Steve Burton Biography

Jack Stephen "Steve" Burton (born June 28, 1971) is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Jason Morgan on General Hospital from 1991 to 2000, briefly in 2001, and from 2002 to 2012 and as Dylan McAvoy on The Young and the Restless from 2013 to 2017, He also voiced the character of Cloud Strife in a wide range of Square Enix products, including Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children and the Kingdom Hearts series.

Career

Burton got his break as surfer boy Chris Fuller on Out of This World in 1987 and in the 1990s he studied acting at Theater Theater in Hollywood, California, coached by Chris Aable who introduced him to fellow actors Gedde Watanabe and Jon Cedar. He won a Daytime Emmy as best supporting actor in 1998 for his portrayal of Jason Morgan. In 2007, Burton became an original cast member of General Hospital: Night Shift, while keeping his day job on General Hospital. Previously, he appeared on Days of Our Lives in 1988 as Harris Michaels, a love interest to Eve Donovan, played by Charlotte Ross.

He appeared in the science fiction miniseries Taken and in the movie The Last Castle in 2001 with Robert Redford and James Gandolfini. Burton is also the voice actor of Cloud Strife in the Kingdom Hearts series and the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII (excluding Final Fantasy VII itself, since it had no voice acting). He has voiced Cloud in the game Kingdom Hearts and its sequel, Kingdom Hearts II, as well as in the CGI movie Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children and the video games Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Dissidia: Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy. On August 28, 2012, Burton confirmed that he would exit General Hospital in October; he last appeared on-air on October 26, 2012. On January 29 2013, he joined the cast of The Young and the Restless as Dylan McAvoy. On October 6, 2016, Burton announced via-social media that he would not renew his deal with the soap, and would exit the role of Dylan; at press time, a final appearance date was not made known.

Personal life

Burton was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, the son of Tory Burton, an optician, and father Jack Burton (after whom he is named), now divorced. He was raised in a suburb of Cleveland called Richmond Heights, before moving to Hollywood. He graduated from Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California.

Burton married wife, Sheree Gustin, on January 16, 1999. Steve and his wife have three children, two daughters and son.

Burton appeared on High Stakes Poker season three, and donated his earnings to his fan club for the building of a clubhouse.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2001	The Last Castle	Capt. Peretz
	Semper Fi	Steve Russell
1994	Red Sun Rising	Bar Patron
	CyberTracker	Jared
1995	Cyber-Tracker 2
2006	Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children	Cloud Strife	CGI film English version
2009	Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987-91	Out of This World	Chris Fuller	60 episodes
1988	Days of Our Lives	Harris Micheals	Unknown episodes
	Circus of the Stars	Himself (Trapeze Artist)	Show #3
1989	The New Hollywood Squares	Himself	Guest appearance (April 17, 1989)
1990	Who's the Boss?	Tim	One episode
1991-2000 2001 2002-12	General Hospital	Jason Morgan
1991	Secret Bodyguard	Rick	TV series Unknown episodes
1998	Soaps' Most Unforgettable Love Stories	Jason Morgan
	The Rosie O'Donnell Show	Himself	Episode on March 3, 1998
	The 25th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards	Himself	Winner
1999	The 15th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards	Himself
2000	The 27th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards	Himself	Nominee
2001	HBO First Look	Himself	Episode: "Inside the Walls of The Last Castle"
2002	Taken	Captain Russell Keys	3 episodes
2003	18th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards	Himself
	Intimate Portrait	Himself
	Soap Talk	Himself
2004	The Oprah Winfrey Show	Himself	Episode on February 23, 2004
2007	General Hospital: Night Shift	Jason Morgan	13 episodes
2008	Entertainment Tonight	Himself	Episode on June 27, 2008
2013-17	The Young and the Restless	Dylan McAvoy

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Kingdom Hearts	Cloud Strife	English version
2005	Kingdom Hearts II
2006	Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories
	Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII
2007	Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+
2008	Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
2009	Dissidia: Final Fantasy
2011	Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
2011	Kingdom Hearts Re:coded
2014	Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX
2016	Final Fantasy Explorers
2016	World of Final Fantasy
2017	Mobius Final Fantasy
TBA	Final Fantasy VII Remake

Writer

Year	Film	Notes
2005	Laws of Gambling	Writer

Director

Year	Film	Notes
2005	Laws of Gambling	Director