Steve Valentine
Steve Valentine is a Scottish-American actor, musician, and magician who has performed on stage and screen but who is best known for his role as the eccentric Nigel Townsend on NBC's crime drama Crossing Jordan and as Harry Flynn in the critically acclaimed PlayStation 3 game Uncharted 2: Among Thieves as well as the voice of Alistair in BioWare's Dragon Age franchise. He also starred in the Disney XD sitcom I'm in the Band as Derek Jupiter until its 2011 cancellation.
Steve Valentine | |
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 Valentine in 2006 | |
| Born | 26 October 1966 (age 53) |
| Nationality | Scottish/American |
| Occupation | Actor, musician, magician |
| Years active | 1995–present |
Career
Valentine started his career as a magician. On the audio commentary for Spider-Man 3, Bryce Dallas Howard revealed that Valentine performed magic at her seventh birthday party.
Valentine has been seen in films such as Tim Burton's Mars Attacks!, Teen Beach Movie and Foreign Correspondents, he was a main cast member on Crossing Jordan, and has guest-starred on shows such as House M.D., Monk, Just Shoot Me, Will and Grace, Dharma & Greg, Supernatural and Charmed. He appeared as an art critic in Ringo Starr's Discover Card "Private Issue" commercials in 1995. Valentine hosted the Sci-Fi Channel's reality show Estate of Panic. He voiced the character of Alistair in Dragon Age: Origins as well as the character of Harry Flynn in the video game Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Beyond movies, Valentine is a rather accomplished magician,[1] using this skill to portray magicians occasionally. He also was Mr. Moore in the 2010-aired Disney Channel movie Avalon High, which was his third Disney Channel Movie (the first being Don't Look Under the Bed), and was also in Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie. In 2013, along with Kevin Chamberlin, he played a villain on Teen Beach Movie, which starred Ross Lynch and Maia Mitchell.
Filmography
Television
Actor
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Married... with Children | Guy in Line | Episode: "The Weaker Sex" |
| 1996 | Melrose Place | Reporter | Episode: "No Lifeguard on Duty" |
| 1997 | Silk Stalkings | Nigel | Episode: "Fevers" |
| Men Behaving Badly | Ash | Episode: "The Box" | |
| 1998 | Martial Law | Nigel | Episode: "Funny Money" |
| Diagnosis: Murder | Art Gallery Owner | Episode: "Obsession: Part 2" | |
| Promised Land, aka Home of the Brave | Andrew Petrie | Episode: "Purple Heart" | |
| 1999 | Will & Grace | Kai | Episode: "I Never Promised You an Olive Garden" |
| JAG | Professor Pilkington | Episode: "Psychic Warrior" | |
| G vs E | Desmond Rossmore | Episode: "Lady Evil" | |
| 2000 | Dharma & Greg | Roger | Episode: "Mad Secretaries and Englishmen" |
| The Hughleys | Warren | Episode: "Scary Hughley" | |
| The Geena Davis Show | Walter | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction | Izzy Wilson | Episode: "Creepy Comics" | |
| Providence | The Mad Hatter | Episode: "Syd in Wonderland" | |
| VIP | Faust | Episode: "Val Point Blank" | |
| 2000–01 | Nikki | Martine | 16 episodes |
| 2001 | FreakyLinks | Roger Spence | Episode: "Subject: The Final Word" |
| Just Shoot Me! | Zigmund | Episode: "Mayas and Tigers and Deans, Oh My" | |
| Charmed | Eames | Episode: "Blinded by the Whitelighter" | |
| 2001–07 | Crossing Jordan | Nigel Townsend | |
| 2006 | Boston Legal | Dan Rice | Episode: "BL: Los Angeles" Episode: "Spring Fever" |
| Stacked | Tim | Episode: "The Day the Music Died" | |
| Criss Angel Mindfreak | Himself | ||
| 2007 | House M.D. | Flynn | Episode: "You Don't Want to Know" |
| 2008 | Estate of Panic | Host/Himself | |
| Ghost Hunters | Episode: "Halloween 2008 Special" | ||
| Chuck | Von Hayes | Episode: "Chuck Versus the Break-Up" | |
