Stephen Moorer (born September 29, 1961)[1] is an American stage actor, director, and producer based on the Central California Coast.

[2] After graduating from high school in 1979, Moorer appeared in a three-show repertory season at Hartnell Summer Theatre (which was later called the Western Stage).

[2] At the Forest Theater, for the Carmel Shake-speare Festival, he played Richmond in Richard III (1993), the title role in Coriolanus (1997), and Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream (2000).

Working with no makeup or prosthesis to simulate Merrick's appearance, Moorer twists his face into a grotesque mask from which a high-pitched, rasping, wheezing voice emerges.

[9][10] In 2012, he appeared as Marc Antony in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, in 2014, he portrayed Pontius Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar, and in 2017 he played the title role in Cyrano at the Forest Theater.

Following the suspension of live performances due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Moorer reopened the Forest Theater in August 2021 by producing and directing a revival of Shrek the Musical.

Disagreements over construction work to renovate the Golden Bough Playhouse resulted in a board motion to terminate Moorer as executive director of PacRep, but a vote was never taken.

After this motion, board members, speaking anonymously, told a reporter they had been threatened with lawsuits and that this had led to the mass resignation; Moorer denied making any threats.