Career

Burton got his break as surfer boy Chris Fuller on Out of This World in 1987 and in the 1990s he studied acting at Theater Theater in Hollywood, California, coached by Chris Aable who introduced him to fellow actors Gedde Watanabe and Jon Cedar. He won a Daytime Emmy as best supporting actor in 1998 for his portrayal of Jason Morgan. In 2007, Burton became an original cast member of General Hospital: Night Shift, while keeping his day job on General Hospital. Previously, he appeared on Days of Our Lives in 1988 as Harris Michaels, a love interest to Eve Donovan, played by Charlotte Ross. In January 2013, he joined the cast of The Young and the Restless playing Dylan McAvoy.

He appeared in the science fiction miniseries Taken and in the movie The Last Castle in 2001 with Robert Redford and James Gandolfini. Burton is also the voice actor of Cloud Strife in the Kingdom Hearts series and the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII (excluding Final Fantasy VII itself, since it had no voice acting). He has voiced Cloud in the game Kingdom Hearts and its sequel, Kingdom Hearts II, as well as in the CGI movie Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children and the video games Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Dissidia: Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy. On August 28, 2012, Burton confirmed that he would exit General Hospital in October; he last appeared on-air on October 26, 2012. On January 29 2013, he joined the cast of The Young and the Restless as Dylan McAvoy.

Personal life

Burton was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, the son of Tory Burton, an optician, and father Jack Burton (after whom he is named), now divorced. He was raised in a suburb of Cleveland called Richmond Heights, before moving to Hollywood. He graduated from Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California. Burton married wife Sheree Gustin on January 16, 1999 and became very close with his brother-in-law, John Gustin (a personal trainer) and cousin-in-law Dave Bogard. Steve and his wife have three children, two daughters and son. Makena Burton (born 2004), Jack Burton (born 2006) and Brooklyn Faith Burton (born July 7, 2014). Steve purchased a home in Tennessee and moved his family there in 2012.

Burton appeared on High Stakes Poker season three, and donated his earnings to his fan club for the building of a clubhouse.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Out of This World	Chris Fuller	60 episodes (1987-1991)
1988	Days of Our Lives	Harris Micheals	Unknown episodes
	Circus of the Stars	Himself - Trapeze Artist	Show No. 3
1989	The New Hollywood Squares	Guest Appearance	April 17, 1989
1990	Who's the Boss?	Tim	1 episode
1991-2000, 2001, 2002-12	General Hospital	Jason Morgan
1991	Secret Bodyguard	Rick	TV series Unknown episodes
1994	Red Sun Rising	Bar Patron
	CyberTracker	Jared
1995	Cyber-Tracker 2	Jared
1998	Soaps' Most Unforgettable Love Stories	Jason Morgan
	The Rosie O'Donnell Show	Himself	March 3, 1998
	The 25th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards	Himself	Winner
1999	The 15th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards	Himself
2000	The 27th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards	Himself	Nominee
2001	The Last Castle	Capt. Peretz
	Semper Fi	Steve Russell
	HBO First Look	Himself	Inside the Walls of The Last Castle
2002	Kingdom Hearts	Cloud Strife	Video game English voice
	Taken	Captain Russell Keys	3 episodes
2003	18th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards	Himself
	Intimate Portrait	Himself
	SoapTalk	Himself
2004	The Oprah Winfrey Show	Himself	February 23, 2004
2005	Kingdom Hearts II	Cloud Strife	Video game English voice
2006	Final Fantasy VII Advent Children	Cloud Strife	CG movie English voice
	Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of memories	Cloud Strife	Video game English voice
	Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII	Cloud Strife	Video game English voice
2007	General Hospital: Night Shift	Jason Morgan	13 episodes
	Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+	Cloud Strife	Video game English voice
2008	Entertainment Tonight	Himself	June 27, 2008
	Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII	Cloud Strife	Video game English voice
2009	Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete	Cloud Strife	CG movie English voice
	Dissidia: Final Fantasy	Cloud Strife	Video game English voice
2011	Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy	Cloud Strife	Video game English voice
2013-present	The Young and the Restless	Dylan McAvoy
TBA	Final Fantasy VII Remake	Cloud Strife	Video game English voice

Writer

Year	Film	Notes
2005	Laws of Gambling	Writer

Director

Year	Film	Notes
2005	Laws of Gambling	Director

[ Source: Wikipedia ]