Steve Steen

Steve Steen (born 26 December 1954) is a British television, radio and theatre actor and comedian, known for improvisational comedy works.

Whilst a pupil at Clapham College in London, Steen became friends with Jim Sweeney, and they joined Oval House theatre club in 1972, performing improvised comedy.

Then they formed their own theatre company and wrote and toured its productions around the United Kingdom through the 1970s.

In the 1980s Steen and Sweeney moved into television production, appearing together for the first time on TV in the ITV children's show CBTV in 1981, followed by one of Channel 4's first comedies, Little Armadillos.

Steen had a major roles in Sweeney's award-winning play Danny's Wake, which was subsequently adapted into a sitcom for BBC Radio 4.