Steve Howey
Steve Howey in 2011
Born	Steve Michael Robert Howey (1977-07-12) July 12, 1977 (age 34) San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994–present
Spouse	Sarah Shahi (2009–present)

Steven Michael Robert "Steve" Howey (born July 12, 1977) is an American film and television actor.

He is well known for his role as Van Montgomery in the television series Reba. His roles also include the films Supercross, DOA: Dead or Alive, and Bride Wars. He is currently starring in the Showtime series Shameless, portraying the role of Kevin "Kev" Ball.

Life and career[link]

Howey was born in San Antonio, Texas, to director Bill Howey and Carla. He has two older siblings: Bret and Tammy. Although they moved a lot during his childhood, Howey's parents settled in Los Angeles, where he attended junior high and most of high school. After moving to Denver to complete his senior year, he earned a basketball scholarship to Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colorado. However, during his second year, he started to lose interest in basketball and started focusing on drama, joining his father's acting class.

Howey has guest-starred on various TV shows including ER (1994) and The Drew Carey Show (1995). He also starred in and produced the independent film Class (1998), which was written and directed by his father and was accepted into the Denver International Film Festival.^{[citation needed]}

In 2001, Howey got his first series starring role when he was cast as Van Montgomery in the show Reba. Howey stayed with the show until it was ended in 2007. He also appeared in Reba McEntire's music video Every Other Weekend, with his Reba co-star Joanna Garcia.

In 2005, he starred in the action film Supercross as K.C. Carlyle, an MX racer. Howey also played Weatherby in the movie DOA: Dead or Alive, alongside Jamie Pressly and Eric Roberts.^[1] In 2009, he starred in Bride Wars, with Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson (with whom he also starred in the 2011 movie Something Borrowed, once again as her love interest). Howey also starred as the titular character in the 2009 film, Stan Helsing.^[2] That same year, Howey also appeared in the web series CTRL playing Ben Piller.^[3] He has also appeared on the show Psych.^[4]

In Summer 2010, Howey joined the cast of the Showtime dramedy Shameless, as Kevin Ball, a series regular. Season two premiered January 8, 2012, with Howey remaining a main cast member.^[5]

Personal life[link]

Howey is married to actress Sarah Shahi. The two became engaged in June 2007, while vacationing in Hawaii and married on February 7, 2009, in Las Vegas. On July 8, 2009, they had their first child, William Wolf Howey.^[6] Shahi gave birth during an at-home water birth.^[7]

Shahi has worked with Howey's father. She mentioned that Howey is of Scottish descent on an episode of The Late Late Show.^[8]

He currently lives in Los Angeles, California.

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Steve Howey at the Internet Movie Database

Steve Howey may refer to:

• Steve Howey (footballer), English footballer
• Steve Howey (actor), American actor

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Bobby Lee (born September 17, 1972)^[1] is an American actor and comedian best known as a cast member on MADtv from 2001 to 2009 and for his roles in the films Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle and Pineapple Express.

Early career and family life[link]

Lee, the oldest of two sons, was born in San Diego, California to Jeanie and Robert Lee.^[2][3] Lee attended Poway High School in Poway, California.^[3] He is Korean American. His parents owned clothing stores in both Escondido and Encinitas, California. At 18 years of age Lee moved out of his parents' home and took jobs in restaurants and coffee shops in the San Diego area,^[4] while also attending Palomar College for a brief period.^[3] In 1994 the coffee shop for which he was working closed. “I just went next door to get a job,” he said, “which was The Comedy Store in San Diego” (also known as the La Jolla Comedy Store).^[4] After a few months of working odd jobs at the club he decided to try stand-up during one of their amateur nights.^[4] Within a year of doing regular comedy sets he got offers to open for both Pauly Shore and Carlos Mencia.^[3][4] Lee also went on to work regularly at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles, a comedy club owned by Pauly Shore's mother Mitzi.^[3]

