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American actor
Steve Talley
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Born
| Steven Douglas Talley
(
1981-08-12
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August 12, 1981
(age 42)
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Occupation
| Actor
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Years active
| 2002?present
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Spouse
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(
m.
2015;
div.
2022)
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Children
| 1
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Steven Douglas Talley
(born August 12, 1981) is an American actor who grew up in
Avon, Indiana
.
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He is best known for his portrayal of Dwight Stifler in
American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile
and
American Pie Presents: Beta House
.
Career
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Talley's on-screen career began in 2002, with a minor part in the daytime soap opera
As the World Turns
. He appeared in three episodes of the drama series
Summerland
between June and July 2005 as Bryce. The following year, Talley made a guest appearance in the drama film
Peaceful Warrior
and on the sitcom
Twins
.
In the same year, Talley portrayed Dwight Stifler in
American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile
, the fifth installment in the
American Pie
film series
.
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Released
directly to video
, the film earned over
US$
27 million worldwide.
[3]
Scott Weinberg of
DVD Talk
wrote that Talley as Stifler "makes for one of the least appealing movie characters I've ever seen."
[4]
The following year, Talley again starred as Stifler in
American Pie Presents: Beta House
, the sixth installment in the series.
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Released directly to video, the film earned over US$18 million worldwide.
[6]
Talley was featured in
Van Wilder: Freshman Year
as the character Dirk Arnold and also starred as Eric P. Keller in the 2010 direct-to-DVD film
Hole in One
, which had various names prior to release. Recently Talley has moved on to less juvenile movies, landing the lead role of investigative reporter Matt Harper in
Deadline
, about the racially motivated murder of an African-American youth in the South. As well as film credits, Talley has also featured in a British television commercial for
Pepsi Max
. During
Super Bowl XLIV
, he drove a car in a
Bridgestone
commercial about a crazy bachelor party gone wrong. Talley is also featured in a 2010
Pizza Hut
ad campaign. It was announced in late June 2012 that he would play Ella Montgomery's (
Holly Marie Combs
) love interest on
Pretty Little Liars
. In 2014 he landed bigger recurring roles on two critically acclaimed TV shows:
VH1
's 90s nostalgia dramedy
Hindsight
and
The CW
's post-apocalyptic drama
The 100
. Showrunner
Jason Rothenberg
and writer
Kim Shumway
liked what Talley did with the character, the engineer Kyle Wick, so much that they developed a bigger story arc for him in season 2.
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Filmography
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Film
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Television
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References
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