Stephen Bridgewater was born in Hutchinson, Kansas. He attended high school in Buhler, Kansas; a predominately Amish-Mennonite community. He attended college at Hutchinson Community College and UCLA. Bridgewater began a professional career in radio broadcasting at age 14. From age 14 until age 30, Bridgewater was the top morning Disc Jockey in Atlanta, Georgia, Knoxville and Nashville, Tennessee, along with Chicago, Illinois.While working as a broadcaster, Bridgewater acted and wrote in many national commercials that assisted him on to the path of film and television. In 1987, he landed his first major job as a drama coach to Jeff Bridges by peddling an audition tape to director Terry Gilliam.Besides performing as an actor himself, Bridgewater has gone on to produce, write, and develop screen plays and also consults numerous producers and productions on acting and casting.
