Steven Houghton was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. On leaving school he trained at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds.

He left the North to come to London after being cast in the West End show Children of Eden - which earned him his Equity card.

Since then he has appeared in many West End shows and UK Theatre tours including leading roles in Spend, Spend Spend (for which he was nominated for an Olivier Award), Miss Saigon, Blood Brothers, Cats and Grease. Visit the Career section for more information.

His television credits include series regular roles as Gregg Blake in London's Burning, Ed in Bugs and Ken Beasley in Bernard's Watch. In addition Steven has played guest leads in Doctors and Holby City with a winning appearance on the ITV Celebrity Stars in their Eyes special as Tony Hadley from Spandau Ballet and anappearance on French National Television as The Phantom , singing Phantom of the Opera with Marie Zamora.

Steven released the single "Wind Beneath my Wings" which sold over 400,000 copies and debuted at number 3 in the UK charts and his self-titled album Steven Houghton achieved gold status.

Steven is currently teaching ‘Musical Dance Workshops’ all over the country and is fast building a reputation for teaching an exciting, inspirational and dynamic class. Find out more>>

He will be returning to the stage in the leading role of Adam Pontipee in the hit musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers on UK Tour in August.