Steve Eastin
# Steve Eastin

Steve Eastin (born June 22, 1948) is an American character actor. He has appeared in nearly 150 television and film roles throughout his decades long career.

## Early life and education

Eastin was born in Colorado, where he began to study acting at the young age of six at his local theater. He received his Actor Equity card at age 16 when he performed in two musicals choreographed by Micheal Bennet. Later, he attended the University of Northern Colorado, where he appeared in several productions at the Little Theater of the Rockies, whose alumni include Nick Nolte.

After college, Eastin received a fellowship to teach at the University of Arizona, where he appeared in his first SAG role opposite Clint Eastwood in Joe Kidd. Eastin moved to Los Angeles to further pursue his acting career, enrolling in the Charles Conrad Studio upon arrival in 1974.

## Career

While attending Charles' class, Eastin became interested in teaching acting as well. In 1991, he founded his own acting school, the Steve Eastin Studio. The studio teaches what Eastin refers to as "Choiceless awareness", where the actors do not read into the script, nor prepare their "beats" or think about what or how they may read their lines.

Eastin is best known for appearing in such films as Field of Dreams (1989), Con Air (1997) and A Man Apart (2003). He played opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in two pivotal scenes in Catch Me if You Can (2002).

Eastin is also known for his numerous television appearances, including on Little House on the Prairie, CHiPS, T.J. Hooker, St. Elsewhere and L.A. Law.

## Personal life

He is a descendant of the D'Estaing family of France.

