Steven M. Young began acting at the age of eight, shooting his first commercials on video tape at WFAA-TV in Dallas, Texas in 1965. This was followed by more TV and radio commercials, film, live theater and fashion modeling. Steve was the juvenile face and voice for 7-11 and its parent corporation, the Southland Corporation from 1967 through 1969. In 1967, Steve filmed a series of international commercial for Silly Putty, shown around the world. Other national clients included General Electric, Braniff Airways, Hemisfair 1968 (World's Fair), and Murray Bicycles. Regional clients included Arkansas Power & Light, Texas Power & Light, The Village Apartments (with Rod Roddy) and Titche-Goettinger department stores (now Dillard's). In the summer of 1967, Steve appeared in the Dallas Summer Musicals' production of "Oliver!", the first time this musical had been staged in the United States besides the national touring company. Steve followed this with appearances at the prestigious Dallas Repertory Theater under director Ed DeLatte. After work onstage, Steve, now only 14, turned full time to the technical side of live theater, working in professional theaters as a prop master, lighting tech, assistant stage manager and stage manager. During this time, Steve worked with such stars as Joan Bennett, June Allyson, June Lockhart, Jane Russell, Jo Anne Worley, Joan Blondel, Tom Poston, Larry Linville, Sal Mineo, Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca. Steve retired from the theater at age 21 to pursue a computer career. During this time, Steve found success as the co-founder, bassist, manager and singer of two bands with local success, The Screamin' Steve Young Band (1979 - 1988) and the Psycho Blues Band (1996 - present), with the Psycho Blues Band receiving heavy radio play from local non-profit stations. In 2014, Steve was encouraged to resume acting and began with background work in commercials for the national World Cup team for Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) and the ABC/CNBC show "Shark Tank". This was followed featured background work in "Courage" starring Aaron Eckhart (originally known as "My All American") and the Hank Williams biopic, "I Saw The Light" starring Tom Hiddleston. Steve can be heard singing the title song in his own voice in the final scene. Steve has also worked background on "Mama Dallas" by Mike White, an unaired pilot for HBO and "Broken", a pilot for ABC. Steve appeared as a pool reporter in the Stephen King/JJ Abrams miniseries "11-22-63" as well as the film "LBJ" starring Woody Harrelson. Steve appeared in Dinesh D'Souza's political film "Hillary's America" as Frank Nitti's chief lieutenant and bodyguard, shot in February 2016 and released the following August. Steve can be seen in featured background work for multiple episodes of USA's new drama "Queen of the South". Show less «