Early life

Collins was born on October 1, 1947, in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of Madeleine (née Robertson) and Cyrus Stickney Collins, an airline executive. Collins was raised with his two older brothers in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, and attended Amherst College, graduating cum laude. He played bass guitar and rhythm guitar in a number of rock and roll bands at Amherst.

Career

Collins' Broadway credits include his 2008 role as King Arthur in Spamalot and prior appearances in Moonchildren, The Ritz, The Loves of Anatol, and No Sex Please, We're British; Off Broadway he appeared opposite Sigourney Weaver in Christopher Durang's Beyond Therapy, as Macduff to Christopher Walken's Macbeth at Lincoln Center, and as husband to Julie Andrews in the Stephen Sondheim revue, Putting It Together at Manhattan Theatre Club in 1993.

Collins is probably best known for his role as Eric Camden in the television drama series 7th Heaven. He is also known for portraying captain/commander Willard Decker in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Other notable television credits include Jake Cutter in the cult favorite Tales of the Gold Monkey and Tattingers, as well as guest appearances in The Waltons, Barnaby Jones, Charlie's Angels, and numerous miniseries and made-for-television movies. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work opposite Ann-Margret in the miniseries The Two Mrs. Grenvilles and he played John F. Kennedy in the miniseries A Woman Named Jackie, which won the Emmy for Best Miniseries. He also played the lead role opposite Lauren Hutton in the made-for-TV movie The Rhinemann Exchange, based on Robert Ludlum's bestselling novel.

Collins has co-starred with Diane Keaton in two movies: The First Wives Club (1996) and Because I Said So (2007). He has co-starred with Meredith Baxter in three films, All the President's Men, A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story, and Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter, the latter two being made-for-TV movies broadcast on CBS in 1992.

In the 2010-11 television season, Collins starred in the short-lived ABC series No Ordinary Family. He also appeared as a potential love interest for Ron Rifkin's character Saul Holden, on ABC's Brothers & Sisters, in fall of 2010. He also appeared in season eight of The Office playing Andy Bernard's dad in the episode "Garden Party".

In 2013, Collins began appearing in the NBC series Revolution as Dr. Gene Porter, the leader of the town of Willoughby and father of Rachel Matheson (played by Elizabeth Mitchell).

Personal life

Collins was married to Marjorie Weinman from 1970 to 1978. He married actress Faye Grant in 1985. They had a daughter, Kate, in 1989. Collins filed for divorce from Grant in 2012. The divorce was finalized in January 2015.

Collins is an Episcopalian as well as a practitioner of Transcendental Meditation and has taken part in the advanced TM Yogic Flying technique since 1980. Until October 2014, he had been a national co-director of the Committee for Stress-Free Schools, which advocates practicing TM in schools and funds TM research.

Sexual abuse

In October 2014, the New York City Police Department began investigating Collins after an audio tape leaked to the media revealed a male voice—purported to be that of Collins—admitting to past sexual abuse of a minor. A Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson stated Collins had been investigated by the department in 2012 after receiving a claim from 40 years earlier regarding sexual abuse. The LAPD further stated their investigation did not allow them to "substantiate the allegation."

In a December 2014 interview with People magazine, Collins admitted he had "inappropriate sexual conduct with three female minors" in 1973, 1982, and 1994.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975	The Waltons	N/A	Episode: "The Abdication"
1976	Brinks: The Great Robbery	Agent Donald Nash
1977	The Rhinemann Exchange	David Spaulding	Miniseries
1978	Charlie's Angels	N/A	Angel Come Home
1980	The Henderson Monster	Pete Casimir
1981	Looking Back	Morton Fullerton
1981	Summer Solstice	Young Joshua Turner
1982	Inside the Third Reich	Karl Hanke
1982	Tales of the Gold Monkey	Jake Cutter
1983	Chiefs	Billy Lee	Miniseries
1984	Threesome	Peter Hatten
1984	Dark Mirror	Dr. Jim Eiseley
1985	The Hitchhiker	Todd Fields	Episode: And If We Dream
1986	Hold the Dream	Shane O'Neil
1987	The Two Mrs. Grenvilles	Billy Grenville Jr.
1988	Weekend War	Captain John Deason
1989	Tattingers	Nick Tattinger
1990	Working It Out	David Stuart
1991	A Woman Named Jackie	John F. Kennedy	Miniseries
1992	A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story	Dan Broderick
1992	Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, The Last Chapter	Dan Broderick
1992	My New Gun	Gerald Bender
1993	Remember	Clee Donovan
1993	The Disappearance of Nora	Jack Fremont
1994	Scarlett	Ashley Wilkes	Miniseries
1995	A Family Divided	Roger Billingsley
1995-1996	Sisters	Dr. Gabriel 'Gabe' Sorenson
1996	On Seventh Avenue	Tom Aiken
1996	The Babysitter's Seduction	Bill Bartrand
1996-2007	7th Heaven	Eric Camden
1996	An Unexpected Family	Sam
1998	An Unexpected Life	Sam
1999	As Time Runs Out	Dan Carlin
1999	Batman Beyond	Tony Maychek
2001	Jumping Ship	Gardener
2005	Celebrity Poker Showdown	Himself	Qualified for the first tournament
2006	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Bruce Mathis
2008	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Pierson Bartlett	Episode: "Trade"
2008	Every Second Counts	Joe Preston
2009-2011	Private Practice	The Captain	4 Episodes
2010	No Ordinary Family	Dr. Dayton King
2010	Brothers & Sisters	N/A	Episode: A Righteous Kiss
2011	The Office	Walter Bernard Sr.	Episode: Garden Party
2013	Falling Skies	President Benjamin Hathaway
2013	Scandal	News Anchor	Happy Birthday, Mr. President
2013	The Fosters	Rev. Adams	Episode: I Do
2013	Devious Maids	Philippe Delatour	6 episodes
2013	Revolution	Dr. Gene Porter	Main cast, season 2; 12 episodes

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	All the President's Men	Hugh W. Sloan, Jr.
1977	Between the Lines	Micheal
1978	Fedora	Young Barry
1979	The Promise	Michael Hillyard
1979	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Captain/Commander Willard Decker
1980	Loving Couples	Greg
1985	Brewster's Millions	Warren Cox
1986	On Dangerous Ground	Dr. David Lowell
1986	Jumpin' Jack Flash	Marty Phillips
1989	The Big Picture	Attorney
1990	Stella	Stephen Dallas
1992	My New Gun	Gerald Bender
1995	A Family Divided	Roger Billingsley
1996	The First Wives Club	Aaron Paradis
1999	Drive Me Crazy	Mr. Maris
2003	The Commission	Joseph A. Ball
2006	Blood Diamond	Ambassador Walker
2007	Because I Said So	Joe Dresden
2008	Hole in the Paper Sky	Mr. Benson
2012	The Three Stooges	Mr. Harter

Discography

Year	Title	Notes
1993	Sondheim: Putting It Together	Off Broadway cast recording
2003	Stephen Collins
2005	The Hits of Rick Nelson

Books

Collins is the author of two novels: Eye Contact (1994) and Double Exposure (1998).

Published works

• Collins, Stephen (1994). Eye Contact. Bantam. ISBN 978-0553095852.
• Collins, Stephen (1998). Double Exposure: A Novel. William Morrow. ISBN 978-0688158934.

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