## Filmography

### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1972 | Joe Kidd | Rider | Uncredited |
| 1980 | Cloud Dancer | Guy | |
| 1980 | A Change of Seasons | Lance | |
| 1981 | The Devil and Max Devlin | Larry Binder | |
| 1981 | Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker | Tom Landers | |
| 1985 | Gotcha! | CIA Agent | |
| 1985 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge | Policeman | |
| 1987 | The Hidden | Agent Stadt | |
| 1989 | Field of Dreams | Eddie Cicotte | |
| 1993 | Blood In Blood Out | Hollenbeck Captain | |
| 1993 | Robot Wars | Boles | |
| 1993 | Sliver | Det. Phillip | |
| 1994 | Wagons East | Bartender | |
| 1994 | The Scout | Clubhouse Manager | |
| 1995 | Last Man Standing | Lt. Darnell Seagrove | Direct-to-video |
| 1996 | The Sweeper | Richard | Direct-to-video |
| 1996 | Ed | Shark's Manager | |
| 1997 | Con Air | Guard Falzon | |
| 1998 | Little Bigfoot 2: The Journey Home | Cavendish | |
| 1999 | Diplomatic Siege | Bates | |
| 1999 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Umpire | |
| 1999 | Stealth Fighter | Captain Thomson | |
| 2000 | Agent Red | Captain Russerl | |
| 2000 | Peril | Detective Marks | Direct-to-video |
| 2002 | Catch Me If You Can | Paul Morgan | |
| 2003 | A Man Apart | Ty Frost | |
| 2003 | Matchstick Men | Mr. Schaffer | |
| 2003 | The Commission | J. Edgar Hoover | |
| 2004 | Shallow Ground | Detective Russell | |
| 2005 | Crash Landing | Detective Cobb | |
| 2006 | When a Stranger Calls | Detective Hines | |
| 2006 | The Black Dahlia | Detective | |
| 2007 | Rails & Ties | N.B. Garcia | |
| 2007 | Hollywood Dot Com | Shane | |
| 2008 | The Coverup | Chief Wilson | |
| 2009 | Up in the Air | Samuels | |
| 2011 | All Things Fall Apart | Coach Harper | |
| 2012 | Clean Ops the Chronicles of V | The Man | |
| 2013 | Watercolor Postcards | Morgan | |
| 2014 | Locker 13 | Doc Herman | |
| 2018 | Warning Shot | Marty | |
| 2023 | Killers of the Flower Moon | Judge Pollock | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1974 | Night Games | Airline Officer | Television film |
| 1974–1976 | Petrocelli | Various roles | 7 episodes |
| 1976 | Wonder Woman | Johnny | Episode: "I Do, I Do" |
| 1977 | Little House on the Prairie | Shell game barker | Episode: "Meet Me at the Fair" |
| 1977 | Mulligan's Stew | Ranger | Episode: "Ah, Wilderness" |
| 1977 | The Waltons | Airman | Episode: "The Milestone" |
| 1978 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Ritter | Episode: "Walk a Deadly Wing" |
| 1978 | ABC Afterschool Special | Doctor | Episode: "It's a Mile from Here to Glory" |
| 1978 | Happily Ever After | First Workman | Television film |
| 1978 | The Clone Master | Huberman | Television film |
| 1979 | Crisis in Mid-Air | Jamieson | Television film |
| 1979 | CHiPs | Peter Dunslay | Episode: "Return of the Supercycle" |
| 1980 | Trouble in High Timber Country | Bob Eston | Television film |
| 1981 | The Patricia Neal Story | Frank Gilroy | Television film |
| 1984 | AfterMASH | Patient | Episode: "Chief of Staff" |
| 1984 | T. J. Hooker | Pete Tebbetts | Episode: "Psychic Terror" |
| 1984 | The Cowboy and the Ballerina | FBI agent | Television film |
| 1984 | St. Elsewhere | Detective Thibideaux | Episode: "Breathless" |
| 1984 | Silence of the Heart | Ed Rintal | Television film |
| 1984, 1987 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Senator Castleton / Douglas Harriman | 2 episodes |
| 1985 | Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story | Male Reporter | Television film |
| 1985 | Streets of Justice | Public Relations officer | Television film |
| 1985 | The A-Team | Taylor | Episode: "There Goes the Neighborhood" |
| 1985 | Hill Street Blues | Harry Steel | Episode: "What Are Friends for?" |
| 1985 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Police Captain | Episode: "Prisoners" |
| 1985–1989 | Days of Our Lives | Col. Alfred Jericho / Ralph / Construction Foreman | 45 episodes |
| 1986 | Crazy Like a Fox | Kirk Stoner | Episode: "Hearing Is Believing" |
| 1986 | The Colbys | Mahoney | Episode: "The Turning Point" |
| 1986 | Acceptable Risk | Jerry Haywood | Television film |
| 1986 | MacGyver | Tony | Episode: "Twice Stung" |
| 1987 | Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies | McFarlane | Television film |
| 1987 | Moonlighting | Bakery Clerk | Episode: "Blonde on Blonde" |
