Steve Altes
Steve Altes is an American writer and former aerospace engineer. He writes humorous essays about his misadventures.
Early life
Altes was born on November 13, 1962 in Syracuse, NY. He graduated from Fayetteville-Manlius High School in Manlius, NY in 1980. In high school, although his time in the mile "impressed no one," Altes once ran a track meet in clown make-up. In 2000 when Altes was inducted into the Fayetteville-Manlius Hall of Distinction as one of the high school's "notable alumni" he acknowledged the dichotomy in his career segue from engineering to entertainment, saying, "I owe a tremendous debt to those dedicated teachers for the serious half of my career. For the silly half, I’d like to thank all the class clowns."
Engineering
Altes holds three degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- S.B., Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1984; S.M., Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1986; and S.M., Technology and Policy, 1986.
In 1982 Altes was one of five in a MIT team on a forty-foot-long "bicycle" that set a world land-speed record for a human-powered vehicle. His master's thesis, "The Aerospace Plane: Technological Feasibility and Policy Implications," was reviewed by James Fallows in The New York Review of Books in 1986.
Altes, Steve Filmography
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2004, role: actor , character name: Player - Certified Public Assassins
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2003, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2003, role: actor , character name: Lap-dog assistant
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2000, role: actor , character name: Dad
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1999, role: actor , character name: Medic
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1999, role: actor , character name: Kay's brother
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1997, role: miscellaneous crew
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1997, role: actor , character name: U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division Officer
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1997, role: actor , character name: FBI Agent
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1996, role: miscellaneous crew
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1995, role: actor , character name: Gang Member #9
