Steve D'Avria graduated from the University of Notre Dame as a Film & Television Studies Major in 2001. As an intern for LeSea, Inc in South Bend, IN. D'Avria assisted in the production for sports and religious programming for the South Bend area and Notre Dame. In 2011, D'Avria was cast by Tona B. Dahlquist as an extra for Showtime's Homeland. Since then, he has appeared briefly in The Hunger Games, Banshee, The Outcast, Christy, The Hunting Wives and Gigi & Nate. D'Avria is married to Kathleen, and has three children. He serves as the Senior Vice President for the Gaston Business Association in Gastonia, NC.