STEPHEN WILDE was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, a city he cherishes.  He holds an MFA in Acting from Carnegie Mellon and a Graduate Degree in Acting from the Moscow Art Theatre School.

In New York, he was lauded by John Simon of Bloomberg News and Howard Kissel of The New York Daily News for his portrayal of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Marc Connelly in the Peccadillo Theater Company’s Off-Broadway hit THE TALK OF THE TOWN in The Oak Room of The Algonquin Hotel. He was also seen as Shorty in Eugene O’Neill’s ALL GOD’S CHILLUN’ GOT WINGS at NYU’s Skirball Center for The Performing Arts with the Peccadillo Theater Company.

He played the role of Wanderer (Luka) on the stage of the American Studio of the Moscow Art Theatre in Russia in the critically-acclaimed production of SHELTER “НОЧЛЕЖКА” (based on Maxim Gorky’s THE LOWER DEPTHS), under the direction of People’s Artist of Russia, Yuri Yeremin, garnering positive reviews by the Moscow press, and in both THE BEAR and A WEDDING, by Anton Chekhov, as well as THE TROJAN WOMEN, AGAMEMNON, and ELECTRA, three parts of THE GREEKS, by John Barton, directed by Gregory Lehane.

In the world of the American musical theatre, he spent two years on the road in the cast of the highly successful First National Tour of Meredith Willson's THE MUSIC MAN, directed by Ray Roderick, logging over 500 performances of the Tony Award-Winning show, in concerts with the Chicago, Baltimore and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestras under the baton of the late Marvin Hamlisch, in the production of THE MUSIC MAN at Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, NY, with John Bolton (A CHRISTMAS STORY on Broadway), Jennifer Smith (THE PRODUCERS on Broadway), and Cass Morgan (MEMPHIS/BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY on Broadway), and playing Roger Sherman, the delegate from Connecticut, in the production of 1776, at the Pittsburgh Public Theater, directed by Ted Pappas, and FOOTLOOSE, directed by Barry Ivan, with Pittsburgh CLO.

On the screen, Stephen’s work can be seen in the independent films CONSEQUENCES, with Rob Morgan (JUST MERCY, MUDBOUND), directed by Darren Malone, HOME SWEET CUBE, directed by Ryan McFaul, and as “Bat Boy” for the WEEKLY WORLD NEWS, both on film and on the cover of the infamous tabloid. He is also in the cast of the WGA Award-Winning web series SYLVIA PLATH: GIRL DETECTIVE with Kate Simses (MIXOLOGY, WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER?, CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC), written and directed by Michael Simses. Oh, and he has a tiny tiny little extra role (blink and you'll miss him) in the film WONDERBOYS, with Michael Douglas, Frances McDormand and Robert Downey, Jr., directed by Curtis Hanson (L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, 8 MILE, TOO BIG TO FAIL, CHASING MAVERICKS).

He is Secretary for The Board of Directors of the THEATRE WORLD AWARDS.

Stephen also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management and a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics, both from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon.

As far as hobbies are concerned, Stephen is a world-champion barbershop quartet singer. He won the international competition of the Barbershop Harmony Society, with the quartet, JOKER'S WILD, and has 3 recordings in commercial release (Right From The Start, Chasing A Dream, More Of The Different) with the celebrated ensemble. He teaches and coaches the art form all over the world, and is an award-winning conductor of choruses in the genre. He is very possessive of his two guitars: A Martin DC-16RGTE electric/acoustic, and an emerald green Gibson Les Paul Studio, and when he's not acting, you might hear him in his apartment, attempting to play and sing through the catalogs of his favorite bands: Radiohead, The Beatles, Arcade Fire, Talking Heads and the Velvet Underground, much to the dismay of his patient neighbors.

He is an avid (rabid?) fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers football club, the New York Yankees baseball club, the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey club, and the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball club. Don't even think of interrupting him during a Steelers game.

You might find him around New York City: sitting at DTUT on the Upper East Side, at Birdland on Monday night for Jim Caruso's Cast Party, at one of the numerous coffee houses peppering the City, running in Central Park, hanging out at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, or just walking the streets, taking it all in...

Stephen resides in New York City and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.