Craig Sheffer
| Craig Sheffer | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Craig Eric Sheffer April 23, 1960 York, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Partner(s) | Gabrielle Anwar (ended 1990s) |
| Children | 1 |
Craig Eric Sheffer (born April 23, 1960) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his leading roles as Norman Maclean in the film A River Runs Through It, Aaron Boone in the film Nightbreed, and Keith Scott on the television series One Tree Hill.
Sheffer was born in York, Pennsylvania. His mother, Anna, worked in a nursing home, and his father, Rock, worked as a prison guard and screenwriter. Craig Sheffer has a daughter named Willow (born November 8, 1993) by former partner, actress Gabrielle Anwar. Before becoming successful as an actor, Sheffer sold newspapers and "slept under the marble staircase" in Grand Central Terminal for weeks while living off Unification Church spaghetti dinners."
Sheffer was first seen on a nationwide basis as Ian Hayden on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live, and on the 1983 prime time serial The Hamptons. His earliest starring assignment in films was as the best friend of troubled teenager Emilio Estevez in That Was Then... This Is Now (1985), a reformatory camp inmate in Fire with Fire (1986), an antagonistic rich kid in Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), and the romantic love interest of an overweight cosmetician in Baby Cakes (1989).
Sheffer portrayed the lead role of Aaron Boone/Cabal in Nightbreed (1990), author Norman Maclean in A River Runs Through It in (1992), and played Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback Joe Kane in The Program in 1993.
...
Wikipedia