| 2009 | Drop Dead Diva | PDQ Chief Designer Henri Malik | Episode: "The Dress" |
| Monk | The Great Torini | Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Magician" | |
| 2009–11 | I'm in the Band | Derek Jupiter | Main role |
| 2010 | The Good Guys | Nigel | Episode: "Bait & Switch" |
| 2012 | NCIS | Miles Wolf | Episode: "Recovery" |
| Leverage | David Lampard | Episode: "The French Connection Job" | |
| Harry's Law | Tony Trafford | Episode: "Class War" | |
| Hot in Cleveland | Drago | Episode: "I'm With the Band" | |
| 2013 | Supernatural | Chef Leo | Episode: "Dog Dean Afternoon" |
| Warehouse 13 | Val Preston | Episode: "The Sky's the Limit" | |
| Psych | Billy Lipps | Episode: "100 Clues" | |
| Anger Management | Dr. Lesley Moore | 3 episodes | |
| Major Crimes | Peter Page (Defence Attorney) | Season 2, Episode 10 | |
| 2014 | Hot in Cleveland | Jay/Joy | Episode: "Playmates" |
| Perception | Dr. Napoleon Messier | Episode: "Painless" | |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Gary Korlov | Episode: "Consumed" | |
| The Big Bang Theory | Kenneth | Episode: "The Gorilla Dissolution" | |
| 2015 | Mike & Molly | Xander Van Xander | Episode: "Hack to the Future" |
| Dog with a Blog | Ralph | Episode: "Cat with a Blog" | |
| Jake and the Never Land Pirates | The Remarkable Beardini | Voice only Episode: "Into the Heart of Coldness/The Remarkable Beardini" | |
| 2017 | Supergirl | Mad Scientist | Episode: "We Can Be Heroes" |
| 2017–2019 | Mickey and the Roadster Racers | Commander Heist William "Willie" Bartholomew Beagle | Voice 9 episodes Episode: The Big Cheesy |
Writer
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Crossing Jordan | Episode: "Forget Me Not" |
| 2011 | The Believers[2] |
Producer
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Believers |
Director
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | I'm in the Band | Episode: "Grand Theft Weasel" |
Miscellaneous
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Night Stand with Dick Dietrick | The Astounding Andy, hypnotist and magician |
Films
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! | TV Director |
| Santa with Muscles | Dr. Blight | |
| 1997 | Trojan War | Ponytail Guy |
| 1998 | The Shrunken City | Ood Leader |
| 1999 | Foreign Correspondents | Ian |
| Don't Look Under the Bed | The Boogeyman | |
| The Muse | Four Seasons Assistant Manager | |
| 2000 | Return to the Secret Garden | Ellington |
| King of the Open Mics | Agent | |
| 2001 | Gabriela | Steven |
| 2003 | Dead End | Man in Black |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | Model Photographer |
| 2008 | Tinker Bell | Minister of Spring (voice) |
| Remembering Phil | Miles Delaney | |
| 2009 | A Christmas Carol | Funerary Undertaker/Topper (voice) |
| Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie | Archie | |
| 2010 | Avalon High | Mr. Moore |
| 2012 | Disney SECRET of the WINGS | The Minister of Spring |
| 2013 | Clean Me | Joe Banner |
| Teen Beach Movie | Les Camembert | |
| 2015 | The Walk | Barry Greenhouse |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Citizen X (unreleased until 2002) | Mime |
| 1995 | Goosebumps: Escape from Horrorland | Scarecrow/Stretch |
| 2009 | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves | Harry Flynn |
| Dragon Age: Origins | Alistair | |
| 2010 | Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening | Alistair |
| 2011 | Dragon Age II | Alistair |
| 2014 | Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure | Johannsen |
| Dragon Age: Inquisition | Alistair | |
References
- "The Effect is...You!". Genii. William W. Larsen Corporation. 60 (2): 39–42. December 1996.
- Andreeva, Nellie (11 February 2011). "Syfy Developing Series About Harry Houdini And Arthur Conan Doyle Solving Mysteries". Deadline Hollywood.
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