Steve Byrne was born in Freehold, New Jersey. Byrne grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and went to Hampton High School. He graduated from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, as a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He is of Irish and Korean descent. Steve has a younger brother, William Byrne.\n', '

Steve lives in Los Angeles. Steve is a huge fan of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Byrne is a hockey fan and has been playing since the age of six. Favorite players are Mario Lemieux, Sidney Crosby, Ron Francis and Dave Bolland. His boyhood idol is Dean Martin. His favorite films are Superman, Swingers, Made, A Christmas Story, Couples Retreat and MacGruber. His favorite television shows are Lost, The Twilight Zone and Saturday Night Live.\n', '

Byrne studied theatre at Kent State University. He was exposed to stand up comedy by working at the comedy club Caroline\'s in New York City. The first time he ever got on stage was at Stand Up New York on September 30, 1997. Steve spent the first seven years of his stand up career cutting his teeth as a stand up in NYC. He was notorious for being absolutely obsessed with getting up on stage as much as he could. He\'s been cited as saying he spent those seven years working seven days a week, working every single night he could, including New Years, Christmas, etc., doing as many sets as possible. In 2003, he filmed the documentary film, 13 or Bust where he did 13 shows in one night at every comedy club in Manhattan, breaking the record for most sets in one night by a comedian. It is available on iTunes as a podcast for free. In 2006 Comedy Central aired Steve\'s first half-hour special, Comedy Central Presents Steve Byrne. Byrne had a one-hour special on Comedy Central in 2008 titled Steve Byrne\'s Happy Hour. On Sunday, July 25, 2010, he had another one-hour special on Comedy Central titled The Byrne Identity. Byrne was also featured on the NBC series The Real Wedding Crashers and a featured comedian on The Tonight Show. He has made appearances on Chappelle\'s Show, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, @midnight, The History Channel\'s "History of the Joke," Mad TV\'s 300th episode and Super Bowl promos on CBS with Prince and again with Bill Cowher. His stand-up has been featured on The Late Late Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Last Call with Carson Daly, BET\'s ComicView, ABC’s Good Morning America as well as Comedy Central\'s Premium Blend. He has been a featured comic in The Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in Las Vegas the TBS Very Funny Festival in Chicago, the TBS Very Funny Festival in Toronto and The CanWest Comedy Fest in Vancouver. He has appeared on the Showtime comedy series "Live Nude Comedy" and shot a pilot for the G4 Network based on a Japanese Game Show called "Drunken Businessman".\n', '

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