Steven Ogg (born May 15th, 1971) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for portraying Trevor Philips in the video game Grand Theft Auto V (2013), Simon in The Walking Dead (2016–2018), and being a spokesman for the American brand of male grooming products Old Spice.
Born in Edmonton and raised in Calgary, Ogg began his acting career after moving to New York City in 1999. He has since appeared in Law & Order (2000), Better Call Saul (2015–2020), Westworld (2016–2022), Snowpiercer (2020–2022), as well as several independent and short films.
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Early life
Steven Ogg was born on May 15, 1971, in Edmonton, Alberta, and raised in Calgary.
Career
After moving to New York City, he began acting in television shows such as Law & Order and Third Watch, in addition to some theater work and voice acting. He retired from acting in 2003 but returned in 2008.
After taking a break from acting to build a house, he was hired by Rockstar Games as the voice and motion capture artist for Trevor Philips in their 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto V. His character was critically acclaimed and he received numerous award nominations as a result. In February 2014, he received an award on the 3rd Annual New York Videogame Critics Circle Awards for Best Overall Acting in a Game. Ogg later reprised his role as Trevor Philips in Grand Theft Auto Online in 2013 as a part of the Trevor Philips Industries missions, and in 2015 as a part of the "Series A Funding" heist, and the 2016 YouTube short film GTA VR.
Ogg made two appearances in Better Call Saul as Sobchak, a mercenary and private detective. In the 2015 episode "Pimento", he is one of three bodyguards hired for a protection job before getting into a verbal altercation with Mike Ehrmantraut. Mike humiliates Sobchak by disarming and incapacitating him. He reappeared in the 2020 episode "Dedicado a Max", undertaking clandestine investigative work for Saul Goodman under the pseudonym "Mr X". The name Sobchak was likely inspired by The Big Lebowski character Walter Sobchak, also a security consultant and weapons enthusiast with an inflated sense of his own achievements and abilities.
In The Walking Dead season 6 finale, he made his debut as Simon, a member of the Saviors and one of the main antagonists in season 7 and season 8. Ogg also reprised his role in the spin-off The Walking Dead: Dead City in 2023 for a flashback scene. Ogg also portrayed Rebus in the HBO series Westworld, and provides the voice of Professor Venomous in Cartoon Network's animated series OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes. In 2019, Ogg portrayed Flexon in the second season of the 2016 series The Tick.
Ogg noted in an interview that he is aware of being typecast as "the crazy guy and the unpredictable guy" (with one example being his portrayal of Trevor in Grand Theft Auto V) though he did not mind this if it led to steady work. He admitted, however, that he would ideally like to explore "different characters [and] different worlds", like his role as a father in the 2019 drama The Short History of the Long Road.
In 2022, he appeared in Dan Mangan's music video for "Fire Escape", playing a personification of Mangan's self-critical inner voice.
In 2024, Ogg appeared in the music video for "U Should Not Be Doing That" by Amyl and the Sniffers.
On February 4, 2025, Ogg publicly addressed rumors that he "hated" his character Trevor Philips from Grand Theft Auto V, during an appearance on fellow actor Michael Rosenbaum's podcast, Inside of You. When asked directly about the rumors, Ogg replied, "No. He's a great character, he's awesome. And, like—still, Shawn [Fonteno] and Ned [Luke], we're friends and we were just doing a Comic Con this past weekend." He went on to explain that he finds it "weird" when fans refer to actors by their character's names, and that he does not understand how people equate him with Trevor, who he describes as "a cartoon."
Personal life
Ogg is a single father and has one son, named Bodhi, the namesake being his character's personal vehicle in Grand Theft Auto V. He currently resides in Pasadena, California.
