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Michael Steger
Steger at the premiere party for 90210, August 2008.
Born	Michael Mateus Steger May 27, 1980 (1980-05-27) (age 29) Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994 - present

Michael Mateus Steger (born May 27, 1980) is an American film and television actor.

Biography

Steger is the third out of four sons. Michael is the son of an accountant mother and an operations manager family. He is of Ecuadorian, Austrian and Norwegian descent.^[1] He grew up in a middle-class family.^[1] He graduated with honors from Cal Poly Pomona, achieving a BA degree in Theater and a minor in Spanish.^[1] Throughout his childhood, Steger trained in martial arts and at age 18, received his first Dan black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Michael married Brandee Tucker in November 2008.

Career

Steger started his career appearing in several commercials and guest starred in VR Troopers in 1994. In 2005, he acted in the Bollywood independent film 3 Girls and the Golden Cocoon^[1] and after appearing as Sniper in NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service in 2005, he had a recurring role in The Winner in 2007. He was also cast as the lead role by Tim Burton in The Killers' music video "Bones" in 2006.^[1][2]

As of 2007, Steger has appeared in several Disney Channel productions. He has guest starred in Hannah Montana, Cory in the House, and had a co-starring role in the Disney Channel Original Movie The Cheetah Girls: One World, which was released on August 22, 2008. He has also guest starred in Criminal Minds. He was in the Hannah Montana episode, Everybody Was Best Friend-Fighting,the Cory in the House episode, Macho Libre.

He is currently playing the role of Navid Shirazi on The CW's 90210.^[3]

Filmography/Television

References

External links

• Michael Steger at the Internet Movie Database