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Stephen Weaver Collins was born on the 1st October 1947, in Des Moines, Iowa USA. He is an actor perhaps best known for his role of Eric Camden in the family drama television series “7th Heaven” (1996–2007). Stephen Collins has added to his net worth as a director, writer and musician, too. Collins has been active in the entertainment industry since 1974.

How much is Stephen Collins’ net worth? Reportedly, his wealth stands at $14 million, accumulated from his career in the entertainment industry stretching over more than 40 years.

Stephen Collins Net Worth $14 Million

To begin with, Stephen with his two brothers grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. He is a graduate from Amherst College, where he also played rhythm as well as bass guitar in various rock and roll bands. As an actor he debuted in the family drama series “The Waltons” (1975) created by Earl Hamner Jr. Since then the actor has created almost 50 characters landed in television productions. Among his most significant roles are those in the series “7th Heaven” (1996–2007) created by Brenda Hampton; the lead role in the adventure television show “Tales of the Gold Monkey” (1982) created by Donald P. Bellisario; the lead role in the miniseries “The Two Mrs. Grenvilles” (1987) directed by John Erman for which Collins was nominated for an Emmy Award; the role of John Fitzgerald Kennedy landed in the miniseries “A Woman Named Jackie” (1991) and many other roles which added financially to the overall size of Stephen Collins net worth. One of his latest works on television is a role in the post apocalyptic science fiction series “Revolution” (2014) created by Eric Kripke.

To add more, Collins has landed many roles in feature films. He was cast as the star in “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” (1979) directed by Robert Wise. Stephen Collins also created the roles in such successful films as the comedies “Brewster’s Millions” (1985) directed by Walter Hill, “The First Wives Club” (1996) directed by Hugh Wilson, “Drive Me Crazy” (1999) directed by John Schultz and “Because I Said So” (2007) directed by Michael Lehmann. He lwas also cast in the lead role in the film “Choke Canyon” (1986). Collins appeared in the film “Blood Diamond” (2006) with Leonardo DiCaprio . In fact, cinema is a very significant source of Stephen Collins’ net worth.

Furthermore, Stephen Collins has added sums to his net worth by appearing in Broadway and off- Broadway plays including “No Sex Please We’re British”, “Moonchildren”, “Spamalot”, “The Ritz”, “Putting It Together” and others.

Stephen is known to be a gifted writer too, and has published two successful novels, “Eye Contact” (1994) and “Double Exposure” (1998). As a musician he is known for recording two studio albums: “Stephen Collins” (2003) and “The Hits of Rick Nelson” (2005).

Despite all positive facts, he is known to abuse three female teenagers sexually, as long as everything cleared out 40 years after, Collins wasn’t punished.

Finally, in the private life of Stephen Collins, he has been married twice. He married Marjorie Weinman in 1970, but they divorced in 1978. In 1985, he married the actress Faye Grant; they lived together for twenty years before divorcing in 2015, and have a daughter.



Full Name Stephen Collins
Net Worth $14 Million
Date Of Birth October 1, 1947
Place Of Birth Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Height 6 ft (1.85 m)
Weight 76 kg
Profession Actor, Writer, Musician
Education Amherst College
Nationality United States of America
Spouse Faye Grant (m. 1985), Marjorie Weinman (m. 1970–1978)
Children Kate Collins
Parents Cyrus Collins, Madeleine Robertson
Nicknames Stephen Weaver Collins
Twitter http://www.twitter.com/stephencollins
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004834
Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie, Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Parental Unit
Movies Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Because I Said So, The First Wives Club, All the President’s Men, The Three Stooges, Drive Me Crazy, Blood Diamond, Jumpin’ Jack Flash, A Woman Named Jackie, Brewster’s Millions, A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story, The Two Mrs. Grenvilles, My New Gun, Choke Can…
TV Shows Revolution, No Ordinary Family, 7th Heaven, Sisters, Tattingers, Tales of the Gold Monkey, Working It Out, The Rhinemann Exchange, The Michele Lee Show
Fact
1 Parents are Cyrus Stickney and Madeleine Collins.
2 Longtime friends with Ron Rifkin.
3 Loves classic rock music.
4 Best known by the public (and by many sci-fi fans) for his role as Commander Willard Decker in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979).
5 While attending Amherst College, he was an active member of their (mainly a cappella) choral group, the Zumbyes (Class of 1969). In 1968, on a yearly LP released by the group, he was the featured singer (as Steve Collins) on “California Dreamin'”. Also in the group at that time, singing bass, was David Eisenhower (Class of 1970). Eisenhower was the grandson of the former President, and soon-to-be son-in-law to the next President, Richard Nixon, who had been Vice-President to his grandfather.
6 Is an accomplished guitarist and songwriter.
7 Attended and graduated from Hastings High School in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. In 2003, he was the guest speaker at the high school graduation.
8 Is the author of two novels: “Eye Contact” and “Double Exposure”.
9 His wife Faye Grant is an actress. One of her roles was Rhonda Blake on the television series The Greatest American Hero (1981).
10 Said in an interview that he felt very much like an outsider during the filming of Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), where he played Commander Willard Decker, a feeling that he actually tried to capitalize on in his characterization of Decker.
11 Is a practitioner of Transcendental Meditation.
12 Reverend Eric Camden, Collins’s character on 7th Heaven (1996), was ranked #11 in TV Guide’s list of the “50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time” [June 20, 2004 issue].
13 Has appeared in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979). His television co-star on 7th Heaven (1996), Catherine Hicks, appeared in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986).
14 His full name is Stephen Weaver Collins. His middle name, Weaver, is a family name on his mother’s side. His great-great grandfather was General James B. Weaver, the 1880 Greenback party candidate and the 1892 Populist party candidate for President of the United States. In 1892, General Weaver won 22 electorial votes.
15 He and wife Faye Grant have one daughter: Kate Collins (born 1989).
16 Listed as one of twelve “Promising New Actors of 1991” in John Willis’s Screen World, Vol. 31.

