Steven Eckholdt

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Biography

After appearing in numerous commercials, he debuted on TV with a small role in the 1985 NBC TV movie "Between the Darkness and the Dawn". The actor did some feature work, and went on to star in 1988's ABC Disney Sunday Movie "14 Going on 30", playing the grown up incarnation of a young boy who speed ages as the result of a science experiment gone awry. That same year he took on the much heavier role of Navy diver Robert Stethem, the lone …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

September 6, 1961

Career Milestones

2000

Featured in the revised version of "Grapevine" airing on CBS; played a different character than in the 1992 version

1999

Played Robin Wright Penn's ex-husband in the romance "Message in a Bottle"

Starred as self-made millionaire Robbie in the ABC series "it's like, you know..."

1995

Was a regular on the short-lived drama "The Monroes" (ABC), playing the son with political ambitions in a Kennedy-esque family

Had a recurring role on the final season of the NBC legal drama "L.A. Law"

1993

Played Robert Wilson, resident good girl Jane's new boyfriend, in a recurring role on the nighttime soap "Melrose Place" (Fox)

1992

Was a regular on the short-lived CBS series "Grapevine", featuring tales of modern relationships as seen through the eyes of three gossiping friends

1992

Had a recurring role as the love interest of elder daughter Paige on the ABC's family drama "Life Goes On"

1991

Guest starred in a recurring role in the CBS newsroom drama "WIOU"

1989

Featured in the little-seen teen adventure film "The Runnin' Kind"

1988

Played Robert Stethem, an American casualty of a terrorist attack, in the fact-based NBC telefilm "The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story"

1988

Starred as the adult incarnation of a boy who speed ages as part of a scientific experiment in the Disney Sunday Movie "14 Going on 30" (ABC)

1988

Acted in the Molly Ringwald vehicle "For Keeps"

1986

Had bit parts in "About Last Night" and "The Wraith"

1985

Appeared in the NBC TV-movie drama "Between the Darkness and the Dawn"

Paired with Corey Parker in a series of Budweiser beer commercials

Began career acting in TV commericals