Steuer was three years old and living in San Diego, California, when he began asking his mother, a former member of the United States Ski Team, about becoming an actor.

A talent agent, impressed with the boy's hubris and performance, approached him and his mother afterward and offered to represent Steuer and obtain acting roles for him.

Although a number of young children auditioned for the role, Steuer was the only child able to sit still for the three hours it took for the make-up department to cast his Klingon facial prosthetics.

In the fall (American Autumn, September-October) of 1993, Steuer won the role of Quentin Kelly in the television series Grace Under Fire.

[3] Although he auditioned for TV and movie roles after leaving Grace Under Fire, producers and press kept asking him about Butler and what it was like to work with her.

He co-starred alongside 13-year-old Sam Horrigan, who took over the role of Quentin Kelly after Steuer left Grace Under Fire.

[7] In March 2015, after several years working as a bartender and server, Steuer partnered with chef Sean Sigmon to open Harvest at the Bindery, a vegan restaurant located in Portland.