Stephen Kay

{{short description|American actor, director and writer of film and television}} {{Infobox person | name = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1963}} | birth_place = New Zealand | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = Brown University | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|director|screenwriter}} | years_active = 1986–present | spouse = {{marriage|Piper Perabo|2014}} | children = Lilli Kay }} '''Stephen T. Kay''' (born 1963) is a New Zealand actor, director, and writer of film and television.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130922151844/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/142455/Stephen-Kay Profile], nytimes.com; accessed March 3, 2016.</ref>

==Career== He has directed the films ''Get Carter'' and ''Boogeyman'', as well as directing episodes of ''Saved'', ''The Shield'', ''Friday Night Lights'', ''Sons of Anarchy'', ''Quantico'', ''The Punisher'', ''Yellowstone'', ''Coyote'', ''Big Sky'', ''Mayor of Kingstown'', ''1883'', ''Lioness'', and ''Landman''. Beginning his career as an actor, his acting credits include ''Quantum Leap'', ''Murder, She Wrote'', ''Party of Five'' and regular roles in ''Deadly Games'' and ''General Hospital''.<ref>[http://www.vidiot.com/UPN/DG/Kay.html Stephen T. Kay profile], vidiot.com; accessed March 3, 2016.</ref>

==Personal life== In 2013, Kay became engaged to Piper Perabo, star of ''Covert Affairs,'' a show Kay directed and produced.<ref>{{cite news|title=Piper Perabo Engaged to Stephen Kay|first=Elizabeth|last=Leonard|url=https://people.com/celebrity/piper-perabo-engaged-to-stephen-kay/|newspaper=People|date=September 6, 2013}}</ref> They wed on July 26, 2014, in New York City.<ref>{{cite news |title=Piper Perabo and Stephen Kay Tie the Knot|url=http://www.people.com/article/piper-perabo-stephen-kay-married|work=People|date=July 27, 2014|accessdate=July 27, 2014}}</ref>

Kay had previously dated ''Desperate Housewives'' actresses Teri Hatcher and Eva Longoria, whom he had directed in the 2004 television movie ''The Dead Will Tell'', for about a year each – Longoria in 2004 and Hatcher during 2006–07.<ref>{{cite news |title=Teri Hatcher Dating Eva Longoria's Ex|first=Brian|last=Orloff|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1560826,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070103062547/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1560826,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 3, 2007|newspaper=People|date=November 17, 2006}}</ref> He has a daughter Lilli Kay, from a previous relationship.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://thedirect.com/article/lilli-kay-your-honor-yellowstone-actress |title= Who Is Lilli Kay? 6 Things to Know About Your Honor & Yellowstone Actress|first= Richard |last=Nebens |date= June 4, 2024|accessdate=21 August 2024|website=The Direct}}</ref>

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1986|| ''The Zero Boys'' || Soldier #2 || |- |1992|| ''Lethal Weapon 3'' || Movie Director || |- |1994|| ''Angel 4: Undercover'' || Devon || |- |1998|| ''October 22'' || Singer || |- |1999|| ''The Mod Squad'' || Bald Dude || |- |2000|| ''Get Carter'' || Man at Party || Uncredited |- |2001|| ''Angel Eyes'' || Tony Pindella || |}

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