He is best known for his role as Navid Shirazi on The CW's teen drama series 90210.

Steger started his career appearing in several commercials and guest starred in VR Troopers in 1994.

After appearing as Mohamed Esfiri on NCIS in 2005, he had a recurring role on The Winner in 2007.

He was also cast as the lead role by Tim Burton in The Killers' music video "Bones" in 2006.

He has guest starred on the Hannah Montana episode titled "Everybody Was Best-Friend Fighting", the Cory in the House episode titled "Macho Libre", and had a co-starring role in the Disney Channel Original Movie The Cheetah Girls: One World, which was released on August 22, 2008.