Stephen Barker Turner

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Stephen Barker Turner
Born (1968-06-27) June 27, 1968 (age 55)
Education Juilliard School (BFA)

Stephen Barker Turner (born June 27, 1968) is an American stage, television, and film actor.

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Career

Turner was born in St. Louis, Missouri on June 27, 1968. [1] He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Juilliard School.

Career

After starring in numerous stage productions, Turner made his film debut in Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 . He had a small but important nonspeaking role in Cosmopolitan (2003). He has also appeared in the television shows Swift Justice , Sex and the City , Law & Order , and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit .

He played title role of Charlie in Seducing Charlie Barker , an independent film adaptation of Theresa Rebeck's stage play The Scene , released in December 2011.

He is an associate artist at the California Shakespeare Theater, where he appeared as the titular character in their 2005 production of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 Stephen
2005SatelliteMatt Muttel
2007 The Warrior Class Whitman Poole
2008We Pedal UphillOliver
2010 Seducing Charlie Barker Charlie

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 Swift Justice Bud WertheimEpisode: "Bad Medicine"
1999 Sex and the City Jeremy FieldsEpisode: "The Chicken Dance"
1999 Law & Order Nick VanceEpisode: "Merger"
2000 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Steven HaleEpisode: "Bad Blood"
2003 Cosmopolitan HansTelevision film
2004 Hack Mitchell PattonEpisode: "Misty Blue"
2004 Independent Lens HansEpisode: "Cosmopolitan"
2005 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Adam RigginsEpisode: "Beast"
2011 Blue Bloods Richard HansenEpisode: "Little Fish"
2011 Body of Proof Tom ParkerEpisode: "Missing"
2015 Forever Julian GlausserEpisode: "Hitler on the Half-Shell"
2016 Unforgettable Kenneth AllenEpisode: "We Can Be Heroes"
2016 Madam Secretary Ben AdamsEpisode: "Tectonic Shift"

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References

  1. "Stephen Barker Turner". AllMovie . Archived from the original on October 31, 2021.