Eddie Steeples - Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Rapper, Visual Artist- began studying his crafts at the St. Louis Repertory. By the mid-90's Steeples had moved to New York City where he joined an avante gard Hip Hop group No Surrender, as well as an experimental movie outfit called Mo-Freek helmed by director Kevin Ford. Throughout the ensuing years Steeples played leading roles in several of Ford's indie-features such as Caravan Summer, People Are Dead (co-starring Angela Bettis, Mia Tyler, and Cinque Lee), and Lost In The Bush; he also appeared in a political documentary called Amadou, inspired by police protests that swept Manhattan in 1999 led by Al Sharpton. Steeples is versatile: he has flexed his comedic skills on the groundbreaking Chris Rock Show and he also played a dramatic lead in the award-winning short film Whoa which premiered at Sundance. While in New York Steeples also got behind the camera shooting for various Mo-Freek productions as well as being a camera man for the Sony/Music Choice show Street Team TV, where he filmed artists such as Jermaine Dupri, The Ataris, and Nas. Since relocating to Hollywood in 2002, Steeples has had a steady stream of activity: appearing in the action movie Torque with Ice Cube, Faison Love, and Jaime Pressley; earning notoriety for his Emmy-nominated "Rubberband Man" character for Office Max; acting in, co-writing, and co-directing Robbers with Chris Sivertson; working on his first solo music album while also continuing to be a regular member of the much-heralded No Surrender. Recently Steeples has played parts in both Akeelah and the Bee (with Laurence Fishburne and Angela Basset) and Roman, written by Lucky McKee and directed by Angela Bettis. And of course he is starring as
in the primetime series My Name Is Earl for NBC. On the Mo-Freek front, Steeples just finished playing a leading role in a movie that he co-wrote/co-produced with Kevin Ford called When Is Tomorrow, which they hope to release in 2007.

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