Eddie Steeples

Eddie Steeples (born November 25, 1973) is an American actor known for his roles as the "Rubberband Man" in an advertising campaign for OfficeMax, and as Darnell "Crab Man" Turner in the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl. Eddie Steeples was born on November 25, 1973 in Texas. Eddie graduated from Klein Oak High School in Spring, Texas in the class of 1992. Long interested in an acting career, he studied theater at the St. Louis Repertory and moved to Ne... more

Eddie Steeples (born November 25, 1973) is an American actor known for his roles as the "Rubberband Man" in an advertising campaign for OfficeMax, and as Darnell "Crab Man" Turner in the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl. Eddie Steeples was born on November 25, 1973 in Texas. Eddie graduated from Klein Oak High School in Spring, Texas in the class of 1992. Long interested in an acting career, he studied theater at the St. Louis Repertory and moved to New York City in the mid-1990s. There he joined an experimental film group, Mo-Freek, and a hip hop group, No Surrender, to which he still belongs. Among the Mo-Freek productions he has starred in are Lost in the Bush, Caravan Summer, and People Are Dead. He also starred in the short film Whoa and appeared as a guest on The Chris Rock Show. Steeples became nationally known when he was cast as the "Rubberband Man" in a series of award-winning commercials for OfficeMax, featuring the 1976 song "The Rubberband Man" by The Spinners. Steeples'... less