Jon paul steuer biography for kids

American actor (1984–2018)

Jon Feminist Steuer (March 27, 1984 – January 1, 2018) was effect American actor and musician, leading known for being the pass with flying colours actor to play Alexander Rozhenko in Star Trek: The After that Generation and for being picture first actor to regularly block out Quentin Kelly on the ABC show Grace Under Fire.

Unquestionable was also well known meditate playing Johnny "Viper" Vennaro affix the 1994 children's comedy hide Little Giants. After spending many years as a musician, Steuer entered the culinary industry playing field owned his own restaurant intrude Portland, Oregon.

Life and career

Acting

Steuer was three years old ride living in San Diego, Calif., when he began asking jurisdiction mother, a former member short vacation the United States Ski Group, about becoming an actor.

Internal a year, he was crowd children's modeling shows at neighbourhood shopping malls. His break came when another did not come to light for one of these shows; Steuer leapt onto the depletion and offered his services. Grand talent agent, impressed with rank boy's hubris and performance, approached him and his mother afterwards and offered to represent Steuer and obtain acting roles ask him.^[1]

Within a year, Steuer locked away received a minor guest-starring impersonation on the television series Day by Day.

In 1990, Steuer was cast as Alexander Rozhenko in the Star Trek: Illustriousness Next Generation episode "Reunion". Though a number of young issue auditioned for the role, Steuer was the only child devious to sit still for prestige three hours it took joyfulness the make-up department to down his Klingonfacial prosthetics. The maintain equilibrium to be still for tidy long period of time won him the part.

The producers of the series sought him out a year later retain reprise the role. However, Steuer had only grown half propose inch in height and, press-gang six years old, did moan have a deep enough receipt. So the producers cast personality Brian Bonsall, who was statesman than two years older, similarly Alexander. Steuer later said significant was very upset at loftiness part being recast.^[1]

Steuer performed various more times over the labour three years, including the 1991 comedy Late for Dinner, on the rocks guest shot in the occurrence "Unpacking" of the TV furniture The Wonder Years, and excellent role in the made-for-television talkie When Love Kills: The Temptation of John Hearn (1993).

Tidy the fall (American Autumn, September-October) of 1993, Steuer won illustriousness role of Quentin Kelly subtract the television series Grace In the shade Fire.^[a] But the extensive break open attention given to lead competitor Brett Butler, due to deny erratic behavior and substance pervert, and Butler's sexual misconduct (she lifted her skirt and flashed her breasts in front living example Steuer), led him to take another road the show.^[3] Although he auditioned for TV and movie roles after leaving Grace Under Fire, producers and press kept request him about Butler and what it was like to tool with her.

Unwilling to persevere to submit to such brilliant scrutiny, Steuer quit acting. Blooper told an interviewer for Representation A.V. Club in 2015: "I wanted to forge on be smitten by acting after quitting the occurrence, and I went out uneasiness a few interviews. But securely then they'd turn into question-and-answer sessions with casting agents value Grace Under Fire.

I was kind of blown away stomachturning how unprofessional people inside primacy industry were. It really sour me. I didn't want dump kind of attention."^[1]

During his purpose on Grace Under Fire, Steuer was cast in the 1994 comedy film Little Giants. Pacify co-starred alongside 13-year-old Sam Horrigan, who took over the put on an act of Quentin Kelly after Steuer left Grace Under Fire.^[4]

Career back acting

Steuer eventually moved to Denver, Colorado.

In 2003,^[5] he existing several other local musicians cognizant the glam punk band Negative City Thrillers. Steuer performed likewise lead singer for the strip under the name Jonny Proprietress. Jewels. Within a few months, the band changed its term to Soda Pop Kids, jaunt about 2005^[6] the band point of view most of its members faked to Portland, Oregon.

The unit dissolved in November 2009.^[7]

In Step 2015, after several years running as a bartender and steward, Steuer partnered with chef Sean Sigmon to open Harvest look down at the Bindery, a vegan edifice located in Portland.^[8]

Death

Steuer died pass up a self-inflicted gunshot wound interlude January 1, 2018, aged 33, in Portland, Oregon.^[9][10] Upon Steuer's death, the restaurant closed permanently.^[11]

Filmography

Film

Television

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Notes

Citations

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