Steven R. McQueen

Steven Chadwick McQueen, known professionally as Steven R. McQueen, is an American actor, best known for his role as Jeremy Gilbert in The CW fantasy supernatural drama The Vampire Diaries from 2009 to 2015 and in 2017, and its spin-off Legacies in 2018. He also starred as Jimmy Borrelli in the NBC dramas Chicago Fire from 2015 to 2016 and Chicago P.D. in 2016, part of the One Chicago franchise.

Early life McQueen was born to Stacey , a humanitarian and former actress, and Chad McQueen, a race car driver and former actor. His paternal grandparents are actor Steve McQueen and Filipino actress Neile Adams. His stepfather, Luc Robitaille, is a Hockey Hall of Fame-honored professional ice hockey executive and former player. McQueen is the oldest of four children with a half-brother, Chase, and a half-sister, Madison, from his father's remarriage and a half-brother, Jesse Robitaille, from his mother's remarriage. His stage name is "Steven R. McQueen", the "R" referring to his stepfather's surname Robitaille. McQueen described his relationship with his father and his stepfather in an interview with the New York Post, "My stepdad has been more like a biological dad in my life. I'm pretty close with my biological dad, but I think of him more like an uncle. It's a good relationship." Whilst McQueen co-starred in a short film, Club Soda in 2006, it was in January 2008 that he made his feature film debut in the Disney Channel Original Movie Minutemen, where he played the villainous role of Derek Beaugard.

2009–2015: The Vampire Diaries, modelling work and his inspiration In 2009, McQueen was cast as Jeremy Gilbert in The CW's television adaptation of L. J. Smith's The Vampire Diaries novels and starred for the first six seasons until 2015. Gilbert was written to have left Mystic Falls for art school when it was announced that the sixth season would be McQueen's last. His performance in the drama earned him a nomination for the Choice TV Male Scene Stealer Award in the 2013 Teen Choice Awards. Besides being a vampire hunter on-screen, McQueen starred in a loose remake of the 1978 horror film Piranha, titled Piranha 3D in 2010, with an ensemble cast including Elisabeth Shue, Adam Scott, Jerry O'Connell, among others. He played a socially awkward kid who fell in love with a girl two years his senior. In both the video and print, he explained his inspiration of following his grandfather's footsteps to become an actor, saying, "As a kid growing up in Detroit I longed to be a Superhero. Later on I started watching movies my grandpa (Steve McQueen) did, and I saw what an impact they made on the world. That's when I said, 'Hey, I want to do that too'."

2015–2020: Chicago Fire and other projects Ten years since his acting debut, McQueen joined the cast of the NBC drama Chicago Fire, in the premiere of the fourth season as Jimmy Borrelli in 2015, a new candidate assigned to Firehouse 51. McQueen was credited as a recurring cast member for the first six episodes and was added to the main cast from the seventh episode. In addition, he also guest-starred in the crossover episodes of Chicago P.D. in 2016, as part of the One Chicago franchise created by Dick Wolf. At the beginning of Season 5, Borrelli took matters into his own hands during a fire call and suffered a career-ending injury. McQueen's run on the show ended in the second episode of the fifth season in October 2016. He also starred in a television film for Hallmark Original Movies, Home by Spring,

Personal life and philanthropy

McQueen announced his engagement to model Alexandra Silva on Instagram on January 25, 2018, with a black and white photo and the quote "She said yes", but they called off their engagement in May 2018.

Since 2014, McQueen has been a supporter of the Thirst Project, a nonprofit organization whose aim is to bring safe drinking water to communities around the world where it is not immediately available. He lends his support by attending at their annual fundraising event, the Annual Thirst Gala, as well as travelling to the Kingdom of Eswatini to help to construct water installations. He also supports TECHO and Echoes of Hope, a nonprofit organization founded by his parents Stacia and Luc Robitaille, to help at-risk and emancipated foster youth succeed and reach their full potential.

Filmography Film + Year Title Role Notes Club Soda The Kid Short film

Television + Year Title Role Notes Threshold Jordan Peters Episode: "Blood of the Children" –2006 Everwood Kyle Hunter Recurring role; 7 episodes Numb3rs Craig Ezra Episode: "Atomic No. 33" Without a Trace Will Duncan Episode: "True/False" CSI: Miami Keith Walsh Episode: "Gone Baby Gone" –2015, 2017 The Vampire Diaries Jeremy Gilbert Main role (season 1–6); special appearance (season 8) episode: "I Was Feeling Epic" Legacies Jeremy Gilbert Episode: "We're Being Punked, Pedro" Medal of Honor Joseph Vittori Episode: "Joseph Vittori" The Warrant Cal Breaker Television film for INSP

Awards and nominations + Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2006 Beverly Hills Film Festival Best Male Performance Club Soda 2013 Teen Choice Awards Choice TV: Male Scene Stealer The Vampire Diaries