Steve Michael Burns (born October 9, 1973) is an American actor and musician, best known for being the host of the preschool television program, Blue’s Clues from 1996 until 2002.
Biography from TMDB.
- October 9, 1973 (53)
- Boyertown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Actor, also producer
- 9 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all
What are Steve Burns' films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 2
Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
Grounded 0 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 0
Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 3 of 3 analyzed roles.
- Heroas Steve in Blue's Clues (1996)
- Heroas Steve in Blue's Big Musical Movie (2000)
- Heroas Otto Granberry in Netherbeast Incorporated (2007)
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Steve Burns' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Steve Burns' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
12 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Toca Life Stories(2020)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Blue's Clues & You(2019)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
Young Sheldon(2017)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Christmas on Mars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Netherbeast Incorporated(2007)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Blue's Big Musical Movie(2000)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Blue's Clues: Blue's Big Pajama Party (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Blue's Clues(1996)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Law & Order(1990)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all showsHot Pants (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 85th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 12 titles, 11 of them dated from 1990 to 2022.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Steve Burns' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 66th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 67th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 9 titles are Cult Classics.
- Universally Loved1
- Loved with Detractors1
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 30. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Steve Burns work with?
People who share at least 2 of Steve Burns' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nick Balaban shares the most, 3.
Writers
- Angela C. SantomeroShared titles: Blue's Big City Adventure (2022), Blue's Big Musical Movie (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Angela C. Santomero
Actors
- Nick BalabanShared titles: Blue's Big City Adventure (2022), Blue's Big Musical Movie (2000), Blue's Clues (1996)See all 3 shared titles with Nick Balaban
- Traci Paige JohnsonShared titles: Blue's Big City Adventure (2022), Blue's Big Musical Movie (2000), Blue's Clues (1996)See all 3 shared titles with Traci Paige Johnson
- Donovan PattonShared titles: Blue's Big City Adventure (2022), Blue's Clues (1996)See all 2 shared titles with Donovan Patton
- Aleisha AllenShared titles: Blue's Big Musical Movie (2000), Blue's Clues (1996)See all 2 shared titles with Aleisha Allen
Cinematographers
- Skip RoesselShared titles: Blue's Big City Adventure (2022), Blue's Big Musical Movie (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Skip Roessel
Producers
- Todd KesslerShared titles: Blue's Big City Adventure (2022), Blue's Big Musical Movie (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Todd Kessler
Mixed roles
- Michael RubinShared titles: Blue's Big Musical Movie (2000), Blue's Clues (1996)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Rubin