Steve Zahn was born in Marshall, Minnesota, to Zelda, who worked at a YMCA, and Carleton Edward Zahn, a Lutheran pastor at Peace Lutheran Church, Robbinsdale, Minnesota. His career kicked off in his native Minnesota when he crashed the audition of a local stage production of “Biloxi Blues”” and won the lead role. He next trained at American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, MA; then moved to New York City, where he won a role touring for 13 months in national company of Tommy Tune-directed version of “”Bye Bye Birdie””. Back in New York, he played opposite Ethan Hawke in “”Sophistry”” at Playwright’s Horizon, where Ben Stiller noticed him and cast him and Hawke in Reality Bites (1994).”
Steve Zahn
Movies
Sahara
Retired US admiral Sandecker’s foundation finances various projects worldwide, including high tech marine salvage by brilliant Dirk Pitt’s US Navy Seal veterans team including buddy Al Giordino, which dreams of finding the mysteriously missing Confederal gold aboard the ironclad battleship ‘of Death’. Pitts bumps into evidence for his theory it…
Fun Facts
and it's true. When you go out in the desert
Quotes
I still really love acting. I find it really challenging. And I really love film; it's a lot of fun. Theater is a big commitment. Most of the time, you sign a five-month contract. You do eight shows a week and have one day off. There's no time to go home.
You still really fight for good parts. It never stops. It's never a breeze. The people at the top of their game work as hard as the people at the bottom.
The definition of Sahara is '"to have no memory""