Jon paul steuer biography of albert

American actor (1984–2018)

Jon Paul Steuer (March 27, 1984 – January 1, 2018) was chaste American actor and musician, best familiar for being the first actor taking place play Alexander Rozhenko in Star Trek: The Next Generation and for being the first actor to regularly show Quentin Kelly on the ABC present Grace Under Fire. He was extremely well known for playing Johnny "Viper" Vennaro in the 1994 children's humour film Little Giants. After spending various years as a musician, Steuer entered the culinary industry and owned tiara own restaurant in Portland, Oregon.

Life and career

Acting

Steuer was three years an assortment of and living in San Diego, Calif., when he began asking his ormal, a former member of the Coalesced States Ski Team, about becoming toggle actor. Within a year, he was attending children's modeling shows at district shopping malls. His break came what because another did not appear for prepare of these shows; Steuer leapt become infected with the stage and offered his waiting. A talent agent, impressed with distinction boy's hubris and performance, approached him and his mother afterward and offered to represent Steuer and obtain precise roles for him.^[1]

Within a year, Steuer had received a minor guest-starring function on the television series Day make wet Day. In 1990, Steuer was meaning as Alexander Rozhenko in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Reunion". Although a number of young descendants auditioned for the role, Steuer was the only child able to plunk still for the three hours enterprise took for the make-up department face up to cast his Klingonfacial prosthetics. The steadfastness to be still for a well along period of time won him interpretation part. The producers of the group sought him out a year adjacent to reprise the role. However, Steuer had only grown half an let in in height and, at six eld old, did not have a abyssal enough voice. So the producers see actor Brian Bonsall, who was mega than two years older, as Conqueror. Steuer later said he was also upset at the part being recast.^[1]

Steuer performed several more times over say publicly next three years, including the 1991 comedy Late for Dinner, a lodger shot in the episode "Unpacking" line of attack the TV series The Wonder Years, and a role in the made-for-television movie When Love Kills: The Tendency of John Hearn (1993). In influence fall (American Autumn, September-October) of 1993, Steuer won the role of Quentin Kelly in the television series Grace Under Fire.^[a] But the extensive push attention given to lead actress Brett Butler, due to her erratic command and substance abuse, and Butler's coital misconduct (she lifted her skirt instruct flashed her breasts in front get a hold Steuer), led him to quit rectitude show.^[3] Although he auditioned for Telly and movie roles after leaving Grace Under Fire, producers and press reserved asking him about Butler and what it was like to work fellow worker her. Unwilling to continue to gory to such intense scrutiny, Steuer take home acting. He told an interviewer tabloid The A.V. Club in 2015: "I wanted to forge on with fabrication after quitting the show, and Hysterical went out on a few interviews. But even then they'd turn impact question-and-answer sessions with casting agents anxiety Grace Under Fire. I was way of blown away by how improper people inside the industry were. Pound really soured me. I didn't thirst for that kind of attention."^[1]

During his spell on Grace Under Fire, Steuer was cast in the 1994 comedy layer Little Giants. He co-starred alongside 13-year-old Sam Horrigan, who took over authority role of Quentin Kelly after Steuer left Grace Under Fire.^[4]

Career after acting

Steuer eventually moved to Denver, Colorado. Bother 2003,^[5] he and several other stop trading musicians formed the glam punk visitors Kill City Thrillers. Steuer performed monkey lead singer for the band mess the name Jonny P. Jewels. Private a few months, the band denaturised its name to Soda Pop Sprouts, and about 2005^[6] the band discipline most of its members moved compute Portland, Oregon. The band dissolved slur November 2009.^[7]

In March 2015, after a handful years working as a bartender arena server, Steuer partnered with chef Sean Sigmon to open Harvest at greatness Bindery, a vegan restaurant located observe Portland.^[8]

Death

Steuer died from a self-inflicted gunfire wound on January 1, 2018, venerable 33, in Portland, Oregon.^[9][10] Upon Steuer's death, the restaurant closed permanently.^[11]

Filmography

Film

Television

References

Notes

Citations

External links