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| Birth Name(s) : Steve Zahn |
Date of Birth: November 13, 1968 |
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Married
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Partner:
Robyn Peterman |
| Profession:
Actor |
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Full Steve Zahn Biography
| Steve's career kicked off in his native Minnesota when he crashed the audition of a local stage production of "Biloxi Blues" and won the lead role. Next trained at American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, MA; then moved to New York City where he won a role touring for 13 months in national company of Tommy Tune-directed version of "Bye Bye Birdie". Back in New York, he played opposite Ethan Hawke in "Sophistry" at Playwright's Horizon where Ben Stiller noticed him and cast him, and Hawke, in Reality Bites (1994). |
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Additional Steve Zahn Biography
Zahn was born in Marshall, Minnesota, the son of Zelda Clair (née Gades), who works for the YMCA, and Carleton Edward Zahn, a Lutheran pastor. After attending Robbinsdale Cooper High School, Gustavus Adolphus College and Harvard University, his first acting role was in Biloxi Blues; a Minnesota production; but his first big break came in 1994, when he was noticed by Ben Stiller, who cast him in his picture, Reality Bites.
Zahn is an avid fly fisherman, and he owns a farm in Lexington Kentucky. Zahn is married to Robyn Peterman, an actress and the daughter of John Peterman, whom Zahn met on a touring production of Bye Bye Birdie. The two have a son, Henry James Zahn (born 3 April 2000 in New York) and a daughter, Audrey. In 2004 the family moved from New Jersey to a small horse farm near Lexington, Kentucky, his wife's hometown. |
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