Editing Steve Antin (section)

== Career ==
Antin was a co-lead in the 1982 film ''[[The Last American Virgin]]'', and played Troy Perkins, the bad-guy [[preppie]] [[Jock (athlete)|jock]] in [[Richard Donner]]'s ''[[The Goonies]]''. He also played one of the rapists in the [[Academy Award]]-winning film ''[[The Accused (1988 film)|The Accused]]''. Antin starred alongside [[David Warner (actor)|David Warner]] in the independent film ''Drive''.

Antin played the titular "Jessie" in [[Rick Springfield]]'s "[[Jessie's Girl]]" video. His screenplay ''[[Inside Monkey Zetterland]]'' was turned into a film featuring many respected independent performers. In the late 1990s he made several appearances in gay-oriented films including ''[[It's My Party (film)|It's My Party]]'', co-starring [[Eric Roberts]] and comedian [[Margaret Cho]]. Antin himself later [[came out]] publicly. Antin also enjoyed a successful career as a stunt performer in dozens of films.

Antin has turned to working as a successful screenwriter, writing such films as ''[[Gloria (1999 American film)|Gloria]]'' (1999) and ''[[Chasing Papi]]''. He also created, wrote and produced the television series ''[[Young Americans (TV series)|Young Americans]]'' for [[The WB]].

In the late 2000s, Antin turned to directing. He has directed several music videos, such as [[Girlicious]]' "[[Like Me (Girlicious song)|Like Me]]" and [[Destinee & Paris]]' "FairyTale", and in 2006, the feature film ''[[Glass House: The Good Mother]]'' starring [[Angie Harmon]], produced by [[Billy Pollina]]. He is one of the executive producers and creators of [[The CW]]'s 2007 reality series which seeks to find the next member of the hit pop group, the [[Pussycat Dolls]].

Antin is openly gay, and was once the boyfriend of [[David Geffen]]. They were together for a little more than one year.<ref>{{cite book |last=King |first=Tom |pages=356, 362–3, 369, 380–2|year=2001 |title=The Operator: David Geffen Builds, Buys, and Sells the New Hollywood |location=New York |publisher=Broadway Books |isbn=0-7679-0757-4}}</ref>

Antin wrote and directed the 2010 film ''[[Burlesque (2010 American film)|Burlesque]]'', which stars an ensemble cast.