Burr Gore Steers Bio
Burr Gore Steers (born October 8, 1965) is an American actor, screenwriter, and director. He is known for Igby Goes Down (2002) and 17 Again (2009). He is the nephew of Gore Vidal and a member of the Auchincloss and Gore families. Steers grew up in Washington, D.C., studied at St. Albans School before attending New York University, and has pursued a career that spans film and television as both performer and writer. His work often explores coming-of-age themes, family dynamics, and character-driven storytelling, and he remains a versatile presence in independent and mainstream projects.
Early Life and Background
Steers was born in Washington, D.C. His father, Newton Ivan Steers, Jr. (1917–1993), was a businessman and politician who briefly served as a Republican congressman from Maryland. Through his mother, Nina Gore Auchincloss (born 1937), he is a grandson of stockbroker and lawyer Hugh D. Auchincloss, a cousin of Louis Auchincloss. Nina is also the stepsister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and younger half-sister of the writer Gore Vidal. Steers is a relative of vice president Aaron Burr, the third Vice President of the United States. Steers’s great-grandfather Thomas Gore served as Oklahoma’s first Democratic senator, from 1907 until 1921 and from 1931 until 1937, while his great-great-grandfather Oliver Burr Jennings was a founder of Standard Oil. Steers’s godfather was former Virginia Senator John Warner.
Path to Celebrity
Steers has two brothers, including Hugh Auchincloss Steers (1963–1995), an American figurative painter whose later works often focused on AIDS as a theme, and Ivan Steers. He also has five stepsiblings from his mother’s second marriage to editor Michael Whitney Straight. Steers grew up living in Bethesda, Maryland and Georgetown, Washington, D.C., where he attended St. Albans School. Steers was expelled from both the Hotchkiss School and Culver Military Academy. He eventually earned his GED and attended New York University.
Burr Gore Steers Career
Early Career
Steers has had minor roles in a few of Quentin Tarantino’s films, playing Roger (or “Flock of Seagulls”) in Pulp Fiction and providing one of the radio voices in Reservoir Dogs. He also appeared in The Last Days of Disco, Fix and Gore Vidal’s Billy the Kid.
Breakthrough
Steers wrote and directed Igby Goes Down in 2002, a coming-of-age film that starred Kieran Culkin and Susan Sarandon. Steers was also the screenwriter of the film How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, which starred Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey. He has directed episodes of the television series Weeds, The L Word, Big Love, and The New Normal. Steers also directed the 2009 teen comedy film, 17 Again starring Zac Efron.
Notable Works and Milestones
In 2010 Steers directed the drama Charlie St. Cloud, also starring Efron. Also in 2010, Steers was hired to direct an epic film about the early life of Julius Caesar to be based on the novels by Conn Iggulden as adapted from the first two novels of Iggulden’s series. Steers directed the 2016 film adaptation of the parody novel, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
Burr Gore Steers Family
Steers is the son of Newton Steers and Nina Gore Auchincloss. His siblings include Hugh Auchincloss Steers (1963–1995), Ivan Steers, and five stepsiblings from his mother’s second marriage to editor Michael Whitney Straight.
Personal Life
Personal details about Burr Steers’ private life, including any current partners or children, are not publicly verified information. His professional work continues to span both independent and mainstream projects in the entertainment industry.