# Steve Howey (actor)

Steven Michael Robert Howey (born July 12, 1977) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his roles as Van Montgomery on The WB/The CW sitcom television series Reba, Kevin Ball on the Showtime series Shameless and Danny on the NBC sitcom Happy's Place. Howey has also appeared in the films Supercross, DOA: Dead or Alive, Bride Wars, Game Over, Man!, Day Shift and Something Borrowed.

## Early life and education

Howey was born in San Antonio, Texas. He has Scottish ancestry. He graduated from Green Mountain High School in Lakewood, CO and attended Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colorado, for two years on a basketball scholarship. He later attended his father’s acting workshop where he decided to become an actor.

## Career

Howey has guest-starred on various TV shows including ER (1994) and The Drew Carey Show, Psych (2007). He also starred in and produced the independent film Class (1998), which was written and directed by his father, Bill Howey, and was accepted into the Denver International Film Festival.
In 2001, Howey got his first starring role in a series when he was cast as Van Montgomery in the show Reba. Howey stayed with the show until it ended in 2007. He also appeared in Reba McEntire's music video "Every Other Weekend" with his Reba co-star Joanna García.
In 2005, he starred in the action film Supercross as K.C. Carlyle, an MX racer. Howey also played Weatherby in the movie DOA: Dead or Alive, alongside Jaime Pressly and Eric Roberts. In 2009, he starred in Bride Wars, with Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson (with whom he also starred in the 2011 movie Something Borrowed, once again as her love interest). Howey also portrayed the title role in the 2009 film, Stan Helsing. That same year, Howey also appeared in the web series CTRL playing Ben Piller. He has also appeared on the show Psych.
In summer 2010, Howey joined the cast of the Showtime dramedy Shameless, as Kevin Ball, a series regular. Season 2 premiered January 8, 2012, with Howey remaining a main cast member. He then continued to play character Kevin Ball through the end of the show.
In 2013, Howey guest starred on an episode of Fox's New Girl entitled "TinFinity" as Jax, a professional football player and love interest of Jess (Zooey Deschanel).
In 2017, he guest-starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the episode "Intent" as Andy "The Monster" McPherson.

## Personal life

Howey was married to actress and model Sarah Shahi. The two became engaged in June 2007, while vacationing in Hawaii and married on February 7, 2009, in Las Vegas. In July 2009, they had their first child, a son. Shahi had an at-home water birth. In March 2015, Shahi home birthed their twins, a daughter and son. Howey and Shahi filed for divorce in May 2020. Their divorce was finalized in January 2021.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1998 | Class | Jim | |
| 2005 | Supercross | K.C. Carlyle | |
| 2006 | DOA: Dead or Alive | Weatherby | |
| 2009 | Bride Wars | Daniel Williams | |
| 2009 | Still Waiting... | Agnew | Direct-to-video |
| 2009 | Stan Helsing | Stan Helsing | |
| 2011 | Conception | Joel | |
| 2011 | Losing Control | Terry | |
| 2011 | Something Borrowed | Marcus | |
| 2012 | Monster Roll | Brody | Short film |
| 2013 | Wrong Cops | Sandy / Michael | |
| 2014 | In Your Eyes | Bo Soames | |
| 2015 | See You in Valhalla | Makewi | |
| 2016 | Love on the Run | Rick | |
| 2016 | Unleashed | Sam / Summit | |
| 2018 | Game Over, Man! | Rich | |
| 2018 | Making Babies | John Kelly | |
| 2019 | Stuber | Felix | |
| 2022 | Day Shift | Mike Nazarian | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1999 | Pacific Blue | Mark Kerwin | Episode: "Silicone Valley of the Dolls" |
| 1999–2000 | Totally Tooned In | Narrator | Unknown episodes |
| 2000 | Get Real | Chris DeFalco | Episode: "Falling from Grace" |
| 2000 | ER | Quarterback Elizey | Episode: "Homecoming" |
| 2000 | The Drew Carey Show | Student | Episode: "Be Drew to Your School" |
| 2001 | Any Day Now | Troy | Episode: "Everyone Deserves to be Loved" |
| 2001–2007 | Reba | Van Montgomery | 125 episodes |
| 2006 | Twins | Zack | Episode: "Blast from the Past" |
| 2007 | The Beast | Ty Troop | Television movie |
| 2008 | Five Year Plan | Mickey | Television movie |
| 2009 | Surviving Suburbia | Brock | Episode: "Three End Tables" |
| 2009 | Ctrl | Ben Piller | 10 episodes |
| 2010 | State of Romance | Mike | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2010 | Psych | Derek | Episode: "Thrill Seekers and Hell Raisers" |
| 2011 | Love Bites | Kell | Episode: "Firsts" |
| 2011–2021 | Shameless | Kevin Ball | 134 episodes |
| 2013 | New Girl | Jax McTavish | Episode: "Tinfinity" |
| 2013 | Sons of Anarchy | Hopper | 3 episodes |
| 2014 | Jennifer Falls | Frank | Episode: "The Virginity Thief" |
| 2014 | Where's This Party? | Marco Santini | Television movie |
| 2015 | Workaholics | Blue Knight DeMamp | Episode: "Gramps DeMamp Is Dead" |
| 2017 | Blue & Green | Michiga'n | Television movie |
| 2017 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Andy "Monster" McPherson | Episode: "Intent" |
| 2018 | SEAL Team | Danny Cooper | 3 episodes |
| 2019 | Dead to Me | Jason | Episode: "I've Gotta Get Away" |
| 2023 | True Lies | Harry Tasker | 13 episodes |
| 2024 | Brilliant Minds | Wyatt James | Episode: "The Lost Biker" |
| 2024 | Happy's Place | Danny | season 1 episode 7 "Ho-Ho-Howey" |