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Stephen Mulhern

Stephen Mulhern (born 1977, Stratford, London) is an English TV presenter, magician, and children's author known for ITV's Catchphrase, Britain's Got More Talent, In for a Penny, and Deal or No Deal.

Stephen Nichols

Stephen Earl Nichols (born 1951, Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American soap opera actor, Steve "Patch" Johnson on Days of Our Lives since 1985, also Stefan Cassadine on General Hospital and Tucker McCall on The Young and the Restless.

Stephen Rea

Stephen Rea, born 1946 in Belfast, is a Northern Irish actor Oscar-nominated for The Crying Game (1992), co-founder of Field Day Theatre Company with Brian Friel (1980), winner of a 2015 BAFTA TV Award and the 2024 IFTA Lifetime Achievement Award; distinct from the Belfast author of the same name.

Stephen Root

Stephen Root (born 1951) is an American character actor known for Milton Waddams in Office Space, Jimmy James on NewsRadio, and voicing Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland on King of the Hill; he won his first Emmy in 2026 for Widow's Bay and voices Brian Heder in Grand Theft Auto VI.

Stephen Schnetzer

Stephen Schnetzer (born 1948) is an American actor known for Cass Winthrop on Another World (1982–1999), Steve Olson on Days of Our Lives, and Broadway roles in Filumena and The Goat.

Stephen Shin

Stephen Shin is a DC Comics marine biologist created by Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis, debuting in Aquaman Vol. 7 #2 (2011). A friend of Tom Curry who trained young Arthur Curry, he later betrayed Aquaman over Atlantis's location; Randall Park plays him in the DCEU films.

Stephen Sommers

Stephen Sommers (born 1962, Indianapolis) is the American director-writer of The Mummy (1999), The Mummy Returns, Van Helsing, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, and Odd Thomas (2014), his last feature to date.

Stephen Strange (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Stephen Strange, Doctor Strange, MCU sorcerer played by Benedict Cumberbatch since 2016; a neurosurgeon whose injured hands led him to Kamar-Taj, where he became the Sorcerer Supreme, wielded the Time Stone, and opened the MCU's multiverse.

Stephen Stucker

Stephen Stucker (1947–1986), American comic actor; played manic controller Johnny Henshaw-Jacobs in Airplane! (1980) and its sequel, Kentucky Fried Theater member, died of AIDS at 38.

Stephen Talbot

Stephen Talbot (born 1949), American documentary filmmaker and former child actor (Gilbert on Leave It to Beaver); Emmy, DuPont, and Peabody winner known for Frontline films and The Movement and the "Madman" (2023).

Stephen Tobolowsky

Stephen Tobolowsky (born 1951, Dallas) is an American character actor with over 200 screen credits, known for Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day, Sammy Jankis in Memento, and his podcast The Tobolowsky Files.

Stephen Tompkinson

Stephen Tompkinson (born 1965, Stockton-on-Tees) is an English actor known for Damien Day in Drop the Dead Donkey, Father Peter Clifford in Ballykissangel, Wild at Heart, DCI Banks, and Brassed Off.

Stephen Tredre

Stephen Ralph Tredre (1963–1997) was a British actor and television writer, RADA graduate 1987, with credits on Dark Season, EastEnders, Maisie Raine, and Fish, and the first partner of actress Kate Winslet.

Stephen Walters

Stephen Walters (Stephen Martin Walters, born 1975, Merseyside) is an English actor known for Angus Mhor in Outlander, Thomas Malone in Shetland, Zeppo in Slow Horses, and RTS-nominated roles in Ragged and Anne.

Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick

Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick, American reality-TV competitor, four-time Survivor contestant (Palau, Guatemala, Heroes vs. Villains, season 50), famous as Ulong's tribe of one and Guatemala runner-up, also The Traitors.

Stephnie Weir

Stephnie Weir (Stephnie Carmel Weir), American actress, comedian, and writer born 1967 in Odessa, Texas; MADtv cast member and writer 2000-2006, creator of Dot Goddard and Anna Nicole Smith impression, Second City and WeirDass improviser.

Stepin Fetchit

Stepin Fetchit was the stage name of Lincoln Perry, an American comedian and film actor who became Hollywood's first Black movie star in the late 1920s.

Stepmom (1998 film)

Stepmom is a 1998 American comedy-drama directed by Chris Columbus, in which Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon play a girlfriend and ex-wife who move from hostility to cooperation after a cancer diagnosis.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is a Chicago ensemble theater founded in 1974 by Gary Sinise, Jeff Perry, and Terry Kinney, based at 1650 N. Halsted St. Known for Balm in Gilead, The Grapes of Wrath, August: Osage County, and Purpose; winner of the 1985 Regional Theatre Tony and the National Medal of Arts.

Steptoe and Son

Steptoe and Son is a 1962-1974 BBC sitcom by Galton and Simpson about rag-and-bone men Albert (Wilfrid Brambell) and Harold (Harry H. Corbett) Steptoe of Oil Drum Lane, basis of Sanford and Son.

Stereo (1969 film)

Stereo (1969) is David Cronenberg's first feature, a Canadian experimental black-and-white sci-fi film about surgically induced telepathy at the Canadian Academy of Erotic Inquiry, shot for $3,500 at Scarborough College without sync sound.

Stereophonic (play)

Stereophonic, David Adjmi's Tony-winning play with music about a 1970s rock band recording an album, directed by Daniel Aukin with songs by Will Butler; most Tony-nominated play ever, five 2024 Tony wins including Best Play.

Stereoscopy

Stereoscopy, also called stereoscopic 3D, creates depth perception by showing slightly different images to each eye, fusing them via stereopsis; invented with Wheatstone's 1838 stereoscope, it spans anaglyph, polarized, and shutter-glass displays, 3-D cinema, and medical stereo endoscopy.

Sterling Archer

Sterling Archer is the fictional superspy protagonist of the FX adult animated comedy Archer (2009–2023), voiced by H. Jon Benjamin, created by Adam Reed, and known as code name Duchess at his mother's agency ISIS.

Sterling Hayden

Sterling Hayden, also Sterling Walter Hayden, born Sterling Relyea Walter: American actor, sailor, OSS agent and author, star of The Asphalt Jungle, Dr. Strangelove and The Godfather, who named names before HUAC.

Sterling K. Brown

Sterling K. Brown (Sterling Kelby Brown), American actor born 1976 in St. Louis; Emmy winner for American Crime Story and This Is Us, Golden Globe first for Black actors in TV drama, Oscar nominee for American Fiction, star of Hulu's Paradise.

Sterling Knight

Sterling Knight (Sterling Sandmann Knight, born 1989, Houston, Texas) is an American actor and musician known for Chad Dylan Cooper in Sonny with a Chance, Christopher Wilde in StarStruck (2010), and Alex in 17 Again.

Sterling Point

Sterling Point is a 2026 Prime Video coming-of-age drama created by Megan Park, starring Ella Rubin as Annie Jacobson, a New York teen who inherits a mysterious Canadian island; renewed for season 2 in August 2026.

Steve (2025 film)

Steve (2025) is a Netflix drama directed by Tim Mielants, adapted by Max Porter from his novella Shy, starring Cillian Murphy as a 1990s reform-school headteacher; premiered at TIFF, released September 19, 2025.

Steve Allen

Steve Allen (Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen, 1921-2000) was an American comedian, composer, and TV host, the original host of The Tonight Show, creator of the Peabody-winning Meeting of Minds, and a prolific songwriter and author.