Steven Hill
Biography
Steven Hill was an American actor who began on the Broadway stage and became best known for two television roles. Born in Seattle, he made his Broadway debut in 1946 in A Flag Is Born and joined the Actors Studio in 1947. His film debut came with A Lady Without Passport (1950). He played Dan Briggs on Mission: Impossible from 1966 to 1967, then stepped away from acting for a decade before returning in the 1980s. In later years he took parental and authority-figure roles, appearing in films such as Yentl (1983), Legal Eagles (1986), Raw Deal (1986), Running on Empty (1988), Billy Bathgate (1991), and The Firm (1993). From 1990 to 2000 he played Adam Schiff on Law & Order, earning two Primetime Emmy nominations.
94years old at death
- Born Seattle
- Died Manhattan
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Solomon Krakovsky (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 19
- Career span
- 43 years1950 to 1993
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Early training
In 1947, Steven Hill was accepted by the newly created Actors Studio. He was one of 50 applicants chosen from about 700 interviewed, joining Brando, Montgomery Clift and Julie Harris.
First role
In 1946, Hill appeared on Broadway for the first time, in Ben Hecht's A Flag Is Born. A young Marlon Brando was also in that production.
Getting ready for a role
Steven Hill's best-known part was Adam Schiff, which he played for 10 seasons on the NBC drama Law & Order, from 1990 to 2000. He called it his hardest role, since learning all the legal jargon felt like acting in a second language.
Steven Hill movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Sydney Pollack directed two of these films, Sidney Lumet two. Seven actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Sydney Pollack
All films by Sidney Lumet
Also two films together1 more actor
- Ed CrowleyRunning on Empty (1988) and Garbo Talks (1984)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Steven Hill's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$519 million
11 of the 19 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 19 films: 11 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 5 figure not found.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 5Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$270M52.1% of the total
- 2$93M17.9% of the total
- 3$53M10.1% of the total
- 4$30M5.9% of the total
- 5$17M3.4% of the total
- 6$16M3.1% of the total
- 7$16M3.0% of the total
- 8$11M2.1% of the total
$12.4 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 2% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.