Steve McCarten

Steve was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 1st April 1973. He grew up with an older sister and two younger brothers. A solid family unit with a strong and positive single mother raising the children.A career in the entertainment industry was always on Steve's mind, from an early age he would often be drifting away to faraway imaginary places. Alas, life got in the way of his dreams and he chased a more modest living working as a Marketing Exec for many years, until one day he decided he would go back to chasing his dreams.After studying for three years at Bournemouth University and appearing in a variety of student productions, Steve finally got to step on stage at the Lighthouse Theatre in Poole, Dorset. Here he had his first taste of theatre starring alongside Nicole Faraday in Tennessee William's wonderful 'A Streetcar Named Desire'. Steve played 'Mitch' and was superb as the poor lovestruck fool.He then went on to appear in several factual drama documentaries including the award winning 'A Terrible Beauty'. He also started to develop a taste for production and in 2012 setup his company Kinetic Film and started making corporate and small short films.With years of in front of and behind the camera work as Actor, Producer and all round filmmaker Steve is finally realising his dreams.Hear's to the next 10 years. Show less «