Steven Hill
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"I really don't seek to be center stage and pursue the spotlight. When the scene is mine, I know it's mine, and I'll play it. But for the most part, I love the give and take between actors. That's where the joy is to me."--Steven Hill on being a character actor in Entertainment Weekly, November 8, 1991.
Biography
Consummate character player who first appeared on Broadway in the short-lived Ben Hecht drama "A Flag Is Born" (1946), opposite Paul Muni and Marlon Brando, and made his film debut in "A Lady Without Passport" (1950). A veteran of live TV drama (notably "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" 1958 and "The Sacco-Vanzetti Story" 1960), Hill has specialized in playing figures of moral authority. He played the father of Jill Clayburgh, in "It's My Turn" (1980), Meryl Streep, in "Heartburn" (1986), and Christine Lahti, in "Running on Empty" (1988). The actor excelled as Otto Berman, math wizard and mentor to the title character in "Billy Bathgate" (1991). Hill also spent ten years (1990-2000) as pragmatic D.A. Adam Schiff on the NBC TV series, "Law & Order."
Filmography
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Life Events
1946
Broadway debut as Marlon Brando's understudy (opposite Paul Muni) in Ben Hecht's "A Flag is Born"
1948
TV acting debut, "Actor's Studio"
1950
Feature acting debut, "A Lady Without Passport"
1965
Formed own production company
1966
Starred as Daniel Briggs, the original lead in the first season of the TV series "Mission Impossible"
1980
Returned to film in "It's My Turn"
2002
Appeared in a series of TV and print commercials for TD Waterhouse Investor Services
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Notes
"I really don't seek to be center stage and pursue the spotlight. When the scene is mine, I know it's mine, and I'll play it. But for the most part, I love the give and take between actors. That's where the joy is to me."--Steven Hill on being a character actor in Entertainment Weekly, November 8, 1991.
