- Born
- Birth nameStephen Weaver Collins
- Height6′ 0½″ (1.84 m)
- Stephen Collins was born on October 1, 1947 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. He is an actor and director, known for 7th Heaven (1996), Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) and The First Wives Club (1996). He has been married to Jenny Nagel since July 22, 2019. He was previously married to Faye Grant and Marjorie Weinman.
- SpousesJenny Nagel(July 22, 2019 - present)Faye Grant(April 21, 1985 - January 23, 2015) (divorced, 1 child)Marjorie Weinman(January 3, 1970 - 1978) (divorced)
- ParentsCyrus CollinsMadeleine Robertson
- RelativesJames B. Weaver(Grandparent)
- In October 2014, the New York City Police Department began to investigate Collins after an audio tape leaked to the media revealed a male voice-purported to be that of Collins-admitting to past sexual abuse of a minor. A Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson stated Collins had been investigated by the department in 2012 after receiving a claim from 40 years earlier regarding sexual abuse. The LAPD further stated their investigation did not allow them to "substantiate the allegation". In a December 2014 interview with People magazine, Collins admitted he had "inappropriate sexual conduct with three female minors" in 1973, 1982 and 1994.
- Said in an interview that he felt very much like an outsider during the filming of Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), where he played Commander Willard Decker, a feeling that he actually tried to capitalize on in his characterization of Decker.
- He and ex-wife Faye Grant have one daughter: Kate Collins (born 1989).
- Is the author of two novels: "Eye Contact" and "Double Exposure".
- While attending Amherst College, he was an active member of their (mainly a cappella) choral group, the Zumbyes (Class of 1969). In 1968, on a yearly LP released by the group, he was the featured singer (as Steve Collins) on "California Dreamin'". Also in the group at that time, singing bass, was David Eisenhower (Class of 1970). Eisenhower was the grandson of the former President, and soon-to-be son-in-law to the next President, Richard Nixon, who had been Vice-President to his grandfather.
- [on getting in 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture'] I called my service and there was a message to call my agent and my agent said, 'They've offered you the role in Star Trek'.I thought, 'Do I really want to do this? I don't know. I haven't read the script.' And I really, really seriously considered not doing it. I got a call from a woman named Marion Dougherty, who was then head of casting for Paramount and had been, for at least ten years before that, the biggest casting director in the business. Marion knew me from New York. She said, 'Stephen, this is the biggest film Paramount Pictures has ever made and yours is the only new male role in the movie. It cannot hurt you'.
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