Steven was born on March 18 1982. Brought up in the Sefton Park area of Liverpool he had aspirations to be an entertainer from an early age and, whilst doing his GCSEs at Calderstones School in 1996 he auditioned for the role of Leo Johnson in the Merseyside set soap opera 'Brookside', staying in the show until 2001. Since then he has appeared in several populist dramas on British television, from 'Death in Paradise' to 'Doctors' and in 2012 joined the huge international cast of the globally successful 'Game of Thrones'.