Steve Levitt (actor)

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Steve Levitt
Born
Steve Howard Levitt

(1960-02-29) February 29, 1960 (age 64)
Occupation(s)Actor, screenwriter
Years active1977–1991, 2020–present

Steve Levitt (born February 29, 1960) is an American actor and screenwriter who has appeared in films and on television. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School. He is best known for his role in the 1987 movie Hunk as Bradley Brinkman and a recurring role in the Showtime TV series The Paper Chase .

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Career

Levitt's first feature film was in the 1980 movie Those Lips, Those Eyes , he also appeared in the 1983 comedy movie Private School as a bellboy. He appeared in the 1986 film Last Resort and The Experts in 1989.

Levitt has starred in TV movies such as Bill (1981), Malibu (1983), The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988) as Donald Blake, [1] and Get Smart, Again! (1989). He starred in the short lived TV series The Boys as Gil.

Levitt jumped behind the camera in 1993, writing and directing a 30-minute film entitled Deaf Heaven about the AIDS crisis. He followed that up by penning the Val Kilmer film At First Sight (1999). He went on to write scripts for almost all major studios before retiring in 2011.

Personal life

Levitt is a Buddhist teacher and chaplain at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. [2]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980 Those Lips, Those Eyes Westervelt
1982 Airplane II: The Sequel Creature #1
1983 Private School Bellboy
1986 Last Resort Pierre
1987 Hunk Bradley Brinkman
1988Blue MoviesBuzz
1989 The Experts Gil

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981 Father Murphy Philbert PottsEpisode: "The Ghost of Gold Hill"
1981 Bill StudentTelevision film
1983 Malibu Groopy
1984 Partners in Crime MichaelEpisode: "Pilot"
1984, 1986 Hardcastle and McCormick Ivan / Peter Trigg2 episodes
1984–1986 The Paper Chase Stotz14 episodes
1987 CBS Summer Playhouse Little Bud StoneEpisode: "Puppetman"
1988 227 Glenn GibsonEpisode: "My Aching Back"
1988 The Incredible Hulk Returns Donald BlakeTelevision film
1988–1989The BoysSandy3 episodes
1989 Get Smart, Again! BeamishTelevision film
1991Danger TeamChris Norman

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