Life and career

Valentine was born in Saratoga Springs, New York, the son of Beverly Ann (née Hanna) and Edward Eugene Valentine and lucien Koenig. He began to pursue acting one year into his college education, attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. He completed the three-year program in one and a half years.

Valentine had gotten as far as a screen test for the 1981 film The Lords of Discipline when he was hit by a truck and his career was halted for three years as he recovered. He moved to Los Angeles and landed the role of Nick Moore on the TV series Family Ties. This led to a pilot episode for a spin-off titled The Art of Being Nick; the episode was aired one time. He has appeared since then as a guest actor in several hit television series such as CSI: NY, NewsRadio, and JAG; his first major motion picture, My Demon Lover; and numerous made-for-TV and straight-to-video movies. He also voiced The Phantom in Phantom 2040.

He portrayed Metallo in an episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman TV series.

On September 29, 1985 in Los Angeles, California, Valentine married actress Kym Denyse (Fisher) Stephenson. They have one son, Trevin John Valentine, born May 8, 1986, in Los Angeles, California.

Valentine is now a partner in Excelsior Capital Partners, a boutique investment firm that focuses on the renewable and sustainable energy sector. He continues to be involved with movie and television production as a producer and financier.

Filmography

• Waitress! (1982) as Swingdog Dope Busboy
• Knight Rider as Colton (1 episode, 1985)
• The Art of Being Nick (1986) TV series as Nick Moore
• Deadtime Stories (1986) as Peter
• True Stories (1986) as Member of Air Band
• Matlock as Danny Blaster (1 episode, 1986)
• My Demon Lover (1987) as Kaz
• Going to the Chapel (1988) as Jeff
• Family Ties as Nick Moore (44 episodes, 1985-1989)
• Write to Kill (1990) as Clark Sanford
• Without Her Consent (1990) (TV) as Jason Barnes
• Dangerous Pursuit (1990) (TV)
• Midnight Caller as Frankie Killian (1 episode, 1990)
• After the Shock (1990) (TV) as Gerry Shannon
• Killer Instinct (1991) as Tim Casey
• The Hitchhiker .... Joe (1 episode, 1991)
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing (1992) (TV) as Damien Blakely
• The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton (1992) (TV) as Robert Clayton Jr.
• Lady Boss (1992) (TV) as Ron
• To Sleep with a Vampire (1993) as Jacob
• Till the End of the Night (1994) as John Davenport
• Whit & Charm (1994)
• The Unborn 2 (1994) as John Edson
• Double Obsession (1994) as Steve Burke
• Batman as Raymond Bell /(2 episodes, 1992-1994)
• Sirens as Jake Bryer (1 episode, 1994)
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as Metallo/Johnny Corben /(1 episode, 1995)
• Object of Obsession (1995) s Blaze
• Out of Annie's Past (1995) (TV) as Michael Carver
• Yakuza Connection (1995) (TV) as Mark Rictus
• Silk Stalkings as Elliot Hammond (1 episode, 1995)
• Murder, She Wrote as Darman H. Keene /(2 episodes, 1993-1995)
• Iron Man as Dark Aegis (1 episode, 1995)
• Phantom 2040 as 24th Phantom /(35 episodes Main Cast Member, 1996)
• Superman as Sam Coralli (1 episode, 1996)
• Renegade as Bruce Cassidy (1 episode, 1996)
• Walker, Texas Ranger as Ben Bodine (1 episode, 1996)
• Carnosaur 3: Primal Species (1996) as Col. Rance Higgins
• Black Scorpion II: Aftershock (1997) s Dick
• NewsRadio as Producer (1 episode, 1997)
• Mars (1997) as Pete the Hermit
• Promised Land as Coach Belmont (1 episode, 1997)
• The Waterfront (1998) as Vinnie Etchabara
• Paranoia (1998) as Warren
• Fallout (1998) .... Capt. George Tanner, Gateway Station Commander
• Mike Hammer, Private Eye as Maxwell Davidoff (1 episode, 1998)
• Martial Law as Brad Cavanaugh (1 episode, 1999)
• Batman Beyond as Coe (1 episode, 1999)
• JAG as Baxter Stark (1 episode, 2000)
• Black Scorpion as Det. Steve Rafferty (22 episodes, 2001)
• Black Scorpion Returns (2001) (V) as Steve Rafferty
• Sting of the Black Scorpion (2002) (V) as Steve Rafferty
• Black Ball (2003) as Kevin
• CSI: NY as Dr. Steven Rydell (1 episode, 2004)
• Frostbite (2005) (V) as Jack Schitt
• Harpies (2007) (TV) as Vorian

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