Ian Ziering
Ian Ziering : Role: Steve Sanders
Birthday : March-30-1964
Birthplace : Newark, New Jersey, USA
Birth Name : Ian Andrew Ziering
Recent Role : Vincent on Biker Mice from Mars
Gender : Male
Ian Ziering, an American actor, is best known for his excellent roles on several TV shows and movies etc. He took birth in Newark, New Jersey, USA in the family of Mickie and Paul Ziering. Ian Ziering has Jewish ancestry. Ian grew up in West Orange, New Jersey along with his two brothers Jeff and Barry. Both of his brothers are more than 10 years older to him and that’s why Ian’s father used to joke ‘Ian is the best mistake I ever made’. Ian joined West Orange High School and graduated from the same in 1982.
Ian Ziering got the role of Steve Sanders on ‘Beverly Hills 90210?, a popular FOX network TV show during 1990. On the season 4 of ABC network’s American version of ‘Dancing with the Stars’, he appeared as a celebrity dancer. His professional partner on the dance floor was Cheryl Burke. They both make it up to the semi final round of season 4 and received the perfect score (three 10s) for his performances. They didn’t make it up to the season finale and were eliminated during the finale. During 2006, he Ian served as the producer, director and starred in the short film “Man vs. Monday’. It won the Audience Choice Award at the 2006 Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival. In the very same year, he also won the Best Actor Award at the 2006 Monaco Film Festival for his appearance in the independent movie ‘Stripped Down’ as Francis. He also has appeared in the TV series JAG, What I like about You, The Doctors, and Guiding Light. On ‘The Doctors’, Ian was seen portraying the character of Erich Aldrich and on ‘Guiding Light’, he appeared as Cameron Stewart. In the videogame ‘Freelancer’, Ian served as the protagonist Edison Trent. Among his other notable acting appearances are ‘Step Seven’, ‘Tyrannosaurus Azteca’, ‘Biker Mice from Mars’, ‘Six Months Later’, ‘Domino’, ‘Spider Man: The New Animated Series’, ‘Son of the Beach’, ‘JAG’, ‘Inside Schwartz’, Twice in a Lifetime’, ‘Batman Beyond: The Movie’, ‘The Love Boat: The Next Wave’, ‘Godzilla: The Series’, ‘Savate’, ‘Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off’, ‘Subliminal Seduction’, ‘No Way Back’, ‘The Women of Spring Back’, ‘Melrose Place’, ‘VIP Noche’, ‘Married…with Children’, ‘Flour Babies’, ‘Terrible Things My Mother told me, The Guiding Light, The Doctors and Endless Love etc.
Ian Ziering married Nikki Schieler Ziering in 1997. The irreconcilable differences made Ian to file for divorce in 2002.
Role on Beverly Hills 90210
Ian Ziering portrayed the character of Steve Sanders on Beverly Hills 90210. He’s rich and of course spoiled and naughty son of Rush Sanders and Samantha Sanders. His character can be defined as slapdash, self assured and a hypersexual. He continued with the series until its end and had an important part to play in the development of idea of the series. He’s highly protective of his mother believing that she loved him when no body loved him. It was his mother who told him that he was adopted and also helped him to track down his biological mother. Throughout the series’ run, we see him navigating through innumerous on-off relationships. With his role of Steve Sanders, Ian Ziering managed to secure a sound place in the hearts of millions of fans’.