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Brewster’s Millions 1985 Warren Cox
The Hitchhiker 1985 TV Series Todd Fields
Threesome 1984 TV Movie Peter Hatten
Dark Mirror 1984 TV Movie Dr. Jim Eiseley
Chiefs 1983 TV Mini-Series Billy Lee
Tales of the Gold Monkey 1982-1983 TV Series Jake Cutter
Inside the Third Reich 1982 TV Movie Karl Hanke
Summer Solstice 1981 TV Movie Josh
Great Performances 1981 TV Series Morton Fullerton
Standing Room Only 1981 TV Series Larrabee
Loving Couples 1980 Greg Plunkett
The Henderson Monster 1980 TV Movie Pete Casimir
Star Trek: The Motion Picture 1979 Decker
The Promise 1979 Michael Hillyard
Charlie’s Angels 1978 TV Series Steve Carmody
Fedora 1978 Young Barry
The Rhinemann Exchange 1977 TV Mini-Series David Spaulding
Between the Lines 1977 Michael
Good Heavens 1976 TV Series Dr. Bramley
All the President’s Men 1976 Hugh Sloan
Brinks: The Great Robbery 1976 TV Movie Agent Donald Nash
Jigsaw John 1976 TV Series Elliott Lacey
Barnaby Jones 1975 TV Series Todd Ballinger
The Waltons 1975 TV Series Todd Clarke
The Michele Lee Show 1974 TV Movie Dr. Steven Mayhill
Dan August 1971 TV Series Doctor
Avengers Assemble 2014 TV Series Howard Stark
Revolution 2013-2014 TV Series Dr. Gene Porter
Penance 2014/I Short Priest
Devious Maids 2013 TV Series Phillipe Delatour
The Fosters 2013 TV Series Stewart Adams
Falling Skies 2013 TV Series President Hathaway
Scandal 2012 TV Series Reed Wallace
The Three Stooges 2012 Mr. Harter
The Office 2011 TV Series Walter Bernard, Sr.
No Ordinary Family 2010-2011 TV Series Dr. Dayton King
Private Practice 2009-2011 TV Series ‘The Captain’ Montgomery
Brothers & Sisters 2010 TV Series Charlie
Every Second Counts 2008 TV Movie Joe Preston
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 2008 TV Series Pierson Bartlett
Hole in the Paper Sky 2008 Short Mr. Benson
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia 2006-2007 TV Series Bruce Mathis
7th Heaven 1996-2007 TV Series Rev. Eric Camden
Because I Said So 2007 Joe
Blood Diamond 2006 Ambassador Walker
The Commission 2003 Joseph A. Ball
State of Grace 2001 TV Series Norris Sinclair
Code Blue 2000 Video Game Dr. Matt Clark (voice)
As Time Runs Out 1999 TV Movie Dan Carlin
Batman Beyond 1999 TV Series Tony Maychek / Earthmover
Drive Me Crazy 1999 Mr. Maris
An Unexpected Life 1998 TV Movie Sam Sadwich
An Unexpected Family 1996 TV Movie Sam
The First Wives Club 1996 Aaron Paradis
On Seventh Avenue 1996 TV Movie Tom Aiken
Sisters 1995-1996 TV Series Dr. Gabriel Sorenson
The Babysitter’s Seduction 1996 TV Movie Bill Bartrand
For Love Alone: The Ivana Trump Story 1996 TV Movie Adam Graham
A Family Divided 1995 TV Movie Roger Billingsley
Scarlett 1994 TV Mini-Series Ashley Wilkes
Remember 1993 TV Movie Clee Donovan
The Disappearance of Nora 1993 TV Movie Jack Fremont
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter 1992 TV Movie Dan Broderick
My New Gun 1992 Gerald Bender
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story 1992 TV Movie Dan Broderick
A Woman Named Jackie 1991 TV Mini-Series John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Stella 1990 Stephen Dallas
Working It Out 1990 TV Series David Stuart
The Big Picture 1989 Attorney
Tattinger’s 1988-1989 TV Series Nick Tattinger
Weekend War 1988 TV Movie Capt. John Deason
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles 1987 TV Mini-Series Billy Grenville Jr.
Hold the Dream 1986 TV Movie Shane O’Neill
Jumpin’ Jack Flash 1986 Marty Phillips
Choke Canyon 1986 Dr. David Lowell
George Burns Comedy Week 1985 TV Series

