Steve White is an American actor and comedian, best known for his roles in Spike Lee films.
Early life Steve White attended Roosevelt High School in Roosevelt, Long Island New York. The actor Eddie Murphy was a senior at the school when White was a second-year student. White majored in accounting at Adelphi University in Garden City, New York.
Career White has worked with Spike Lee five times (Do the Right Thing in 1989, Mo' Better Blues in 1990, Malcolm X in 1992, Clockers in 1995, and Get on the Bus in 1996). From 1992 to 1997, White performed stand-up comedy on Russell Simmons's Def Comedy Jam on HBO and he also had a recurring role on the ABC comedy series Hangin' With Mr. Cooper. Steve was most recently one of the guest announcers on The Price Is Right. He also had guest appearances on 1990s black sitcom Living Single & Martin, which both aired on the Fox Network respectively.
In 2003, he won the Best Actor in a Feature Film at the 2003 American Black Film Festival as Michael. Beginning in February 2004, he became the host of The Steve White Show, a morning program on the Las Vegas music radio station KWID.
White told the 92 KQRS Morning Show on January 24, 2013, that he will appear in Robert Townsend's latest film, Playin' for Love.
Personal life In 2004, White was married with eight-month-old fraternal twins.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1976Revenge of the CheerleadersAloha Basketball Team1981...All the MarblesBody Builder1988Coming to AmericaSubway Guy1989Do the Right ThingAhmad1989Harlem NightsPatron1990The Adventures of Ford FairlaneDetective1990Mo' Better BluesBorn Knowledge1991Other People's MoneyRichard1992Malcolm XBrother JohnsonDirector trainee1994Mona Must DieClarence1995Open SeasonLeon1995ClockersDarryl Adams1996BulletproofVeteran Cop1996Get on the BusMike1999GoosedLawrence2000Ping!Agent Bruce Mechanic2003Skin DeepMichaelAlso producer2013Playin' for LoveReesie2022Parental Discretion AdvisedPrincipal Elliot
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1991The Sunday ComicsPerformerEpisode #1.41993Living SingleElmo SableEpisode: "In the Black Is Beautiful"1994–1995Hangin' with Mr. CooperSteve Warner9 episodes1995In the HouseEmceeEpisode: "Boyz II Men II Women"1995Night Stand with Dick DietrickTupac ZemeckisEpisode: "Hatred's Not a Four-Letter Word"1996The ShowReginald Bryant IIIEpisode: "Pilot"1996MartinDr. FriendlyEpisode: "The Tooth Will Set You Free"1997ArlissLance RinkerEpisode: "Kirby Carlisle, Trouble-Shooter"1997The Jamie Foxx ShowKyle2 episodes1999For Your LoveChazEpisode: "The Height of Passion"2000Martial LawJeffEpisode: "Deathfist Five: MCU"2004, 2005Phil of the FutureVarious roles2 episodes2006CutsPreston Gaines
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