Steve Howey Biography

Steven Michael Robert "Steve" Howey (born July 12, 1977) is an American film and television actor.

He is known for his role as Van Montgomery in the television series Reba. His roles also include the films Supercross, DOA: Dead or Alive, and Bride Wars. He is currently starring in the Showtime series Shameless, in the role of Kevin "Kev" Ball.

Career

Howey has guest-starred on various TV shows including ER (1994) and The Drew Carey Show (1995). He also starred in and produced the independent film Class (1998), which was written and directed by his father and was accepted into the Denver International Film Festival.

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

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. 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 starred as the titular character 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 two premiered January 8, 2012, with Howey remaining a main cast member. Howey guest starred on New Girl as Jax, a professional Football player who plays a love interest for Jess (Zooey Deschanel). The episode entitled "TinFinity"?.

Personal life

Howey is married to actress Sarah Shahi. The two became engaged in June 2007, while vacationing in Hawaii and married on February 7, 2009, in Las Vegas. On July 8, 2009, they had their first child, William Wolf Howey. Shahi gave birth during an at-home water birth.

Shahi has worked with Howey's father. She mentioned that Howey is of Scottish descent on an episode of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

He currently lives in Los Angeles, California.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Class	Jim
1999	Pacific Blue		Episode: "Silicon Valley of the Dolls"
2000	Get Real	Chris DeFalco	Episode: "Falling from Grace"
	ER	Quarterback Elizey	Episode: "Homecoming"
	The Drew Carey Show	Student	Episode: "Be Drew to Your School"
2001	Any Day Now	Troy	Episode: "Everyone Deserves to Be Loved"
2001-2007	Reba	Van Montgomery	126 episodes
2005	Supercross	K.C. Carlyle
2006	Twins	Zack	Episode: "Blast from the Past"
	DOA: Dead or Alive	Weatherby
2007	The Beast	Ty Troop
2009	Bride Wars	Daniel Williams
	Still Waiting...	Agnew
	Surviving Suburbia	Brock	Episode: "Three End Tables"
	Ctrl	Ben Piller	10 episodes
	State of Romance	Mike	Episode: "Pilot"
	Stan Helsing	Stan
2010	Psych	Derek Walker	Episode: "Thrill Seekers and Hell Raisers"
	Losing Control	Terry
	Conception	Joel
2011-present	Shameless	Kevin "Kev" Ball	36 Episodes
2011	Something Borrowed	Marcus
2013	New Girl	Jax McTavish	Episode: "Tinfinity"
	Sons of Anarchy	Hopper	2 Episodes
2014	In Your Eyes	Bo Soames