Steve Eastin
Acting • Born 1948-06-22
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Steve Eastin (born June 22, 1948) is an American character actor. He has appeared in over 150 television and film roles throughout his decades long career. Eastin was born in Colorado, where he began to study acting at the young age of six at his local theater. He received his Actor Equity card at age 16 when he performed in two musicals choreographed by Micheal Bennet. Later, he attended the University of Northern Colorado where he appeared in several productions at the Little Theater of the Rockies, whose alumni include Nick Nolte. After college, Eastin received a fellowship to teach at the University of Arizona where he appeared in his first SAG role opposite Clint Eastwood in Joe Kidd. It was shortly after this when Eastin moved to Los Angeles to further pursue his acting career, enrolling in the Charles Conrad Studio upon arrival in 1974. While attending Charles' class, Eastin became interested in teaching acting as well. In 1991, he founded his own acting school, The Steve Eastin Studio. The studio believes in what Eastin refers to as "Choiceless Awareness", where the actors do not read into the script, nor prepare their "beats" or think about what or how they may read their lines. Instead, the actors are encouraged to be in the moment and let their natural, emotional power take over and thus tap into the vast collective unconscious all humans are capable of attuning themselves to. Eastin is best known for appearing in such films as Field of Dreams (1989), Con Air (1997) and A Man Apart (2003), where he developed a reputation as the tough guy with a heart of gold underneath. He played opposite Leonardo Dicaprio in two pivotal scenes in Catch Me if You Can (2002). Eastin has worked with such directors as Steven Spielberg, Brian De Palma, and Jason Reitman. Eastin is also known for his numerous television appearances throughout the years on such shows as Little House on the Prairie, CHiPS, T.J. Hooker, St. Elsewhere and L.A. Law. Description above from the Wikipedia article Steve Eastin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
113 credits
Catch Me If You Can
Movie • 2002
Paul Morgan
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
Movie • 1985
Policeman
Con Air
Movie • 1997
Guard Falzon
When a Stranger Calls
Movie • 2006
Detective Hines
The Patricia Neal Story
Movie • 1981
Frank Gilroy
Wagons East!
Movie • 1994
Bartender
Up in the Air
Movie • 2009
Samuels
It's a Mile from Here to Glory
Movie • 1978
Doctor
A Man Apart
Movie • 2003
Ty Frost
Matchstick Men
Movie • 2003
Mr. Schaffer
Happily Ever After
Movie • 1978
First Workman
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
Movie • 1981
Coach Tom Landers
Gasoline Alley
Movie • 2022
Capt. Lew Ferry
Last Man Standing
Movie • 1995
Seagrove
Crash Landing
Movie • 2006
Detective Cobb
Little Bigfoot 2: The Journey Home
Movie • 1998
Cavendish
The Deliberate Stranger
Movie • 1986
Killers of the Flower Moon
Movie • 2023
Judge John C. Pollock
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
Movie • 1996
Ben
Sleeping with the Devil
Movie • 1997
Wes Dubrovich
By Dawn's Early Light
Movie • 1990
Smitty
The Black Dahlia
Movie • 2006
Detective
Trouble in High Timber Country
Movie • 1980
Bob Elston
Shallow Ground
Movie • 2005
Detective Russell
Silence of the Heart
Movie • 1984
Ed Rintal
Dying to Love You
Movie • 1993
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
Movie • 1994
Crisis in Mid-Air
Movie • 1979
Jamieson
The Best Place to Be
Movie • 1979
Field of Dreams
Movie • 1989
Eddie Cicotte - P
The '60s
Movie • 1999
Big Max
Jesus Comes to Town
Movie • 2010
The Man
Peril
Movie • 2001
Detective Marks
Nightmare on the 13th Floor
Movie • 1990
Hotel Doorman
The Clone Master
Movie • 1978
Huberman
Agent Red
Movie • 2000
Captain Russert
Watercolor Postcards
Movie • 2013
Morgan
Robot Wars
Movie • 1993
Boles
Desperado: Badlands Justice
Movie • 1989
Ledon
Warning Shot
Movie • 2018
Sliver
Movie • 1993
Det. Phillip
The Sweeper
Movie • 1996
Richard
Diplomatic Siege
Movie • 1999
Bates
Night Games
Movie • 1974
Airline Officer
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
Movie • 1993
Bob Wilbur
Three Secrets
Movie • 1999
Vince
Bound by Honor
Movie • 1993
Hollenbeck Captain
The Hidden II
Movie • 1993
Gotcha!
Movie • 1985
CIA Agent
Joe Kidd
Movie • 1972
Rider (uncredited)
A Change of Seasons
Movie • 1980
Lance
The Scout
Movie • 1994
Clubhouse Manager
The Hidden
Movie • 1987
Agent Stadt
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Movie • 1999
Umpire
Rails & Ties
Movie • 2007
N.B. Garcia
The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits...
Movie • 1996
Special Agent Millard Weeks
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
Movie • 1994
Ted Raynor
Catalyst
Movie • 2025
Father Albright
Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer
Movie • 1997
Detective
Acceptable Risks
Movie • 1986
Jerry Haywood
Ed
Movie • 1996
Sharks' Manager
St. Elsewhere
TV • 1982
Detective Thibideaux
Falcon Crest
TV • 1981
Lieutenant Thayne
CHiPs
TV • 1977
The District
TV • 2000
Chief Darby
T. J. Hooker
TV • 1982
Pete Tebbetts
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Sam Hamman
The A-Team
TV • 1983
Taylor
Little House on the Prairie
TV • 1974
The Division
TV • 2001
Providence
TV • 1999
Judging Amy
TV • 1999
Ed Dunsmore
Matlock
TV • 1986
Steve Miller
The Pretender
TV • 1996
Cedar Point Sheriff
Doogie Howser, M.D.
TV • 1989
Cold Case
TV • 2003
Carl Welter (2010)
Moonlighting
TV • 1985
Bakery Clerk
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
TV • 1993
The Coach
Wings
TV • 1990
Murray
Murder One
TV • 1995
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1985
Police Captain
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
TV • 1983
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
The Commish
TV • 1991
Without a Trace
TV • 2002
Bull Carver
MacGyver
TV • 1985
Tony
Profiler
TV • 1996
Leo Cantrell
Mancuso, F.B.I.
TV • 1989
The X-Files
TV • 1993
Sheriff Mazeroski
Cagney & Lacey
TV • 1982
Wonder Woman
TV • 1975
Johnny
Melrose Place
TV • 1992
JAG
TV • 1995
Max Sullivan
The Colbys
TV • 1985
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
McNeil's Coxarthrosis Patient
The Waltons
TV • 1972
Gilmore Girls
TV • 2000
Sy
ER
TV • 1994
Lorenzo
Life Goes On
TV • 1989
Diagnosis: Murder
TV • 1993
Coz the Bartender
Saving Grace
TV • 2007
Pody Pope
Diagnosis: Murder
TV • 1993
Russ Marsh
Mulligan's Stew
TV • 1977
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
TV • 1997
Mr. Stone (segment "Secret of the Family Tomb")
The Ultimate Guide
TV • 1996
Narrator
Felicity
TV • 1998
Fire Marshal Howard
Seinfeld
TV • 1989
Cop #1
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV • 1974
Ritter
NCIS
TV • 2003
Frank Smith
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
TV • 1993
Doorman
Dexter
TV • 2006
Bill Bennett
The Guardian
TV • 2001
Ron Hassey
In Plain Sight
TV • 2008
Cormac 'Sully' Sullivan