Steve Valentine

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Stephen John Valentine (born 26 October 1966) is a Scottish-American actor and magician. He is known for his roles as Nigel Townsend on NBC's crime drama series Crossing Jordan, the voice of Harry Flynn in the video game Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, and the voice of Alistair in the Dragon Age video game franchise.

Steve Valentine
Valentine in July 2006
Born
Stephen John Valentine

(1966-10-26) 26 October 1966 (age 58)
Glasgow, Scotland
Citizenship
  • United Kingdom
  • United States[1]
Occupations
  • Actor
  • magician
Years active1988–present

Career

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Valentine started his career as a magician; on the audio commentary for Spider-Man 3, actress Bryce Dallas Howard revealed that he performed magic at her seventh birthday party. He has been seen in films such as Mars Attacks!, Teen Beach Movie, and Avalon High. He was a main cast member on Crossing Jordan and has guest starred on such shows as House, Monk, Just Shoot Me, Will & Grace, Dharma & Greg, Psych, and Charmed. Valentine hosted Syfy's reality show Estate of Panic. He voiced Alistair in the Dragon Age: Origins video game franchise and Harry Flynn in the video game Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. He is also an accomplished magician, using this skill to portray magicians occasionally.[2] He starred as Derek Jupiter in the Disney XD sitcom I'm in the Band.

Filmography

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Television

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Actor

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Married... with Children Guy in Line Episode: "The Weaker Sex"
1996 Melrose Place Reporter Episode: "No Lifeguard on Duty"
1997 Silk Stalkings Nigel Episode: "Fevers"
Men Behaving Badly Ash Episode: "The Box"
1998 Martial Law Nigel Episode: "Funny Money"
Diagnosis: Murder Art Gallery Owner Episode: "Obsession: Part 2"
Promised Land, aka Home of the Brave Andrew Petrie Episode: "Purple Heart"
1999 Will & Grace Kai Episode: "I Never Promised You an Olive Garden"
JAG Professor Pilkington Episode: "Psychic Warrior"
G vs E Desmond Rossmore Episode: "Lady Evil"
Don't Look Under the Bed The Boogeyman Television film
2000 Dharma & Greg Roger Episode: "Mad Secretaries and Englishmen"
The Hughleys Warren Episode: "Scary Hughley"
The Geena Davis Show Walter Episode: "Pilot"
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Izzy Wilson Episode: "Creepy Comics"
Providence The Mad Hatter Episode: "Syd in Wonderland"
V.I.P. Faust Episode: "Val Point Blank"
2000–01 Nikki Martine 16 episodes
2001 FreakyLinks Roger Spence Episode: "Subject: The Final Word"
Just Shoot Me! Zigmund Episode: "Mayas and Tigers and Deans, Oh My"
Charmed Eames Episode: "Blinded by the Whitelighter"
2001–07 Crossing Jordan Nigel Townsend
2006 Boston Legal Dan Rice 2 episodes
Stacked Tim Episode: "The Day the Music Died"
Criss Angel Mindfreak Himself
2007 House M.D. Flynn Episode: "You Don't Want to Know"
2008 Estate of Panic Host/Himself
Ghost Hunters Episode: "Halloween 2008 Special"
Chuck Von Hayes Episode: "Chuck Versus the Break-Up"
2009 Drop Dead Diva PDQ Chief Designer Henri Malik Episode: "The Dress"
Monk The Great Torini Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Magician"
2009–11 I'm in the Band Derek Jupiter Main role
2009 Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie Archie Television film
2010 The Good Guys Nigel Episode: "Bait & Switch"
2010 Avalon High Mr. Moore Television film
2012 NCIS Miles Wolf Episode: "Recovery"
Leverage David Lampard Episode: "The French Connection Job"
Harry's Law Tony Trafford Episode: "Class War"
Hot in Cleveland Drago Episode: "I'm With the Band"
2013 Supernatural Chef Leo Episode: "Dog Dean Afternoon"
Warehouse 13 Val Preston Episode: "The Sky's the Limit"
Psych Billy Lipps Episode: "100 Clues"
Anger Management Dr. Lesley Moore 3 episodes
Major Crimes Peter Page (Defence Attorney) Season 2, Episode 10
Teen Beach Movie Les Camembert Television film
2014 Hot in Cleveland Jay/Joy Episode: "Playmates"
Perception Dr. Napoleon Messier Episode: "Painless"
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Gary Korlov Episode: "Consumed"
The Big Bang Theory Kenneth Episode: "The Gorilla Dissolution"
2015 Mike & Molly Xander Van Xander Episode: "Hack to the Future"
Dog with a Blog Ralph Episode: "Cat with a Blog"
Jake and the Never Land Pirates The Remarkable Beardini Voice only
4 episodes
2017 Supergirl Meta-Doctor Episode: "We Can Be Heroes"
2017–2021 Mickey and the Roadster Racers / Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures Commander Heist Voice
Recurring role
William "Willie" Bartholomew Beagle Voice
Episode: "The Big Cheesy"
2018 Modern Family Doctor Randy Episode: "Royal Visit"
2019 NCIS: Los Angeles Frankie Bolton Episode: "A Bloody Brilliant Plan"
2020 Mom Rod Knaughton Episode"Tang and a Safe Space for Everybody"[3]
2022 Monster High: The Movie Count Dracula Television film
2023 Monster High 2 Count Dracula Television film

Writer

Year Title Notes
2005 Crossing Jordan Episode: "Forget Me Not"

Director

Year Title Notes
2011 I'm in the Band Episode: "Grand Theft Weasel"

Miscellaneous

Year Title Role
1996 Night Stand with Dick Dietrick The Astounding Andy, hypnotist and magician

Films

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Year Title Role Notes
1996 Mars Attacks! TV Director
Santa with Muscles Dr. Blight
1997 Trojan War Ponytail Guy
1998 The Shrunken City Ood Leader
1999 Foreign Correspondents Ian
The Muse Four Seasons Assistant Manager
2000 Return to the Secret Garden Ellington
King of the Open Mics Agent
2001 Gabriela Steven
2003 Dead End Man in Black
2007 Spider-Man 3 Model Photographer
2008 Tinker Bell Minister of Spring (voice)
Remembering Phil Miles Delaney
2009 A Christmas Carol Funerary Undertaker, Topper (voice)
2012 Secret of the Wings The Minister of Spring
2013 Clean Me Joe Banner
2014 Mr. Peabody & Sherman Ay (voice)
2015 The Walk Barry Greenhouse

Video games

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Year Title Role
1993 Citizen X (unreleased until 2002) Mime
1995 Goosebumps: Escape from Horrorland Scarecrow, Stretch
2009 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Harry Flynn
Dragon Age: Origins Alistair
2010 Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening Alistair
2011 Dragon Age II Alistair
2014 Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure Johannsen
Dragon Age: Inquisition Alistair

References

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  1. ^ "Steven Valentine". Geffen Playhouse.
  2. ^ "The Effect is...You!". Genii. 60 (2). William W. Larsen Corporation: 39–42. December 1996.
  3. ^ "Steve Valentine on Mom Archives - Give Me My Remote : Give Me My Remote". www.givememyremote.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
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