Steve Blackwood is back in Detroit after ten years playing the bumbling Bart Biederbicke in the long-running NBC soap opera Days Of Our Lives.

He has appeared in many other television shows and films including Judging Amy and Ed Gein and the Michigan-based Cedar Rapids, Machine Gun Preacher and Mooz-lum.

Onstage, Mr. Blackwood appeared in last year's Meadow Brook Theatre hit Boeing Boeing. He appeared in this season's sequel Ding Dong, which opened at Meadow Brook in March of 2011 and was nominated for two Wilde Awards, in the categories of Best Ensemble and Best Comedy.

An accomplished jazz singer with two national releases out, Steve has sung in nightclubs across the country, on network television, and has even performed the National Anthem for the Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Center.

Steve is currently Adjunct Professor for on camera acting at Hillsdale College.