Stephen Collins

• Birthplace: Des Moines, Iowa, USA
• Birthday: October 1, 1947

Actor and occasional singer Stephen Collins essayed numerous clean-cut, well-intentioned men with an adventurous or romantic side in countless television movies and features from the mid-1970s through the 21st century. Adept at both drama and breezy comedy, he was a natural go-to for the lead in numerous regular series, but had trouble finding one that took with audiences until he starred in “7th Heaven” (The WB-CW, 1996-2007), a family-values drama which cast him as a savvy Protestant minister and head of a large brood that deals with comp…more