Education
He was discovered by Mary Anne Palumbo, publicity director of Penguin Books, who chose him to be "The Topaz Manitoba" on a series of romance novels.
He was discovered by Mary Anne Palumbo, publicity director of Penguin Books, who chose him to be "The Topaz Manitoba" on a series of romance novels.
He is best known for being "The Topaz Manitoba" and appearing on over 700 Romance novel covers. Steve"s image is on over 50 million books Steve is a household name to the over 70 million fans of the romance genre worldwide.
Considered very handsome and classically well built, Steve has become one of the most prolific male romance cover models of all time.
Before retiring in 1996 he was a fan favorite attending many publishing industry conventions and events. Steve was attending the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida where he started modeling.
Steve claims he was named after Steve Reeves, who played the lead role in the movie Hercules (1958 film). In 2002 he was rank one of the sexist men alive by Playgirl Magazine, he was Playgirl"s cover man February
1994.
Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood, Geraldo, Extra, East! Entertainment, Leeza, Maury Povich, Joan Rivers, Hard Copy and Donahue have all done stories on Steve Sandalis.
Partial list of television and Movie Roles:
Himself on the Discovery Channel television Show "The Undetectables" (2005)
Steve Johnson in Where the Red Fern Grows (2003)
Sergeant in "Outta Time" (2002)
Hawke in "Santira" (2002)
Buffalo Thunder in "Christmas in the Clouds" (2001)
Roman Soldier in "The Emissary: A Biblical Epic" (1997)
John in "Erotic Confessions" (1994) Episode: "Office the Menu"(1996).