Lee has admitted in several interviews that his parents had hoped he would continue on with the family business and were less-than supportive of his comedic pursuits at first.^[3][4][5] During a podcast interview conducted by fellow actor and comedian Joe Rogan on Feb 1, 2011, Lee stated that during the first few years he did stand-up his parents barely spoke to him, however after his appearance on the The Tonight Show with Jay Leno his father called him and apologized for not supporting his comedy career.^[6]

Lee's parents currently live in Phoenix, Arizona.^[3][5] Lee is known to have included his family in some of his work: His younger brother has appeared in several non-speaking roles on MADtv and his entire family has appeared in a skit on the show.^[5] Lee also pitched a sitcom to Comedy Central in 2007 about a Korean family which was to star his very own family.^[5]

[edit] MADtv

In 2001, Lee joined the cast of MADtv,^[4][5] making him the show's first cast member of Asian descent. Some of Lee's recurring characters included:

• Kim Jong-il as the host of the imaginary Kim Jong-il Show
• Journalist Connie Chung
• Bae Sung the hapless interpreter
• Tank, an Asian-American "Street Tuner" character in the style of the film The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
• Xing Lao "Johnny" Gan, host of Many Shows! With Johnny Gan and Pongo
• "The Blind Kung-fu Master"
• Dr. Poon Ji-Sum, a character on the Korean soap opera parody Taedo-Attitudes and Feelings, Both Desirable and Sometimes Secretive
• Haidiki "The Average Asian"
• John McCain
• Yamanashi, a character appearing in the skit, "Coach Hines".

Lee remained with the cast until the series' cancellation in 2009.^[4]

Other projects and appearances[link]

Lee appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Apr 26, 2002^[1][7] He played a delivery boy in the 2003 mockumentary Pauly Shore Is Dead.^[8] Lee also played the part of Kenneth Park in the 2004 film Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle^[9] and in the 2011 film A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas.^[10]

In 2005, Lee and fellow Korean American comics Steve Byrne, Ken Jeong and Kevin Shea starred in the stand-up comedy tour and accompanying film titled Kims of Comedy—a Korean-American version of the touring act and film Kings of Comedy.^[11] That same year he appeared on Mind of Mencia as an Asian CSI agent in the episode titled "Episode #1.6" which aired Aug 10,^[12] as well as playing a Korean bookie named Sung in the episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm titled "The Korean Bookie" which aired on Nov 27.^[13]

Lee appeared on Mind of Mencia once again in 2006 in role a gay pirate in an episode titled "Stereotype Olympics" which aired Jul 23. He also appeared in the 2007 film Pineapple Express as an Asian drug-gangster named Bobby.^[14]

Lee appeared in the American comedy film directed by Harvey Glazer and written by Trace Slobotkin in 2007 called Kickin' It Old Skool with cast including Jamie Kennedy, Maria Menounos, Michael Rosenbaum, and Vivica A. Fox.

Lee appeared in the 2009 music video for Eminem's single "We Made You", playing both the character of Sulu from Star Trek as well as an Inuit.^[15][16] That same year he appeared on The League in an episode titled "The Usual Bet".^[17]

In 2010 he became a frequent round table panelist on the late night comedy talk show Chelsea Lately,^[18] and also appeared in music video for "2 Different Tears", a single by South Korean girl group, the Wonder Girls.^[19]

In 2011, he was featured in Taio Cruz' music video for "Hangover".

In January 2012, he started work on his own YouTube channel, and later in mid-March, he also appeared on Ray William Johnson's channel as well.

In May 2012, Lee appeared in the Sasha Baron Cohen film The Dictator as Mr. Lao, a Chinese diplomat.^[1][20][21]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Bobby Lee at the Internet Movie Database
• Official MADtv Website

Shanola Hampton
Hampton in March 2012
Born	Shanola Hampton (1977-05-27) May 27, 1977 (age 35) Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2001–present

Shanola Hampton (born May 27, 1977) is an American actress.

