Steve Gunderson is an actor, singer, composer, arranger, and playwright. Born in San Diego, he studied in London and spent 15 years in New York before settling in Los Angeles.

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Steve co-wrote, starred in, and was the musical arranger for Off Broadway's Suds, which has gone on to have dozens of productions worldwide. He co-created (with Kathy Najimy), arranged, and starred in Off Broadway's critically acclaimed Back to Bacharach & David, which was revived in Hollywood with the participation of Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Steve's show, Everybody's Talkin': The Music of Harry Nilsson (co-created with Javier Velasco) starring Tony Award winners Alice Ripley & Gregory Jbara had its world premiere in May 2015 at San Diego Rep Theatre.

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Acting credits include His Girl Friday (directed by Christopher Ashley), The Nightingale (directed by Moises Kaufman) and Memphis at La Jolla Playhouse; Hadrian VII, A Trip to Chinatown, and How The Grinch Stole Christmas (directed by Jack O'Brien) at the Old Globe Theatre; Detroit (directed by Sam Woodhouse), David Mamet's Romance, Christopher Durang's Miss Witherspoon, and Hairspray (Craig Noel Award/San Diego Critics Circle Winner) at San Diego Rep; Birds of a Feather (directed by James Vasquez) at Diversionary Theatre; The Fabulous Lipitones (directed by John Markus) at the Colony Theatre; An Ideal Husband and You Can't Take It With You (directed by Kerry Meads) at Lambs Players Theatre; Dirty Blonde, Parade (directed by Sean Murray) and Sweeney Todd at Cygnet Theatre, Ben Franklin in 1776 (directed by Nick DeGruccio) at Cabrillo Music Theatre; Into the Woods at New Village Arts; the National Tour of The Grapes of Wrath with Ed Harris; 8(battling it out with opposing attorney Richard Dreyfuss) at the Birch Theatre; I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (directed by David Engel) at the Welk Resort Theatre; Baby at North Coast Rep; Butley and Street Scene (Off Broadway); as well as major roles at Pasadena Playhouse, Laguna Playhouse, La Mirada Theatre, The Canon Theatre, and the Alliance Theatre.

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For over two years he played "Sparky" in Off Broadway's Forever Plaid (directed by Stuart Ross), and logged in over a thousand performances of the role in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and San Diego.

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Steve did multiple voices on King of the Hill and (The New) Beavis & Butthead.