Michael Steger As Navid Shirazi
Michael Steger stars as high school journalist Navid Shirazi in The CW drama “90210.”
Steger completed filming the independent feature “Assisting Venus” this summer, and recently made his feature film debut in the Disney movie “The Cheetah Girls: One World.” As Vik Bhatia, he plays a young, aspiring Bollywood movie director who offers The Cheetah Girls a role in his film, only to have his dreams and creative vision stifled by his shrewd uncle.
A Southern California native, Steger spent most of his childhood training in martial arts and received his first Dan black belt in Tae Kwon Do at the age of 18. During high school, Steger caught the acting bug and honed his craft in the theater. He went on to play leading roles in numerous classical and contemporary plays in and around the L.A. area, including “A View from the Bridge,” “Death of a Salesman,” “Othello” and “Tartuffe.”
Steger’s career began to take off when Tim Burton cast and directed him as the lead in the music video for the song “Bones,” by popular rock band The Killers. Soon after, Steger landed his first television series opposite Rob Corddry in “The Winner,” produced by Seth MacFarlane. Following the sitcom, Michael became a series regular on “Buzz,” a pilot in which he starred opposite Sharon Lawrence. He has also guest starred on “Criminal Minds,” “Navy NCIS,” “Cory in the House” and “Hannah Montana,” as a hot young tennis superstar.