Steve was born in Dallas, Texas. He played in rock bands as a teenager and studied Jazz and Criminal Justice in college. He worked for several years as a police officer before hitting the stages of Dallas as a stand up comic. Steve has studied improvisation in NY and LA with the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre and in Hollywood at iO West. He has also studied acting for a number of years with with the LA wing of Chicago's prestigious Steppenwolf Theatre Company.