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
The Office 2011 TV Series performer – 1 episode
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia 2006 TV Series performer – 1 episode
7th Heaven 1996-2005 TV Series performer – 7 episodes

Director

Title Year Status Character
7th Heaven 1998-2002 TV Series 3 episodes

Self

Title Year Status Character
Classic Hollywood Cinemas 2016 Documentary Himself
Talent Watch 2013 TV Series Himself – Guest
Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show 2012 TV Series Himself – Guest
Celebrity Ghost Stories 2012 TV Series documentary Himself
Hollywood Uncensored with Sam Rubin 2011 TV Series Himself – Panelist
Hannity 2010 TV Series Himself
Entertainment Tonight 2009 TV Series Himself
Tavis Smiley 2005-2007 TV Series Himself – Guest
Square Off 2007 TV Series Himself
The 8th Annual Family Television Awards 2006 TV Special Himself – Host
75th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade 2006 TV Special Himself
The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 2006 TV Special Himself
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2006 TV Series Himself – Guest
The 7th Annual Family Television Awards 2005 TV Special Himself
Young Hollywood Awards 2005 TV Special Himself
I Love the 80’s 3-D 2005 TV Series documentary Himself
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson 2005 TV Series Himself – Guest
The Tony Danza Show 2005 TV Series Himself – Guest
Celebrity Poker Showdown 2005 TV Series Himself
The View 2005 TV Series Himself – Guest
The 3rd Annual TV Land Awards 2005 TV Special Himself
The 6th Annual Family Television Awards 2004 TV Special Himself – Presenter
Good Day Live 2003-2004 TV Series Himself – Guest Host
TV Movie Superstars: Women You Love 2004 TV Movie Himself
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn 2003-2004 TV Series Himself – Guest
SoapTalk 2004 TV Series Himself
On-Air with Ryan Seacrest 2004 TV Series Himself – Guest
Hollywood Squares 2001-2004 TV Series Himself
The Wayne Brady Show 2003 TV Series Himself – Guest
The 4th Annual Family Television Awards 2002 TV Special Himself
Rank 2002 TV Series documentary Himself
The Rosie O’Donnell Show 1997-2002 TV Series Himself – Guest
The Teen Choice Awards 2001 2001 TV Special Himself
Total Access 24/7 2001 TV Series Himself
Celebrity Profile 1999 TV Series documentary Himself
Jeopardy! 1999 TV Series Himself – Celebrity Contestant
All-Star Party for Aaron Spelling 1998 TV Special Himself
Showbiz Today 1995 TV Series Himself – Guest Anchorman
Good Morning America 1994 TV Series Himself – Guest
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 1988 TV Special Himself
Monsters, Madmen & Machines: 25 Years of Science Fiction 1984 TV Movie documentary Decker
Battle of the Network Stars XIII 1982 TV Special Himself – ABC Team

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
Entertainment Tonight 2014-2015 TV Series Himself
Extra 2014 TV Series Himself
Inside Edition 2014 TV Series documentary Himself
7th Heaven 2003 TV Series Rev. Eric Camden

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
1996 NBR Award National Board of Review, USA Best Acting by an Ensemble The First Wives Club (1996)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2014 Saturn Award Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Best Guest Starring Role in a Television Series Falling Skies (2011)
2006 Teen Choice Award Teen Choice Awards TV – Choice Parental Unit 7th Heaven (1996)
2005 Teen Choice Award Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Parental Units 7th Heaven (1996)
2001 Video Premiere Award DVD Exclusive Awards Best Audio Commentary Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
1987 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1987)

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