Stephen Axelrod has been seen in numerous films: “Sons” screened at The Cannes Film Festival, followed by a European run “In the Soup” winner of the 1992 Sundance Film Festival as well as Ron Howard’s “Ransom” in which he played Detective Lieberman. For three seasons Stephen appeared as Detective Catalano on “Law and Order.” Recently he played Walter on “Law and Order Criminal Intent”. Axelrod appeared for three years in the hit Off-Broadway show "Grandma Sylvia's Funeral," and many other stage credits too numerous to mention.

Stephen has been featured in a number of commercials: Dell, Digital Computer and Paxil.

He can be seen as a lead in the hit HBO film "Everyday People". The film was screened at Sundance Film Festival and garnered rave reviews in all the major newspapers. “Everyday People” has been nominated for a “Gotham Award” in the Breakthrough Actor category of Ensemble.

In 2005 he appeared in Angel, an HBO production.

He studied acting professionally with Robert X .Modica.

Stephen proudly served in the United States Marine Corps. He has a BA in Drama from Hunter College and is a former member of the New York Stock Exchange.

Stephen thanks the American Renaissance Theatre for it's support and encouragement in developing Blue Collar Bay.