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Steve Howey (actor)

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Steve Howey
Howey at the 2023 WonderCon
Born
Steven Michael Robert Howey

(1977-07-12) July 12, 1977 (age 49)
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
EducationNortheastern Junior College
OccupationActor
Years active1994–present
Spouse
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(m. 2009; div. 2021)​
Children3

Steven Michael Robert Howey (born July 12, 1977)[1] is an American actor. He was previously best known for his roles as Van Montgomery on The WB/The CW sitcom television series Reba and Kevin Ball on the Showtime series Shameless. From 2025 to 2026, he played Captain Nick Wagner on the ABC series High Potential. Howey has also appeared in the films Supercross, DOA: Dead or Alive, Bride Wars, Game Over, Man!, Day Shift and Something Borrowed.

Early life and education

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Howey was born in San Antonio, Texas. He has Scottish ancestry.[2] He attended Crescenta Valley High School in La Crescenta, CA before graduating from Green Mountain High School in Lakewood, CO and attended Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colorado, for two years on a basketball scholarship. He later attended his father's acting workshop where he decided to become an actor.[3][4][5][6]

Career

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Howey has guest-starred on various TV shows including ER, The Drew Carey Show, and Psych . He also starred in and produced the independent film Class (1998), which was written and directed by his father, Bill Howey, and was accepted into the Denver International Film Festival.[citation needed]

In 2001, Howey got his first starring role in a series when he was cast as Van Montgomery in the show Reba. Howey stayed with the show until it ended in 2007. He also appeared in Reba McEntire's music video "Every Other Weekend" with his Reba co-star Joanna García.

In 2005, he starred in the action film Supercross as K.C. Carlyle, an MX racer. Howey also played Weatherby in the movie DOA: Dead or Alive, alongside Jaime Pressly and Eric Roberts.[7] In 2009, he starred in Bride Wars, with Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson (with whom he also starred in the 2011 movie Something Borrowed, once again as her love interest). Howey also portrayed the title role in the 2009 film, Stan Helsing.[8] That same year, Howey also appeared in the web series CTRL playing Ben Piller. He has also appeared on the show Psych" episode "Thrill Seekers and Hell Raisers" as the character Derek Walker, a villainous river rafting guide and murderer.

In summer 2010, Howey joined the cast of the Showtime dramedy Shameless, as Kevin Ball, a series regular. Season 2 premiered January 8, 2012, with Howey remaining a main cast member.[9] He then continued to play character Kevin Ball through the end of the show.

In 2013, Howey guest starred on an episode of Fox's New Girl entitled "TinFinity" as Jax, a professional football player and love interest of Jess (Zooey Deschanel).[10]

In 2017, he guest-starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the episode "Intent" as Andy "The Monster" McPherson.

In 2024, he guest-starred on Happy's Place in the episode "Ho-Ho-Howey" as Danny (reuniting with McEntire and Melissa Peterman).

In 2026, he appeared as Garrett Graham's father and hockey star, Phil Graham, in the Amazon Prime series, Off Campus.

Personal life

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Howey was married to actress and model Sarah Shahi.[11] The two became engaged in June 2007, while vacationing in Hawaii and married on February 7, 2009, in Las Vegas. In July 2009, they had their first child, a son.[12] Shahi had an at-home water birth.[13] In March 2015, Shahi home birthed their twins, a daughter and son.[14] Howey and Shahi filed for divorce in May 2020.[15] Their divorce was finalized in January 2021.[16]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1998 Class Jim Also co-producer
2005 Supercross K.C. Carlyle
2006 DOA: Dead or Alive Weatherby
2009 Bride Wars Daniel Williams
Still Waiting... Agnew Direct-to-video film
Stan Helsing Stan Helsing
2011 Conception Joel
Losing Control Terry
Something Borrowed Marcus
2012 Monster Roll Brody Short film
2013 Wrong Cops Sandy / Michael
2014 In Your Eyes Bo Soames
2015 See You in Valhalla Makewi
2016 Love on the Run Rick
Unleashed Sam / Summit
2018 Game Over, Man! Rich
Making Babies John Kelly
2019 Stuber Felix
2022 Day Shift Mike Nazarian

