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Steve Howey (actor)

American actor (born 1977)

Summary

American actor (born 1977)

Field	Value
name	Steve Howey
image	Steve Howey by Gage Skidmore.jpg
caption	Howey at the 2023 WonderCon
birth_name	Steven Michael Robert Howey
birth_date
birth_place	San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
alma_mater	Northeastern Junior College
occupation	Actor
yearsactive	1994–present
spouse
children	3

Steven Michael Robert Howey (born July 12, 1977) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Van Montgomery on The WB/The CW sitcom television series Reba and Kevin Ball on the Showtime series Shameless. Howey has also appeared in the films Supercross, DOA: Dead or Alive, Bride Wars, Game Over, Man!, Day Shift and Something Borrowed.

Early life and education

Howey was born in San Antonio, Texas. He has Scottish ancestry. He graduated from Green Mountain High School in Lakewood, CO and attended Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colorado, for two years on a basketball scholarship. He later attended his father’s acting workshop where he decided to become an actor.

Career

Howey has guest-starred on various TV shows including ER (1994) and The Drew Carey Show, Psych (2007). He also starred in and produced the independent film Class (1998), which was written and directed by his father, Bill Howey, and was accepted into the Denver International Film Festival.

In 2001, Howey got his first starring role in a series when he was cast as Van Montgomery in the show Reba. Howey stayed with the show until it ended in 2007. He also appeared in Reba McEntire's music video "Every Other Weekend" with his Reba co-star Joanna García.

In 2005, he starred in the action film Supercross as K.C. Carlyle, an MX racer. Howey also played Weatherby in the movie DOA: Dead or Alive, alongside Jaime Pressly and Eric Roberts.Sources in article "DOA: Dead or Alive". In 2009, he starred in Bride Wars, with Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson (with whom he also starred in the 2011 movie Something Borrowed, once again as her love interest). Howey also portrayed the title role in the 2009 film, Stan Helsing. That same year, Howey also appeared in the web series CTRL playing Ben Piller. He has also appeared on the show Psych.

In summer 2010, Howey joined the cast of the Showtime dramedy Shameless, as Kevin Ball, a series regular. Season 2 premiered January 8, 2012, with Howey remaining a main cast member. He then continued to play character Kevin Ball through the end of the show.

In 2013, Howey guest starred on an episode of Fox's New Girl entitled "TinFinity" as Jax, a professional football player and love interest of Jess (Zooey Deschanel).

In 2017, he guest-starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the episode "Intent" as Andy "The Monster" McPherson.

In 2024, he guest-starred on Happy's Place in the episode "Ho-Ho-Howey" as Danny (reuniting with McEntire and Melissa Peterman).

Personal life

Howey was married to actress and model Sarah Shahi. The two became engaged in June 2007, while vacationing in Hawaii and married on February 7, 2009, in Las Vegas. In July 2009, they had their first child, a son. Shahi had an at-home water birth. In March 2015, Shahi home birthed their twins, a daughter and son. Howey and Shahi filed for divorce in May 2020. Their divorce was finalized in January 2021.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Class	Jim
2005	Supercross	K.C. Carlyle
2006	DOA: Dead or Alive	Weatherby
2009	Bride Wars	Daniel Williams
Still Waiting...	Agnew	Direct-to-video
Stan Helsing	Stan Helsing
2011	Conception	Joel
Losing Control	Terry
Something Borrowed	Marcus
2012	Monster Roll	Brody	Short film
2013	Wrong Cops	Sandy / Michael
2014	In Your Eyes	Bo Soames
2015	See You in Valhalla	Makewi
2016	Love on the Run	Rick
Unleashed	Sam / Summit
2018	Game Over, Man!	Rich
Making Babies	John Kelly
2019	Stuber	Felix
2022	Day Shift	Mike Nazarian	url=https://deadline.com/2021/04/dave-franco-natasha-liu-bordizzo-steve-howey-jamie-foxx-netflixs-dayshift-1234725662/	title=Dave Franco, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Steve Howey, More Join Jamie Foxx In Netflix's 'Day Shift'	first=Justin	last=Kroll	website=Deadline Hollywood	date=April 1, 2021	access-date=May 4, 2021}}

