Steve Burns

Steven Michael "Steve" Burns (born October 9, 1973) is an American entertainer. He is best-known as the original host of the long-running children's television program Blue's Clues. Steven Burns was born in rural Pennsylvania, in a small town named Boyertown. He played in bands called Sudden Impact US, Nine Pound Truck, and the Ivys (which he has called a "Morrissey rip-off band") while in high school and college. He studied theatre under an acti... more

Steven Michael "Steve" Burns (born October 9, 1973) is an American entertainer. He is best-known as the original host of the long-running children's television program Blue's Clues. Steven Burns was born in rural Pennsylvania, in a small town named Boyertown. He played in bands called Sudden Impact US, Nine Pound Truck, and the Ivys (which he has called a "Morrissey rip-off band") while in high school and college. He studied theatre under an acting scholarship at DeSales University in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley. He quit school and moved to New York City to become a professional actor. He lived in a basement apartment near Times Square, finding his first success as a voice-over artist for ads and making appearances on Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order. Burns, about his 1995 role in Law & Order, stated, "I was autistic and died". Also in 1995, Burns auditioned for Blue's Clues, thinking it was another voice-over role. He showed up with long hair and an... less