Steve Foster

Steve Foster’s name might not be plastered on every billboard in Hollywood, but if you’ve spent any time digging into cult classics or flipping through late-night cable back in the day, you’ve probably stumbled across his work. Hobo with a Shotgun? Yeah, that wild, blood-soaked rampage of a film from 2011—he’s part of that chaos. The movie's basically a fever dream of grindhouse violence, with a nameless drifter serving up his own twisted brand of justice. It’s not exactly your grandma’s Saturday night flick, unless she’s got a thing for over-the-top gore and ridiculous villains. But Foster goes way back, too. Before the shotgun-toting madness, he showed up in Beyond Reality, which was one of those early '90s shows that dabbled in the unexplained, the paranormal, all that X-Files-before-the-X-Files stuff. He had a knack for playing characters who always looked like they knew a secret or two, which honestly fits the vibe of those old supernatural shows perfectly. And don’t sleep on My Secret Identity from the late '80s, either. That was basically every kid's dream—teenager wakes up with superpowers, hijinks and moral lessons ensue. Foster could slip into these roles where he wasn’t the main guy, but he always made you remember him. It’s like seeing a familiar face in a crowd, and you can’t help but wonder where you’ve seen him before. That’s Steve Foster for you—always popping up, always memorable, even if he’s not front and center.