David Steen

David Steen is a Memphis-born American playwright, actor, and writer. He appeared in several of Quentin Tarantino's movies, including Reservoir Dogs (1992) and Django Unchained (2012), and was a series regular on Del Shores' cable show Sordid Lives, playing G. W. In Shores' stage hit The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife he created the part of J. D., then won an LA Weekly Award for supporting actor and was part of an Ovation Award winning ensemble. Steen co-wrote, produced, and starred in The Corndog Man, an independent film that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and acted in Shores' Blues for Willadean. As a playwright, his first work A Gift from Heaven became the first San Fernando Valley play turned into a feature film, receiving a Los Angeles Times Critic's Choice Pick and eleven Drama-Logue Awards. His next play, Avenue A., featured Mark Ruffalo.