Steve Kazee Biography

Steve Kazee (born October 30, 1975) is an American actor and singer.

Early life

Steven Michael Kazee was born and raised in Ashland, Kentucky. He is an alumnus of Fairview High School and Morehead State University. Kazee moved to New York City in 2002 and received his MFA from the Graduate Acting Program at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.

Career

In 2006, Kazee played Dumas Shepherd in an episode of Conviction. In 2007, he appeared as Michael Barlow in Medium and Mark Green in Numb3rs. In 2008, he appeared on NCIS as Michael Locke, and in 2009, he played Dominic Humphreys on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Kazee had a starring role on CMT's Working Class, in which he played Nick Garrett. Most recently, in 2013, he appeared on Elementary as Jeff Hines and on Drop Dead Diva as Dustin Wycott. In 2015, he played Gus Pfender in a recurring role in season 5 and 6 of Showtime's series Shameless.

Onstage, he starred in several shows on- and off-Broadway. He appeared in NYSF's As You Like It. In 2006, he appeared as Timmy Cleary in The Subject Was Roses, which played at the Kennedy Center from January 7 to 29. Later that year, Kazee was cast as Sir Lancelot in Spamalot, then in Seascape as the Leslie understudy. In 2007, he starred as Bill Starbuck in the revival of 110 in the Shade, and in 2008, he played Sobinsky in To Be Or Not To Be, which ran from September 16, 2008 through November 16, 2008 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.

Kazee starred as Guy in the stage adaptation of Once, which began previews on Broadway on February 28, 2012 and opened on March 18, 2012 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. He originated the role Off-Broadway when it opened at the New York Theatre Workshop on December 6, 2011. In March 2012, Playbill interviewed Kazee and, since the show's opening, Kazee has made several TV appearances with the show, including the March 29, 2012 episode of Late Show with David Letterman and the April 6, 2012 episode of the Today Show. Kazee won the 2012 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. Kazee and the cast of "Once" won the Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards.

He is featured on Christina Perri's song "A Thousand Years, Pt. 2," which appears on The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).

Filmography

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005-2006	Seascape	Leslie	Booth Theatre
2006	Monty Python's Spamalot	Various Characters	Shubert Theatre
2007	110 in the Shade	Bill Starbuck	Studio 54
2008-2009	To Be or Not to Be	Sobinsky	Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
2011-2013	Once	Guy	Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015-2016	Shameless	Gus Pfender	14 episodes
2016-present	Nashville	Riff Bell	2 episodes
2016	Drew	Ned Nickerson	Unsold TV pilot

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2012	Tony Award	Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Once
	Drama League Award	Distinguished Performance
	Outer Critics Circle Award	Outstanding Actor in a Musical
2013	Grammy Award	Best Musical Theater Album (shared with Cristin Milioti, Steven Epstein, Martin Lowe, Glen Hansard, and Markta Irglov)