约瑟夫·史蒂文，Joseph Steven hails from Chicago and studied acting, advertising, and film at the University of Illinois, Urbana; and, Children's Theatre Workshop, with Roman Tymchyshyn. His first performance was in Man of La Mancha. Over the years, he has taken direction from Gore Verbinski, J.J. Abrams, Iain Softley, Jim Chory, Joe Pytka, and others.