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