Biography

Byron Stewart was born on May 1, 1956 in Baxter Springs, Kansas, USA. He is an actor, known for Hill Street Blues (1981), St. Elsewhere (1982) and The White Shadow (1978).

Works as an account manager for Worldwide security firm, but still reads for acting parts regularly.

Got the part of Warren Coolidge on The White Shadow (1978) after Ken Howard saw him in the movie Fire Sale (1977) on television. Howard, who is 6'6", wanted at least one cast member taller than himself for one the "players." When he saw Stewart in the movie, he immediately phoned Bruce Paltrow and told him to get Stewart for the show.

He was awarded the 1995 Joseph Jefferson Award Citation for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Slow Dance on the Killing Ground" at the Touchstone Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.