Steven Hill (born February 24, 1922) is an American film and television actor who was a founding member of Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio. Hill is perhaps best known for portraying District Attorney Adam Schiff in the NBC TV drama series Law & Order, a part that he played for ten seasons (1990 – 2000).
Steven Alfred Hill (born April 26, 1978, San Marcos, Texas), a reality TV personality, model, guest speaker, author and occasional actor, is best known as a cast member on the twelfth season of The Real World, MTV's highly rated reality TV show.
Is one of the few current Orthodox Jewish actors working today.
He was a founding member of Lee Strasberg's Actor's Studio
Left the cast of "Mission: Impossible" (1966) after one season because, as an Orthodox Jew, he was unwilling to abide by the show's production schedule. (That would have required him to work on the Jewish Sabbath.)
Was a founding member of the Actor's Studio and, as such, knew and worked with Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift and Gene Hackman before they became famous.
Is an alumnus of Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity.
Played the Manhattan District Attorney in both Legal Eagles (1986) and "Law & Order" (1990).
He rarely shared any scenes with any of the actors who played cops on "Law & Order" (1990).
Left acting from 1967 to 1978.
His son-in-law is a high school teacher in Manhattan, New York City.
Has appeared with Roscoe Lee Browne in two different, completely unrelated productions in which he played the New York County District Attorney: Legal Eagles (1986) and "Law & Order" (1990).
Although he and Jerry Orbach appeared in 177 episodes of "Law & Order" (1990) and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999) {Entitled (#1.15)} together, the only time that they ever appeared on screen together was during one brief scene in the "Law & Order" (1990) {Corruption (#7.5)}.
