Steven Silva | |
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Born |
Steven Joseph Silva November 27, 1986 Oceanside, California, United States |
Other names | The Boy, Shiruba, Shirubang |
Occupation | Actor, dancer, chef, footballer |
Years active | 2009—present |
Agent |
GMA Artist Center (2009—2015) Talent5 (2015–present) |
Known for | Starstruck |
Steven Joseph Lao Silva (born November 27, 1986 in Oceanside, California) is a Filipino-American footballer from Team Socceroo FC in the UFL Second Division. He is also an actor, chef and the Ultimate Male Survivor of the fifth season of StarStruck. He is half-Portuguese, one-fourth Chinese and one-fourth Filipino. He is the first Mindanao representative and the oldest male contestant to win the said title.
Steven Silva was born in Oceanside, California to an American father of Portuguese descent and a Filipino-Chinese mother who hails from Davao, where he auditioned for StarStruck. He was raised in Sacramento, California and attended Sacramento City College for his college education. After a few years there he opted for a career in the culinary field and later attended the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco.
While Steven was completing his foreign internship at the Marco Polo Hotel in Davao as required by the California Culinary Academy in order to graduate, he auditioned for the show by participating in an audition at SM Davao.
Steven was among the hundreds who made it to the callbacks for Manila. He represented Davao.