| 1987 | Cagney & Lacey | Bartender | Episode: "Turn, Turn, Turn: Part 1" |
| 1987 | Starmania | Foreman | Episode: "Starscape: Part 1" |
| 1987 | Buck James | Robert Lee Connors | Episode: "Sins of the Father" |
| 1988 | The Hogan Family | Plainclothes Cop | Episode: "Animal House" |
| 1989 | Life Goes On | Gary Scolassi | 3 episodes |
| 1989 | Desperado: Badlands Justice | Ledon | Television film |
| 1990 | By Dawn's Early Light | Smitty | Television film |
| 1990 | Falcon Crest | Lieutenant Thayne | Episode: "Danny's Song" |
| 1990 | Nightmare on the 13th Floor | Hotel Doorman | Television film |
| 1990 | Matlock | Steve Miller | Episode: "The Biker" |
| 1990–1991 | Equal Justice | Detective Dankowski | 5 episodes |
| 1991 | The New Adam 12 | Mr. Harden | Episode: "Crack House" |
| 1991 | FBI: The Untold Stories | Fred Hackman | Episode: "Tony Kiritsis" |
| 1991 | Fallen Angels | Wilson Greeves | Television film |
| 1992 | Seinfeld | Cop #1 | Episode: "The Ticket" |
| 1993 | Doogie Howser, M.D. | Stage Guard | Episode: "You've Come a Long Way, Babysitter" |
| 1993 | Wings | Murray | Episode: "The Key to Alex" |
| 1993 | The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom | Bob Wilbur | Television film |
| 1993 | L.A. Law | Attorney Hamman | Episode: "Testing, Testing, 1... 2... 3... 4" |
| 1993 | Saved by the Bell: The College Years | The Coach | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1994 | Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story | Ted Raynor | Television film |
| 1994 | Picket Fences | Lt. Col. Joseph Brent | Episode: "The Bus Stops Here" |
| 1994 | The X-Files | Sheriff Mazeroski | Episode: "Red Museum" |
| 1995 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Doorman | Episode: "Chi of Steel" |
| 1995 | ER | Lorenzo | Episode: "Make of Two Hearts" |
| 1995 | The Commish | Chief Aaron Darrow | Episode: "In the Shadows of the Gallows" |
| 1995, 1996 | Diagnosis: Murder | Russ Marsh / Coz the Bartender | 2 episodes |
| 1996 | The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits... | Special Agent Millard Weeks | Television film |
| 1996 | Murphy Brown | Buchanan Operative | Episode: "The Bus Stops Here" |
| 1996 | Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah | Ben | Television film |
| 1996 | The Pretender | Cedar Point Sheriff | Episode: "To Serve and Protect" |
| 1997 | Sleeping with the Devil | Wes Dubrovich | Television film |
| 1997 | Murder One | Detective | Episode: "Chapter Thirteen, Year Two" |
| 1997 | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction | Mr. Stone | 2 episodes |
| 1997 | Melrose Place | Detective Smith | Episode: "A Bump in the Night" |
| 1997 | Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer | Detective | 6 episodes |
| 1997, 1998 | JAG | Master Chief Petty Officer Max Sullivan | 2 episodes |
| 1998 | Ask Harriet | Jerry | Episode: "Turn Your Head & Kafka" |
| 1999 | Pensacola: Wings of Gold | Sheriff | Episode: "We Are Not Alone" |
| 1999 | The '60s | Big Max | Miniseries |
| 1999 | Profiler | Leo Cantrell | Episode: "Seduction" |
| 1999 | Three Secret | Vince | Television film |
| 2000 | Judging Amy | Ed Dunsmore | Episode: "Drawing the Line" |
| 2000 | Chicago Hope | McNeil's Coxarthrosis Patient | Episode: "Thoughts of You" |
| 2000 | Felicity | Fire Marshal Howard | Episode: "And to All a Good Night" |
| 2001 | Black Scorpion | Warden Brickhouse | 4 episodes |
| 2001 | NYPD Blue | Deputy Commissioner Mueller | Episode: "Johnny Got His Gold" |
| 2001 | The District | Chief Darby | Episode: "Tug of War" |
| 2002, 2005 | Gilmore Girls | Sy | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Without a Trace | Lt. Col. Bull Carver | Episode: "Lam Li" |
| 2003 | The Guardian | Ron Hassey | Episode: "Let God Sort 'Em Out" |
| 2004 | The Handler | Colin Fitzpatrick | Episode: "Wedding Party" |
| 2006 | Vanished | Murphy Manning | Episode: "The Tunnel" |
| 2007 | Saving Grace | Pody Pope | Episode: "And You Wonder Why I Lie" |
| 2007 | Burn | Bernie Stubbs | Television film |
| 2010 | Cold Case | Carl Welter '10 | Episode: "The Runaway Bunny" |
| 2010 | NCIS | Frank Smith | Episode: "Borderland" |
| 2010 | Dexter | Bill Bennett | 3 episodes |
| 2012 | In Plain Sight | Cormac 'Sully' Sullivan | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Legit | Dave | Episode: "Loveline" |
| 2017 | Dipsticks | Jerry | Episode: "Debonair Bums" |
