Steve Valentine

Steve Valentine (born Stephen John Valentine) is an actor, voice actor and magician born on 26 October 1966 in Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow, Scotland. He is known for his role as Nigel Townsend in the TV series Crossing Jordan and for voicing the character Alistair in the Dragon Age game series. He is both a British and US citizen.

From magician to actor

He started his career as a magician and continued this field with acting. He received the close-up magician of the year award from the Academy of Magical Arts in Los Angeles in 1999 and 2001; In the following years, he won awards in different branches from the same institution.

His longest-running television role was as forensic expert Nigel Townsend on the NBC crime drama Crossing Jordan, which aired from 2001 to 2007. From 2009–2011, he played rock musician Derek Jupiter on Disney XD's I'm in the Band. He made guest appearances on TV series such as House, Monk and Psych; In the cinema, he appeared in productions such as Mars Attacks!, Spider-Man 3 and Teen Beach Movie.

He also reached a wide audience in voice acting: He voiced Harry Flynn in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Alistair in BioWare's Dragon Age series. In 2022, he played Count Dracula in Monster High: The Movie.

Valentine continues his work as a versatile artist who combines stage magic with acting and voice-over.