Steve Monarque

Steve Monarque

actor, writer, director

Steve Monarque was born on Apr 02, 1959 in USA. Steve Monarque's big-screen debut came with Sixteen Candles directed by John Hughes in 1984, strarring Jock. Steve Monarque is known for Friday the 13th: The Series directed by William Fruet, Louise Robey stars as Micki Foster and Chris Wiggins as Jack Marshak. Steve Monarque has got 10 awards and 9 nominations so far. The most recent award Steve Monarque achieved is Golden Door International Film Festival of Jersey City. The upcoming new tvshow Steve Monarque plays is Friday the 13th: The Series - Season 3 which will be released on Sep 28, 1987.

Steve Monarque is an American actor, writer and director based in New York and Los Angeles. He grew up in the suburban New Jersey community of Pompton Lakes. Steve is best known as regular cast member "Johnny Ventura" from the syndicated series "Friday the 13th". The series (known in Europe and Canada under the title "Friday's Curse") has a loyal cult following and remains a favorite for many horror TV fans worldwide. Steve has appeared in well-known films including No Small Affair and Sixteen Candles. He starred in two award-winning TV movies, "ABC Afterschool Specials: Stoned", co-starring with Scott Baio, and "CBS Schoolbreak Special: The Day the Senior Class Got Married", co-starring with Paul Dooley. He also starred in the late-eighties romantic comedy film Under the Boardwalk, as tough guy surfer "Reef Yorpin". In 1985, he was the lead in a special MTV video for the popular song "25 or 6 to 4", by the rock band Chicago. After landing a role in the Chris Carter movie Fencewalker, he appeared on "Close to Home", "ER" and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent".Founder of MonaVision Films, Steve wrote and directed the award-winning made-for-TV movie Simpler Times, starring comedy duo Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara in their last onscreen appearance together. Simpler Times is distributed and programmed by ShortsTV International. Other writing/directing credits include "Jersey Life", "SuperSam" and "Free Country" (Best Short, NYC Int'l Film Festival). His play Free Country won the 2009 Strawberry One Act Festival at the Riant Theatre, NYC and was subsequently published in the anthology "The Best Plays from the Strawberry One-Act Festival: Volume Six". His play with original music, "Get A Life", is in development in NYC. Films in development include the feature length fantasy Clown Bound, sci-fi thrillers The Guardian Man and Stagg Road, and family films The Western Flyer and Let Go.

  • Birthday

    Apr 02, 1959
  • Place of Birth

    Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, USA
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Awards

10 wins & 9 nominations

Golden Door International Film Festival of Jersey City
2016
Best Director of a Short
Winner - Festival Award
Simpler Times (2014)
2016
Best Short
Winner - Festival Award
Simpler Times (2014)
2016
Best Concept
Winner - Festival Award
Simpler Times (2014)
Columbia Gorge International Film Festival
2015
Simpler Times (2014)
Winner - Best Director
Simpler Times (2014)
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