Steven Douglas Talley (born August 12, 1981) is an American actor who grew up inAvon, Indiana.^[1] He is best known for his portrayal of Dwight Stifler inAmerican Pie Presents: The Naked Mile andAmerican Pie Presents: Beta House.

Talley's on-screen career began in 2002, with a minor part in the daytime soap operaAs the World Turns. He appeared in three episodes of the drama seriesSummerland between June and July 2005 as Bryce. The following year, Talley made a guest appearance in the drama filmPeaceful Warrior and on the sitcomTwins.

In the same year, Talley portrayed Dwight Stifler inAmerican Pie Presents: The Naked Mile, the fifth installment in theAmerican Pie film series.^[2] Releaseddirectly to video, the film earned overUS$27 million worldwide.^[3] Scott Weinberg ofDVD Talk wrote that Talley as Stifler "makes for one of the least appealing movie characters I've ever seen."^[4] The following year, Talley again starred as Stifler inAmerican Pie Presents: Beta House, the sixth installment in the series.^[5] Released directly to video, the film earned over US$18 million worldwide.^[6]

Talley was featured inVan Wilder: Freshman Year as the character Dirk Arnold and also starred as Eric P. Keller in the 2010 direct-to-DVD filmHole in One, which had various names prior to release. Recently Talley has moved on to less juvenile movies, landing the lead role of investigative reporter Matt Harper inDeadline, about the racially motivated murder of an African-American youth in the South. As well as film credits, Talley has also featured in a British television commercial forPepsi Max. DuringSuper Bowl XLIV, he drove a car in aBridgestone commercial about a crazy bachelor party gone wrong. Talley is also featured in a 2010Pizza Hut ad campaign. It was announced in late June 2012 that he would play Ella Montgomery's (Holly Marie Combs) love interest onPretty Little Liars. In 2014 he landed bigger recurring roles on two critically acclaimed TV shows:VH1's 90s nostalgia dramedyHindsight andThe CW's post-apocalyptic dramaThe 100. ShowrunnerJason Rothenberg and writerKim Shumway liked what Talley did with the character, the engineer Kyle Wick, so much that they developed a bigger story arc for him in season 2.^[7]

In 2015, Talley would marry actressLyndon Smith, they however got divorced in 2023.

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