Steven Craig Banks was born on November 27,1954 and is an American actor, musician, comedian, and writer of television, plays, books and cartoons, including CatDog, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, and SpongeBob SquarePants.
20 Facts About Steven Banks
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In 1987, Banks landed his first acting role, performing as a minor character in the fantasy-comedy Date with an Angel.
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Steven Banks gave 440 performances of Home Entertainment Center at venues like the Canon Theater, Pasadena Playhouse, Marines' Memorial Theater, and The One Act in San Francisco.
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Steven Banks performed at the Aspen Comedy festival, the Cast Theater, Callboard Theater, and Las Palmas Theater.
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Reubens was later offered a supporting role on Steven Banks' fledgling TV program.
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Showtime aired the pilot for Steven Banks' show but never ran any other episodes.
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Steven Banks' show has attained a kind of cult status despite its short run on PBS.
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Steven Banks performed as "Billy the Mime" in the 2005 comedic documentary The Aristocrats which was created by Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza.
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In 1998, Steven Banks began writing for Nickelodeon's animated series CatDog.
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Steven Banks continued working for Nickelodeon, penning several SpongeBob books.
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In 2001, Steven Banks was a freelance writer for season 2 of The Fairly OddParents.
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In 2002, Steven Banks was named head writer for The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, and in 2004, he was nominated for one of the 56th Annual Writers Guild Awards for the episode Rescue Jet Fusion.
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Steven Banks developed the CGI series and wrote the pilot for Nickelodeon's Planet Sheen.
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Steven Banks's play, Looking at Christmas, opened in New York at The Flea Theater on November 20,2010, and was filmed by a local television station WNET.
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Steven Banks co-created and directed, with Pilobolus, Shadowland, which has been performed in 31 countries and sold over 500,000 tickets.
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Steven Banks's play Looking at Christmas was published by Broadway Play Publishing in 2016.
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In 2019, Steven Banks was a writer for Lego City Adventures.
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In 2005, Steven Banks joined SpongeBob in season 4 as head writer and story editor for six years.
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SpongeBob producer Eric Coleman, called Steven Banks to tell him he was being considered by executive producers Stephen Hillenburg and Paul Tibbitt to become a writer on the show.
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Steven Banks was already a huge fan of the show and described the hiring process as being interviewed by Paul Tibbitt for about five minutes.