Steve Antin
Steve Antin (born
February 17,
1961 in
Portland, Oregon) was one of the many faces of child actors from the
1980s who appeared in several films but never really broke out as a performer. He is most remembered as Troy, the bad-guy preppie jock in
Steven Spielberg's
The Goonies. He also appeared in the film
The Last American Virgin. His own screenplay,
Inside Monkey Zetterland, was turned into a film featuring many respected independent performers. In the late
1990s he
came out of the closet and made several appearances in
gay-themed films including
It's My Party, co-starring
Eric Roberts and
comedienne Margaret Cho.
In recent years, Antin has turned not only to working as a stunt man, but also writing such films as Gloria (the 1999 version) and Chasing Papi. He was also a writer and producer of the television series Young Americans.