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Pacific Blue	Mark Kerwin	Episode: "Silicone Valley of the Dolls"
1999–2000	Totally Tooned In	Narrator	Unknown episodes
2000	Get Real	Chris DeFalco	Episode: "Falling from Grace"
ER	Quarterback Elizey	Episode: "Homecoming"
**	Student	Episode: "Be Drew to Your School"
2001	Any Day Now	Troy	Episode: "Everyone Deserves to be Loved"
2001–2007	Reba	Van Montgomery	125 episodes
2006	Twins	Zack	Episode: "Blast from the Past"
2007	**	Ty Troop	Television movie
2008	Five Year Plan	Mickey	Television movie
2009	Surviving Suburbia	Brock	Episode: "Three End Tables"
Ctrl	Ben Piller	10 episodes
2010	State of Romance	Mike	Episode: "Pilot"
Psych	Derek	Episode: "Thrill Seekers and Hell Raisers"
2011	Love Bites	Kell	Episode: "Firsts"
2011–2021	Shameless	Kevin Ball	Main Role; 134 episodes
2013	New Girl	Jax McTavish	Episode: "Tinfinity"
Sons of Anarchy	Hopper	3 episodes
2014	Jennifer Falls	Frank	Episode: "The Virginity Thief"
Where's This Party?	Marco Santini	Television movie
2015	Workaholics	Blue Knight DeMamp	Episode: "Gramps DeMamp Is Dead"
2017	Blue & Green	Michiga'n	Television movie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Andy "Monster" McPherson	Episode: "Intent"
2018	SEAL Team	Danny Cooper	3 episodes
2019	Dead to Me	Jason	Episode: "I've Gotta Get Away"
2023	True Lies	Harry Tasker	13 episodes
2024	Brilliant Minds	Wyatt James	Episode: "The Lost Biker"
Happy's Place	Danny	Episode: "Ho-Ho-Howey"
2025-present	High Potential	Nicholas "Nick" Wagner	Main role (season 2-present)

References

(July 12, 2022). "Celebrity Birthdays: July 12".
"'Shameless' Star Steve Howey Talks About Growing up on a Boat".
(February 26, 2011). "Tools of the trade".
(October 27, 2009). "Family weekend at NJC starts Friday". [[Journal-Advocate]].
Evan "Mushy" Jacobs. (February 2006). "Exclusive: MovieWeb Revs It Up With Steve Howey of 'Supercross'". [[MovieWeb]].
Roberts, Michael. "Photos: Ten Colorado-connected funny people". [[Westword]].
(May 24, 2012). "Stan Helsing Takes It to the Streets!". [[Dread Central]].
(April 17, 2010). "Husted: Summer music series on menu again at Elway's". [[The Denver Post]].
(February 12, 2013). "'New Girl' 2x18 'TinFinity' stills released • Hypable". Hypable.
Metz, Nina (November 29, 2017). "'Shameless' star Steve Howey on his evolution as an actor". ''Chicago Tribune''.
"Meet William Wolf Howey!". [[People (magazine).
"Sarah Shahi: How I Handled My Home Birth". People.
(March 6, 2015). "Steve Howey and Sarah Shahi Welcome Twins Violet Moon and Knox Blue". People.
(June 29, 2020). "'Shameless' Star Steve Howey and Shahi Split After 11 Years of Marriage.".
(April 8, 2021). "Shameless' Steve Howey and Sarah Shahi Finalize Their Divorce". US Magazine.
Kroll, Justin. (April 1, 2021). "Dave Franco, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Steve Howey, More Join Jamie Foxx In Netflix's 'Day Shift'".
Kroll, Justin. (27 April 2022). "Netflix Announces Summer Slate Including Dates For Jamie Foxx's 'Day Shift' And Kevin Hart's 'Me Time'".

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