Biography

Steven Scot Bono is an OBIE Award winning actor for his role as a U.S. Marine in the Off Broadway play The Brig (The Living Theatre, 2007), directed by Judith Malina. Other theatre nominations includes; Twelfth Night ((2009) San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle) and BLOK/EKO (2011) by Howard Barker (Times Higher Education Awards (UK)). In 2007, he played Eddie in Sam Shepard's play "Fool For Love" at The Dairy Center for the Arts in Boulder, CO and Caleb, the lead in Zoe's Inner Monologues at the Nomad Theatre. In 2008, he played ensemble roles in the Off Broadway play All Dolled Up in NYC at the Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row. In 2009, he played Sam in a OffOff Broadway production of Sam Shepard's Solo play, Savage / Love with the late Ken Terrell directing. In 2010, he played the Valet, A Major Domo and Don Giovani in Marin Shakespeare's, Amadeus, directed by James Dunn and Joe Mitchell in a UK production of Waiting for Lefty at the Bike Shed Theatre in Exeter, UK. . In 2011, he played Thersites in Trolius and Cressida in a University of Exeter production at the Globe Theatre in London, UK. In 2013, he played Mr. Kraler in Anne Frank, to a sold out run at Noho Arts in LA. He has extensive theatre credits in New York, United Kingdom, Los Angeles and regionally.

He's a classically trained actor, producer of theatre/film and writer. A leading role in the short film Sunday Sundaes (2013), won Best Youth Short at the Eugene International Film Festival. He played Seamus, a supporting role in the feature film Mothers and Daughters (2016). In 2019, he played the lead, Robert in Grown Boy, a timely, self discovery short film. In 2020, Grown Boy received an official selection to the Cannes Film Festival.

Steven graduated from the London Acadamy of Music and Dramatuc Arts (LAMDA) and attended the MFA program at University of Exeter.
- IMDb mini biography by: Brandon Kjar