Steve Railsback is an American

United States

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 theatre

Theatre

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, film

Film

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 and television

Television

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 actor

Actor

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, born in Dallas, Texas

Texas

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.

Personal life

Railsback was born Stephen Hall Railsback, in Dallas, Texas, the son of Emerett Spencer (née

Married and maiden names

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 Sanford) and Clyde Webb Railsback.

Career

Railsback was a student of Lee Strasberg

Lee Strasberg

Lee Strasberg was an American actor, director and acting teacher. He cofounded, with directors Harold Clurman and Cheryl Crawford, the Group Theatre in 1931, which was hailed as "America's first true theatrical collective"...

 and the Actors Studio

Actors Studio

The Actors Studio is a membership organization for professional actors, theatre directors and playwrights at 432 West 44th Street in the Clinton neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded October 5, 1947, by Elia Kazan, Cheryl Crawford, Robert Lewis and Anna Sokolow who provided...

 and in the late sixties and early seventies spent ten years working in theatre

Theatre

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 in New York

New York

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. He made his film debut in The Visitors

The Visitors (1972 film)

The Visitors is a 1972 American drama film directed by Elia Kazan. It was entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. Kazan used Daniel Lang's Casualties of War story as a jumping-off point for this film.-Plot:...

, directed by Elia Kazan

Elia Kazan

Elia Kazan was an American director and actor, described by the New York Times as "one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history". Born in Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, to Greek parents originally from Kayseri in Anatolia, the family emigrated...

. He played the parts of two notorious serial killers, appearing as Charles Manson

Charles Manson

Charles Milles Manson is an American criminal who led what became known as the Manson Family, a quasi-commune that arose in California in the late 1960s. He was found guilty of conspiracy to commit the Tate/LaBianca murders carried out by members of the group at his instruction...

 in the 1976 television mini-series, Helter Skelter, and as Ed Gein

Ed Gein

Edward Theodore "Ed" Gein - July 26, 1984) was an American murderer and body snatcher. His crimes, committed around his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin, gathered widespread notoriety after authorities discovered Gein had exhumed corpses from local graveyards and fashioned trophies and keepsakes...

 in the 2000 film In the Light of the Moon

In the Light of the Moon

In the Light of the Moon is a 2000 film about serial killer Ed Gein.-Overview:The film recounts the life of Ed Gein, who dug up the corpses of over a dozen women and made bizarre objects out of their remains before finally shooting two people to death and butchering their bodies...

. He also served as executive producer of the latter film. Other notable roles include the part of Cameron in The Stunt Man

The Stunt Man

The Stunt Man is a 1980 American film directed by Richard Rush, starring Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback, and Barbara Hershey. The movie was adapted by Lawrence B. Marcus and Rush from the novel by Paul Brodeur...

with Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole

Peter Seamus Lorcan O'Toole is an Irish actor of stage and screen. O'Toole achieved stardom in 1962 playing T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia, and then went on to become a highly-honoured film and stage actor. He has been nominated for eight Academy Awards, and holds the record for most...

, the astronaut in Tobe Hooper's

Tobe Hooper

Tobe Hooper is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for his work in the horror film genre. His works include the cult classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre , along with its first sequel, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 ; the three-time Emmy-nominated Stephen King film adaptation...

 Lifeforce

Lifeforce (film)

Lifeforce is a 1985 science fiction film directed by Tobe Hooper from a screenplay by Dan O'Bannon and Don Jakoby, from the novel The Space Vampires, published in 1976, by Colin Wilson.-Plot:...

, Duane Barry in two episodes of The X-Files

The X-Files

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and Joseph Welch in the Pilot episode of Supernatural

Supernatural (TV series)

Supernatural is an American supernatural and horror television series created by Eric Kripke, which debuted on September 13, 2005 on The WB, and is now part of The CW's lineup. Starring Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester and Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester, the series follows the brothers as they...

. In 2008, he appeared in the science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

/horror movie film Plaguers

Plaguers

Plaguers is a 2008 American science-fiction horror film written and directed by Brad Sykes and featuring Steve Railsback.-Plot:Tarver is a crew member on board Pandora, a freight transport carrier headed toward Earth with a desperately needed new energy supply, a strange substance called "Thanatos"...

