Steve Howey (actor)

Steven Michael Robert Howey (born July 12, 1977 in San Antonio, Texas) is an American film and television actor.[1] He is known for his roles as Van Montgomery on The WB/CW television series Reba, and Kevin Ball on the Showtime series Shameless. Howey has also appeared in the films Supercross, DOA: Dead or Alive, Bride Wars, Game Over, Man!, and Something Borrowed.
== Early life and education ==
Howey moved from Texas to Denver, Colorado in high school, and later attended Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colorado for two years on a basketballscholarship.[2][3][4]
== Career ==
Howey has guest-starred on various TV shows including ER (1994) and The Drew Carey Show The X-files season 5 episode 8 (1995). He also starred in and produced the independent film Class (1998), which was written and directed by his father and was accepted into the Denver International Film Festival.[citation needed]
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.[5] 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.[6] That same year, Howey also appeared in the web series CTRL playing Ben Piller. He has also appeared on the show Psych.[citation needed]
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.[7]
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).[8]
== Personal life ==
Howey is married to actress Sarah Shahi.[9] 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.[10] Shahi had an at-home water birth.[11] In March 2015, Shahi again home birthed their twins, a daughter and son.[12]
Shahi mentioned that Howey is of Scottish descent on an episode of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.[13]
== 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 	Video
2009	Stan Helsing 	Stan Helsing 	
2011	Conception 	Joel 	
2011	Losing Control 	Terry 	
2011	Something Borrowed 	Marcus 	
2012	Monster Roll 	Brody 	Short
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 	
2018	Game Over, Man! 	Rich 	
2018	Making Babies 	John Kelly 	Post-production
=== Television ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1999 	Pacific Blue 	N/A 	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–present	Shameless 	Kevin Ball 	96 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