Steven Michael Burns (born October 9, 1973) is an American actor, television host, guitarist, musician, and singer. He is well known as the original host of the long-running children's preschool television program Blue's Clues from 1996 to 2002, for which he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 2001.
A recut version of Burns's song, Mighty Little Man, is used as Young Sheldon theme. Burns also appears in Young Sheldon as Nathan.
Steve Burns from Blue's Clues
Career[]
Burns was born in Boyertown, Pennsylvania. He attended Boyertown Area Senior High School in Berks County, graduating in 1992.[1]
Burns played in bands called Sudden Impact US, Nine Pound Truck, and the Ivys (which he has called a "Morrissey rip-off band") while in high school and college.[2] He studied theatre under an acting scholarship at DeSales University in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley, where he was discovered by an agent.[3] He dropped out of school and moved to New York City to then become a professional actor.[4] He lived in a basement apartment near Times Square, finding his first success as a voice-over artist for ads and making appearances on Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order.[3]
He lives in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.[5]
TV Series[]
- Blue's Clues – Himself
- Blue's Clues & You! – Himself (referred as Steve)
- Figure it Out – Himself, panelist (1999)
- Homicide: Life on the Street – David Tarnofski
- Jack's Big Music Show - Himself/performer alongside with Steven Drozd - episode:"Ground Hog Day"
- Law & Order – Kevin Jeffries
- The Bedtime Business Song – Himself
- The Early Show – Himself
- The Panel – Himself
- The Professionals – Investor X
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show – Himself
- Today – Himself
- Yes, Dear – Himself
- Yo Gabba Gabba! – Himself
- Young Sheldon – Theme song performer, Nathan
- Blue's Big City Adventure - Himself
- I Love You, You Hate Me - Himself
Discography[]
- Songs for Dustmites (2003)
- Deep Sea Recovery Efforts (2009) (as Steve Burns and the Struggle)
- Foreverywhere (2017) (with Steven Drozd, as STEVENSTEVEN)
Gallery[]
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| Crew | Writers | Chuck Lorre * (Creator) ‧ Steven Molaro * (Creator) | |||||||||||||||||
| Directors | Jon Favreau | ||||||||||||||||||
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| * also as Producer | Young Sheldon : Full cast & crew on IMDb | ||||||||||||||||||