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1999 Pacific Blue Mark Kerwin Episode: "Silicone Valley of the Dolls"
1999–2000 Totally Tooned In Narrator Unknown episodes
2000 Get Real Chris DeFalco Episode: "Falling from Grace"
ER Quarterback Elizey Episode: "Homecoming"
The Drew Carey Show Student Episode: "Be Drew to Your School"
2001 Any Day Now Troy Episode: "Everyone Deserves to be Loved"
2001–2007 Reba Van Montgomery Main role; 125 episodes
2006 Twins Zack Episode: "Blast from the Past"
2007 The Beast Ty Troop Television film
2008 Five Year Plan Mickey
2009 Surviving Suburbia Brock Episode: "Three End Tables"
Ctrl Ben Piller Main role; 10 episodes
2010 State of Romance Mike Episode: "Pilot"
Psych Derek Episode: "Thrill Seekers and Hell Raisers"
2011 Love Bites Kell Episode: "Firsts"
2011–2021 Shameless Kevin Ball Main role; 134 episodes
2013 New Girl Jax McTavish Episode: "Tinfinity"
Sons of Anarchy Hopper Recurring role; 3 episodes (season 6)
2014 Jennifer Falls Frank Episode: "The Virginity Thief"
Where's This Party? Marco Santini Television film
2015 Workaholics Blue Knight DeMamp Episode: "Gramps DeMamp Is Dead"
2017 Blue & Green Michiga'n Television film
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Andy "Monster" McPherson Episode: "Intent"
2018 SEAL Team Danny Cooper Recurring role; 3 episodes (season 1)
2019 Dead to Me Jason Episode: "I've Gotta Get Away"
2023 True Lies Harry Tasker Main role; 13 episodes
2024 Brilliant Minds Wyatt James Episode: "The Lost Biker"
Happy's Place Danny Episode: "Ho-Ho-Howey"
2025–2026 High Potential Nick Wagner Main role; 11 episodes (season 2) [22]
2026 Off Campus Phil Graham Recurring role; 4 episodes
Ransom Canyon Levi Episode: "That Leaves Two"

References

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  1. ↑ "Celebrity Birthdays: July 12". July 12, 2022. Archived from the original on November 11, 2024. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  2. ↑ "'Shameless' Star Steve Howey Talks About Growing up on a Boat". Forbes. Archived from the original on November 21, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Tools of the trade". Los Angeles Times. February 26, 2011. Archived from the original on November 21, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Family weekend at NJC starts Friday". Journal-Advocate. October 27, 2009. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  5. ↑ Evan "Mushy" Jacobs (February 2006). "Exclusive: MovieWeb Revs It Up With Steve Howey of 'Supercross'". MovieWeb. Archived from the original on April 26, 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  6. ↑ Roberts, Michael. "Photos: Ten Colorado-connected funny people". Westword. Archived from the original on August 21, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  7. ↑ Sources in article "DOA: Dead or Alive".
  8. ↑ "Stan Helsing Takes It to the Streets!". Dread Central. May 24, 2012. Archived from the original on September 25, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Husted: Summer music series on menu again at Elway's". The Denver Post. April 17, 2010. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  10. ↑ "'New Girl' 2x18 'TinFinity' stills released • Hypable". Hypable. February 12, 2013. Archived from the original on January 14, 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  11. ↑ Metz, Nina (November 29, 2017). "'Shameless' star Steve Howey on his evolution as an actor". Chicago Tribune.
  12. ↑ "Meet William Wolf Howey!". People. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  13. ↑ "Sarah Shahi: How I Handled My Home Birth". People. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Steve Howey and Sarah Shahi Welcome Twins Violet Moon and Knox Blue". People. March 6, 2015. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  15. ↑ "'Shameless' Star Steve Howey and Shahi Split After 11 Years of Marriage". Us Magazine. June 29, 2020. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  16. ↑ "Shameless' Steve Howey and Sarah Shahi Finalize Their Divorce". US Magazine. April 8, 2021. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  17. ↑ Brooks, Brian (February 23, 2012). "'Shameless' Regular Steve Howey Cast In Indie 'In Your Eyes'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on February 29, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  18. ↑ Ford, Rebecca (June 4, 2015). "Kate Micucci, Steve Howey, Justin Chatwin Join Indie 'Unleashed' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  19. ↑ N'Duka, Amanda (May 3, 2018). "Natalie Morales, Mira Sorvino & Steve Howey Cast In 'Stuber' Comedy From Fox". Deadline.
  20. ↑ Kroll, Justin (April 1, 2021). "Dave Franco, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Steve Howey, More Join Jamie Foxx In Netflix's 'Day Shift'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on April 1, 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  21. ↑ Kroll, Justin (April 27, 2022). "Netflix Announces Summer Slate Including Dates For Jamie Foxx's 'Day Shift' And Kevin Hart's 'Me Time'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on July 10, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  22. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (April 8, 2026). "'High Potential': Steve Howey Leaving As Captain Nick Wagner After S2". Deadline. Archived from the original on April 8, 2026. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
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