He is best known for his roles on daytime soap operas General Hospital (as Paul Hornsby, 1991 to 1994), The Bold and the Beautiful (as Dr. Pierce Peterson, 1998 to 1999, 2001 to 2002), and One Life to Live (as Dr. Spencer Truman, 2005 to 2007).
Satterfield was raised in Nashville, Tennessee and Jacksonville, Florida, because his father, Paul Sr., was a firefighter during the winter and a lifeguard during the summer.
His mother had landed a record contract and Coolidge and Jones wished to escape the racism they encountered in Tennessee as an interracial couple.
[3] He made his first film appearance in the 1987 horror anthology Creepshow 2, playing the role of Deke in a segment based on a Stephen King's story "The Raft".
[6] He guest starred on The Famous Teddy Z, Just the Ten of Us, Beverly Hills, 90210, and Cheers, before being cast as Paul Hornsby on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital in 1991.
[9] In 1995, he guest starred on University Hospital, Hope & Gloria, Burke's Law, New York Daze, Murder One, Flipper, and Renegade.
[10] Satterfield returned to soap operas, playing the role of Dr. Pierce Peterson on The Bold and the Beautiful from 1998 to 1999 and 2001 to 2002.
[3] Satterfield began portraying Dr. Spencer Truman on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live in May 2005.
[15] His character on One Life to Live was killed off on January 26, 2007, but Satterfield continued to make appearances via flashbacks and dreams until August 2007.
[2] On October 2, 2014, his mother, Priscilla Coolidge and stepfather, Michael Seibert, were found dead from a murder-suicide at their home in Thousand Oaks, California.