Career[link]

Hampton has appeared in several television series, such as: Reba, Popular, Scrubs, Related, and Miami Medical. She has also had roles in the movies: The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green, The Hanged Man, and You Again.^[1]

She has face modeled for the videogame Left 4 Dead 2.^{[citation needed]}

She is a graduate of Winthrop University (with a degree in Theater), and also holds a Masters Degree in Fine Arts from the University of Illinois.

[edit] Shameless

In Summer 2010, Hampton was cast as a series regular on the Showtime dramedy Shameless as Veronica Fisher, a role for which she has received critical acclaim. The second season premiered January 8, 2012, with Hampton remaining part of the main cast.^[2]

References[link]

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Sarah Shahi
Born	Aahoo Jahansouz Shahi (1980-01-10) January 10, 1980 (age 32) Euless, Texas, USA
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	2000–present
Spouse	Steve Howey (2009–present)
Children	1 son
Website
http://www.sarahshahi.com

Aahoo Jahansouz "Sarah" Shahi^[1] (born January 10, 1980) is an American actress and a former NFL Cheerleader. She is probably best known for starring in The L Word as Carmen de la Pica Morales and in Life as Detective Dani Reese. In 2011, she began playing the role of Kate Reed in the legal drama Fairly Legal on the USA Network.

Early life[link]

Sarah Shahi was born and grew up in Euless, Texas.^[1] She has an Iranian father, Abbas Shahi, and a Mexican mother, known as Mahmonir, who was an interior designer.^[2] Her father's family left their homeland two years before the Iranian Revolution.^[3][4] Her birthname, Aahoo (Persian: آهو‎), means "gazelle" in Persian.^[5]

Shahi adopted Sarah as her name in second grade after hearing the song "Sarah" because she was "tormented" by other children^[1]. At her father's behest she grew up speaking Persian, as well as English. Shahi's parents began entering her in beauty pageants at the age of eight.^[4] Her parents divorced when she was 10.^[5] Shahi attended Trinity High School, where she was captain of the volleyball and basketball teams, and Dallas' Southern Methodist University, majoring in English and Theater.^[6] Shahi won the Miss Fort Worth USA pageant in 1997;^{[citation needed]} hoping to become an actress, she joined the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders 1999–2000 squad despite not having cheered before, and appeared on the cover of the squad's 2000 calendar before moving to Los Angeles.^[1]

She's the great-great-granddaughter of Fat′h-Ali Shah Qajar of the Qajar Dynasty, who ruled Iran from 1797-1834. ^[7]

Acting career[link]

While working as an extra on the set of Dr. T and the Women in Texas, Shahi met director Robert Altman, who encouraged her to move to Hollywood,^[1] where she received roles in several series, including Alias, Dawson's Creek, Reba, and Supernatural. She may be best known for her role as DJ Carmen de la Pica Morales on The L Word, which she joined in its second season.^{[citation needed]} Shahi did not renew her contract with the series for the fourth season, and consequently her character was written out.^[8] She also played Farah in the second season of Sleeper Cell, and also appeared in HBO's The Sopranos, in the Season 6b episode "Kennedy and Heidi".

She co-starred in the two-season NBC series Life as homicide detective Dani Reese.^[1][9]

In October 2009, Shahi landed the lead role in the USA Network pilot, Facing Kate. Shahi began filming in November 2009.^[10] The show follows the life of Kate Reed, a legal mediator who is frustrated with the bureaucracy and injustice she witnesses in the legal system. The series title was later changed to Fairly Legal.^[11]

Personal life[link]

Shahi married actor Steve Howey on February 7, 2009, in Las Vegas. On July 8, 2009, Shahi gave birth to their first child, son William Wolf Howey.^[12] Shahi gave birth during an at-home water birth.^[13]

Shahi was named no. 90 on the Maxim magazine "Hot 100 of 2005" list; she moved up to no. 66 in 2006.^[14] She ranked no. 5 on the AfterEllen.com hot list in 2007.^[15]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Sarah Shahi at the Internet Movie Database