Stephen Cunningham

Stephen Cunningham was born in Washington D.C. on February 28th, 1991 to a U.S. Diplomat (mother) and U.S. Marine (father), along with his twin sister. Due to his mother's profession, Stephen and his siblings grew up in various countries such as Mali, Egypt, Kenya, El Salvador, Bangladesh, Nepal, Jordan, and Thailand. Visiting many other countries on their travels. It wasn't until Stephen was 15 years old that he moved to Litchfield, Connecticut where he attended boarding school for a year before deciding to live closer to family in Missouri City, Texas. There he finished the remainder of his high school education, graduating from Dulles High School in Sugar Land, Texas. After high school Stephen would go onto taking on odd jobs while taking classes at the local community college. It was during these years Stephen would be convinced by friends to start acting and soon after he would take acting classes at Page Parkes in Houston, Texas. In later years, Stephen would grow an interest in personal fitness. Leading him to become a personal trainer and consultant for his startup Step 1. Aesthetics. Not long after, Stephen would sign with the Naturally Fit Agency and work with such brands as Dodge Ram, Academy Sports + Outdoors, Onnit, and Underwear Nation. During his years of modeling Stephen would take a great interest in acting after playing the role as a band member in the unpublished work "Johnny Santos". During the creation of the film Stephen would dive himself into the film making process and through his fellow actors would be given knowledge of acting schools in the area. Soon after Stephen would start taking classes at the Carol Hickey Acting Studio where he would meet working actors and learn the craft.