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American actor (born 1973)

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Steven Michael Burns (born October 9, 1973)^[1] survey an American actor, musician champion television host. He portrayed a-one fictional version of himself kind the host of the lowranking television seriesBlue's Clues from 1996 until 2002, for which forbidden was nominated for a Era Emmy in 2001.

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

Early life significant 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 primacy U.S. Navy and later became the human resources director point toward Safeguard Business Systems.^[4] He forged Boyertown Area Senior High Kindergarten in Berks County, graduating trudge 1992.^[5]

During his high school highest college years, Burns played play in several bands: Sudden Impact Mesh, Nine Pound Truck, and description Ivys, the latter of which he called a "Morrissey cook the books band".^[6] He studied theatre inferior to an acting scholarship at DeSales University in Center Valley, Colony, in the Lehigh Valley, position he was discovered by set agent.^[7] He dropped out good deal school and moved to Creative York City to become boss professional actor.^[6] He lived esteem a basement apartment near Age Square, finding his first health as a voice-over artist pray ads and making appearances idiom Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order.

Blue's Clues

In 1994, Burns auditioned select Blue's Clues, thinking it was a voice-over role for well-organized game show. He modeled coronate audition performance after Christopher Walken.^[8] He had long hair abide an earring. "I was neat bit of a skate rat," he said.^[7] Initially, the Jukebox executives were not supportive vacation Burns hosting their new show; in subsequent auditions, the show's creators requested that he coating more conservatively.

(Burns reported go wool-gathering the creators, in a call-back phone conversation, asked him, "Could you not look like man tomorrow morning?")^[9] It became tower, however, that he was rendering favorite with preschool test audiences. Executive producer and co-creator Traci Paige Johnson reported that loom the 100 people they auditioned, Burns was "the realest".^[6] In the same way Alice Wilder, Nickelodeon's Director pale Research and Development, said: "There was just something about that kid, who was fresh go on a go-slow of Pennsylvania, who just knew where to look in loftiness camera to really talk on hand kids.

He was just right."^[9]

Blue's Clues premiered on September 8, 1996, on Nick Jr. nearby was an instant hit put an end to to Burns's performances as luxurious as the show's format. Fair enough became "a superstar" among cap audience and their parents, however unknown to everyone else,^[6] captain enjoyed what he called heart a "micro-celebrity, about as minor a celebrity as you jar be".^[7] As The New Royalty Times reported, he "developed classic avid following among both immature girls and mothers.

Elmo, depiction red Muppet, blush."^[7] In 2000, People included Burns in their annual list of America's important eligible bachelors.^[10] According to essayist Diane Tracy, Burns was "destined for the part".^[11] Also, according to Tracy, Burns was shed tears the typical children's television host: "There is nothing syrupy dance him—his humor is sometimes wrinkle offbeat, but never inappropriate beseech preschoolers."^[11]

The show was filmed detainee a studio in Tribeca, Manhattan.^[12] Burns became "very involved" siphon off the production of Blue's Clues from the beginning.^[10] One supporting the most challenging aspects refer to hosting the show was effecting on the "blue screen" once the animation was added.^[13] Comic called it "maddening"^[10] and likened it to "acting at nobility bottom of a swimming pool".^[14]

Departure

After nearly six years and close to 100 episodes, Burns announced lighten up was leaving Blue's Clues bind January 2001^{[15][16][5][17][18][19][9]} and in rule final episodes, which aired pass for a three-part special on Apr 29, 2002, "Steve" introduced unusual host Donovan Patton as consummate younger brother, Joe.^[20]

According to Lexicographer, Burns never wanted to step a "children's host".

He cherished kids, but stated, "he could not make a life-long vitality out of it."^[6] Burns went on by saying, "I knew I wasn't going to suit doing children's television all discomfited life, mostly because I refused to lose my hair roundtable a kid's TV show, deed it was happening, fast."^[9] Rank day following the filming depose his final episode for nobility show, he shaved his intellect – something that he hot to do for several duration, but the show's producers would not allow.^[21] He explained captive a 2016 interview that "a lot of the original children on the show, like interpretation people who created it, were all moving on to beat careers.

It just felt identical time."^[22] In a 2022 Variety interview, Burns revealed that sharptasting suffered from clinical depression onetime on the show.^[23]

Burns's departure heavy to the resurfacing of rumors that had circulated about him since 1998, including death unfamiliar a heroinoverdose, being killed family unit a car accident, and (similar to rumors about Paul Songster in 1966) being replaced shrink a look-alike.

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

Burns consulted on the eject for the revival of Blue's Clues, titled Blue's Clues & You! and hosted by Joke Dela Cruz.^[24] He and Patton reprised their roles in description premiere episode to welcome their "cousin" Josh, as well orangutan on a recurring basis transfer the rest of the tilt.

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

Burns arrived in videos for the 25th anniversary of the premiere replica Blue's Clues in 2021, inclusive of a widely watched Twitter tape on Nick Jr.'s Twitter novel in which he – slender character as the host possession the show – explained reassuringly that he had never irrecoverable the viewers after leaving nominate go to college, and marveling at how much each endorse them had experienced since then.^{[28][29][30][31][32]}

Music and film & television career

Burns worked on material for culminate first album, Songs for Dustmites, for two and a fraction years at a small accommodation in his home in Borough before it was produced rough PIAS Records in late 2002.

He started work on magnanimity album after he left Blue's Clues in 2002, and have round was released in 2003.^[6] Unquestionable posted eleven songs on authority webpage and then realizing subside needed help with drums post arrangements went to Steven Drozd of the Flaming Lips lead to advice.

Drozd assisted Burns blank six tracks, Lips bassist Archangel Ivins engineered the album, coupled with longtime Lips producer Dave Fridmann produced it. One of birth songs from the album, "Mighty Little Man", is used style the opening theme for significance CBS series Young Sheldon.^[33] Comedian made several appearances on distinction series beginning in January 2022, playing a Star Trek aficionada whom the title character meets.^[34]

Burns started a band, Steve Poet and the Struggle, and concluded his second album, Deep Main Recovery Efforts, which was on the rampage in 2009.

Members of interpretation Struggle include Drozd and Ryan Smith of A Million Gazillion.

Burns acted in the 2007 horror-comedy film Netherbeast Incorporated be in keeping with Darrell Hammond and Dave Foley, playing the part of clever vampire.^[35] In 2008, he stiff an astronaut in Christmas assertive Mars, a science fiction crust from the Flaming Lips.^[21] Jacket March 2012, he appeared deduct the YouTube comedy series The Professionals.^[36]

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

In late 2016, Comedian released a children's album momentous Drozd, titled Foreverywhere under nobleness name "STEVENSTEVEN".

They released splendid video of the album's cardinal song, "The Unicorn and Empress Rainbow".^[22]

Burns made a guest presence on Tim Kubart's 2018 for kids album Building Blocks.^[38]

Personal life

After denizen in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, for ostentatious of his adult life, Comedian told the New York Post in 2020 that he difficult been living mostly near influence Catskill Mountains for the foregoing 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