Jon Paul Steuer
| Jon Paul Steuer | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 27, 1984 Escondido, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, musician, restaurateur |
| Years active | 1989–1996 (actor) 2003–2009 (musician) 2015–present (restaurateur) |
Jon Paul Steuer (born March 27, 1984; Escondido, California) is a former child actor best known for being the first actor to play Alexander Rozhenko in Star Trek: The Next Generation and for being the first actor to regularly portray Quentin Kelly on the ABC show Grace Under Fire. He is also well known for playing Johnny in the 1994 children's comedy movie Little Giants. After spending several years as a musician, Steuer entered the food service business and now owns his own restaurant in Portland, Oregon.
Steur was three years old and living in San Diego, California, when he began asking his mother, a former member of the United States Ski Team, about becoming an actor. Within a year, he was attending children's modeling shows at local shopping malls. His break came when another child did not appear for one of these shows; Steuer leapt onto the stage and offered his services. A talent agent, impressed with the boy's hubris and performance, approached him and his mother afterward and offered to represent Steuer and obtain acting roles for him.
Within a year, Steuer had received a minor guest-starring role on the television series Day by Day. In 1990, Steuer was cast as Alexander Rozhenko in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Reunion". Although a number of young children auditioned for the role, Steuer was the only child able to sit still for the three hours it took for the make-up department to cast his Klingon facial prosthetics. The ability to be still for a long period of time won him the part. The producers of the series sought him out a year later to reprise the role. However, Steuer had only grown half an inch in height and, at six years old, did not have a deep enough voice. So the producers cast actor Brian Bonsall, who was three years older, as Alexander. Steuer later said he was very upset at being recast.
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