.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1972	The Visitors The Visitors (1972 film) The Visitors is a 1972 American drama film directed by Elia Kazan. It was entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. Kazan used Daniel Lang's Casualties of War story as a jumping-off point for this film.-Plot:...	Mike Nickerson
1974	Cockfighter Cockfighter Cockfighter is a 1974 film by director Monte Hellman, starring Warren Oates, Harry Dean Stanton and featuring Laurie Bird and Ed Begley, Jr. The screenplay is based on the novel of the same name by Charles Willeford...	Junior
1976	Helter Skelter	Charles Manson Charles Manson Charles Milles Manson is an American criminal who led what became known as the Manson Family, a quasi-commune that arose in California in the late 1960s. He was found guilty of conspiracy to commit the Tate/LaBianca murders carried out by members of the group at his instruction...
1978	Angela	Jean Lebrecque
1980	The Stunt Man The Stunt Man The Stunt Man is a 1980 American film directed by Richard Rush, starring Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback, and Barbara Hershey. The movie was adapted by Lawrence B. Marcus and Rush from the novel by Paul Brodeur...	Cameron
1982	Deadly Games	Billy Owens
	Trick or Treats	The Boyfriend
	Turkey Shoot	Paul Anders
1983	The Golden Seal	Jim Lee
	Veliki transport	Pavle
1985	Lifeforce Lifeforce (film) Lifeforce is a 1985 science fiction film directed by Tobe Hooper from a screenplay by Dan O'Bannon and Don Jakoby, from the novel The Space Vampires, published in 1976, by Colin Wilson.-Plot:...	Col. Tom Carlsen
	Torchlight	Jake Gregory
1986	Armed and Dangerous	The Cowboy
1987	Scenes from the Goldmine	Harry Spiros
	Distortions	Scott Marshall
	The Survivalist	Jack Tillman
	The Wind	Kesner
	Blue Monkey	Detective Jim Bishop
1988	Deadly Intent	Jeff Kirkwood
1989	The Assassin	Hank Knight
1990	La Cruz de Iberia	Novak
1991	Alligator II: The Mutation	Vincent 'Vinnie' Brown
	Scissors Scissors (film) Scissors is a psychological thriller released in 1991. The film is directed by Frank de Felitta and stars Sharon Stone, Ronny Cox, and Steve Railsback.-Synopsis:...	Alex Morgan/Cole Morgan
1992	Forever	William Desmond Taylor
1993	Quake	Kyle
	Nukie	Dr. Eric Harvey
	Private Wars Private Wars Private Wars is the third single by Japanese band Dream, released on May 5, 2000. It reached number 13 on the weekly Oricon charts and charted for seven weeks...	Jack Manning
	Final Mission	Col. Anderson
	Save Me	Robbins
	Calendar Girl Calendar Girl (1993 film) Calendar Girl is a 1993 film starring Jason Priestley, Gabriel Olds, and Jerry O'Connell. The movie, set in 1962, tells the story of three young men who go on a trip to Hollywood to fulfil their dream of meeting Marilyn Monroe....	Roy's Father
	In the Line of Fire In the Line of Fire In the Line of Fire is a 1993 American thriller film about a disillusioned and obsessed former CIA agent who attempts to assassinate the President of the United States and the Secret Service agent who tracks him...	CIA Agent David Coppinge	uncredited
1996	Street Corner Justice	Sergeant Ryan Freeborn
	Barb Wire Barb Wire (film) -Cast:* Pamela Anderson Lee as Barbara "Barb Wire" Kopetski* Temuera Morrison as Axel Hood* Victoria Rowell as Dr. Corrina "Cora D" Devonshire* Jack Noseworthy as Charlie Kopetski* Xander Berkeley as Alexander Willis* Udo Kier as Curly...	Colonel Pryzer
1997	Stranger in the House Stranger in the House Stranger In The House may refer to*Stranger in the House , British horror film*Stranger in the House , thriller remake of the aboveYou may be looking for...	Jack Derby
	Pressure Point	Arno Taylor
1998	Disturbing Behavior Disturbing Behavior Disturbing Behavior is a 1998 thriller science fiction film starring James Marsden, Katie Holmes, and Nick Stahl. The film was released on July 24, 1998. The plot follows a group of high school outcasts who are horrified by their "Blue Ribbon" classmates...	Officer Cox
1999	Me and Will	Rob
	Made Men	Kyle
2000	Say Goodnight, Michael
	Termination Man	Dylan Pope
	In the Light of the Moon In the Light of the Moon In the Light of the Moon is a 2000 film about serial killer Ed Gein.-Overview:The film recounts the life of Ed Gein, who dug up the corpses of over a dozen women and made bizarre objects out of their remains before finally shooting two people to death and butchering their bodies...	Ed Gein Ed Gein Edward Theodore "Ed" Gein - July 26, 1984) was an American murderer and body snatcher. His crimes, committed around his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin, gathered widespread notoriety after authorities discovered Gein had exhumed corpses from local graveyards and fashioned trophies and keepsakes...
2001	Storytelling Storytelling Storytelling is the conveying of events in words, images and sounds, often by improvisation or embellishment. Stories or narratives have been shared in every culture as a means of entertainment, education, cultural preservation and in order to instill moral values...	Mr. Kirk ('Non-fiction')
	Zigs	Charlie
2002	Slash	Jeremiah
2003	The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting	Police officer	uncredited
	The Box	Jake Ragna
2005	Neo Ned Neo Ned Neo Ned is a 2005 film starring Jeremy Renner, Gabrielle Union, Sally Kirkland, Cary Elwes, Eddie Kaye Thomas and Ethan Suplee. It was written by Tim Boughn and directed by Van Fischer.-Synopsis:They say opposites attract...	Mr. Day
	Intermedio Intermedio The intermedio, or intermezzo, in the Italian Renaissance, was a theatrical performance or spectacle with music and often dance which was performed between the acts of a play to celebrate special occasions in Italian courts. It was one of the important predecessors to opera, and an influence on...	Old Man
	The Devil's Rejects The Devil's Rejects The Devil's Rejects is a 2005 American horror film written and directed by Rob Zombie, and the sequel to his 2003 film House of 1000 Corpses. The film is about the family of psychopathic killers from the previous film now on the run...	Sheriff Ken Dwyer	uncredited
	King of the Lost World King of the Lost World King of the Lost World is a 2005 film produced by The Asylum. The film is a very loose adaptation of The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, but the film bears a closer resemblance to the remake of King Kong released in the same year, particularly as both center on a...	Larry
2008	Follow the Profit	Senator Stanton	post-production
	Plaguers Plaguers Plaguers is a 2008 American science-fiction horror film written and directed by Brad Sykes and featuring Steve Railsback.-Plot:Tarver is a crew member on board Pandora, a freight transport carrier headed toward Earth with a desperately needed new energy supply, a strange substance called "Thanatos"...	Tarver	post-production
	Ready or Not	Pilot	completed
	Rest Stop: Don't Look Back Rest Stop: Don't Look Back Rest Stop: Don't Look Back is the sequel to the 2006 movie Rest Stop. It stars Richard Tillman, Jessie Ward, Graham Norris, and Brionne Davis...	Store Clerk	Completed

External links

• Steve Railsback Official Website