Tune in to RealTALK! Live on January 31, 2008 for actor JASON STEED!
A native of London, England, JASON STEED knew he wanted to act since he was 5 years of age. An avid fan of American television shows like Hill Street Blues, St. Elsewhere and Cheers, Steed would recreate scenes from the series, performing them for family and friends word for word. During his primary school years at St. Mary Magdalene he learned drama was a way to keep himself out of trouble. As a teenager Steed and four friends formed the R&B group "Storm." The group was a success and toured around England as a warm up act for the comedians on the comedy circuits.
Steed went on to study performing arts at The BRITS Performing Arts and Technology School for two years graduating with a diploma in music, drama, and dance. Unsure of his next move and the group falling apart Jason took time out of the arts and sought to gain experiences in 'Real life' but still the performing side could not evade him, he would use his natural gift to Improvise out of many sticky situations and different challenges. In the end, the love for the stage finally won over him and he auditioned for drama school but was unsuccessful in his attempt and not accepted.
Rejected and in his early twenties, he then sought to join the Royal Air Force (RAF) but was told by the officers at the Army Careers Centre, that he would need a "A" level qualification in any subject by the time he was 23 years of age in order to qualify for the selection process. Instantly Jason believed that the surefire subject for him to attain this grade was only in drama, so he auditioned at the local college and joined on the A-Level drama course. Having falsified his previous experience in acting, the tutors allowed Jason to jump straight in at the second year as they felt the first year would be too basic for him.
After six months of doing the course, they really did became aware of his real growing potential as a actor, and they were also aware of his ambitions to join the RAF. At the tutorial they sat down with him and warned him of his growing potential. This was to become the pinnacle moment and “crunch” time in Jason's life thus far. That same year he was awarded a full three-year scholarship at The Academy of Live and Recorded Arts accredited drama school in London.
He graduated in June 2003 after completing the course successfully and was awarded the BA (Hons) in Acting (validated by the University of Greenwich) and the National Diploma in Professional Acting (validated by Trinity College London). In addition to this, he was offered Equity membership through NCDT accreditation.
Jason’s first acting role was a lead in an independent film called 'Home'. He appeared in other lead roles in films including 'Blood', 'Seven Days in Summer' and 'Urban Peacocks'. Television (BBC1) series ‘Silent Witness’ (uk) , the long running show ‘The Bill’ (uk) and ‘The Courtroom’ (uk). Theatre included ‘Hell’s Fury’, ‘Bashment’, ‘Laters’, ‘Passa Passa’, ‘Richard III’, ‘Mother Courage’, ‘The Seagulls’, ‘The Beau Stratagem’. Jason recently guest starred as Baby Gat in Season Two of the American hit show, ‘Noah’s Arc’, on the Logo/Viacom channel. He is currently getting ready to start shooting Noah’s Arc the movie February 2008.
Jason's influences are Denzel Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Will Smith, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Morgan Freeman, Christian Bale, Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt, Tupac Shakur, Halle Berry, Angela Bassett and Whoppi Goldberg.
Steed went on to study performing arts at The BRITS Performing Arts and Technology School for two years graduating with a diploma in music, drama, and dance. Unsure of his next move and the group falling apart Jason took time out of the arts and sought to gain experiences in 'Real life' but still the performing side could not evade him, he would use his natural gift to Improvise out of many sticky situations and different challenges. In the end, the love for the stage finally won over him and he auditioned for drama school but was unsuccessful in his attempt and not accepted.
Rejected and in his early twenties, he then sought to join the Royal Air Force (RAF) but was told by the officers at the Army Careers Centre, that he would need a "A" level qualification in any subject by the time he was 23 years of age in order to qualify for the selection process. Instantly Jason believed that the surefire subject for him to attain this grade was only in drama, so he auditioned at the local college and joined on the A-Level drama course. Having falsified his previous experience in acting, the tutors allowed Jason to jump straight in at the second year as they felt the first year would be too basic for him.
After six months of doing the course, they really did became aware of his real growing potential as a actor, and they were also aware of his ambitions to join the RAF. At the tutorial they sat down with him and warned him of his growing potential. This was to become the pinnacle moment and “crunch” time in Jason's life thus far. That same year he was awarded a full three-year scholarship at The Academy of Live and Recorded Arts accredited drama school in London.
He graduated in June 2003 after completing the course successfully and was awarded the BA (Hons) in Acting (validated by the University of Greenwich) and the National Diploma in Professional Acting (validated by Trinity College London). In addition to this, he was offered Equity membership through NCDT accreditation.
Jason’s first acting role was a lead in an independent film called 'Home'. He appeared in other lead roles in films including 'Blood', 'Seven Days in Summer' and 'Urban Peacocks'. Television (BBC1) series ‘Silent Witness’ (uk) , the long running show ‘The Bill’ (uk) and ‘The Courtroom’ (uk). Theatre included ‘Hell’s Fury’, ‘Bashment’, ‘Laters’, ‘Passa Passa’, ‘Richard III’, ‘Mother Courage’, ‘The Seagulls’, ‘The Beau Stratagem’. Jason recently guest starred as Baby Gat in Season Two of the American hit show, ‘Noah’s Arc’, on the Logo/Viacom channel. He is currently getting ready to start shooting Noah’s Arc the movie February 2008.
Jason's influences are Denzel Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Will Smith, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Morgan Freeman, Christian Bale, Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt, Tupac Shakur, Halle Berry, Angela Bassett and Whoppi Goldberg.
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