Danny Masterson

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Danny Masterson portrays Steve Hyde, Eric's cool and serious friend who pretends to be tough, but inside is a good guy on THAT '70s SHOW.

Born and raised in New York, Masterson is already an industry veteran while only in his early 20's. His career in entertainment began at the age of four, and he has since established himself as one of the industry's emerging young talents, having held a number of challenging roles in both feature films and television series.

Beginning his career as a child model, Masterson gradually moved into commercials, appearing in over 100 by the age of 16. It was then that his family decided to move to Los Angeles. Shortly thereafter, he secured his first motion picture role in the popular sequel "Beethoven's 2nd." He then went on to co-star with Matthew Modine, Paul Reiser and Randy Quaid in the comedy "Bye Bye Love." In 1997, Masterson worked alongside John Travolta and Nicolas Cage, portraying the outrageous boyfriend of Travolta's daughter in John Woo's summer blockbuster "Face/Off."

Masterson is also no stranger to television, having been a series regular for the last two seasons of "Cybill," playing Christine Baranski's son and Alicia Witt's love interest. His additional television credits include regular roles on "Extreme" and "Joe's Life," as well as recurring roles on "Party of Five," "Roseanne" and "NYPD Blue."
Masterson also has guest-starred on the series "Sliders," "American Gothic," "Empty Nest," "Jake and the Fat Man" and "The Tracy Ullman Show," as well as the miniseries "Murderous Passion" and the movie-of-the-week "The Morning After."

His film credits include, Richard Rodriguez's Miramax thriller, "The Faculty" opposite Josh Hartnett and Elijah Wood. In addition, Masterson has starred in numerous independent films, including "Dirt Merchant," with Anthony Michael Hall and David Faustino, and "Too Pure," which was both screened at this year's Cannes Film Festival. He has also starred in "Happy Birthday Billy Gale," "Family Values," and "Lunchtime Special." Masterson was also seen in the Wes Craven horror film, "Dracula 2000," starred in the independent film, "Sex and a Girl," and completed a part in VHI's original movie, "Strange Frequency" co-starring Eric Roberts and his brother Christopher Masterson, one of the stars of "Malcolm in the Middle."

Masterson currently lives in Los Angeles.

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