Stephen Collins 

Stephen Weaver Collins (born October 1, 1947) is an Americanactor.Born in Des Moines, Iowa, he was raised in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. He attended Amherst College, graduating cum laude. He played bass guitar and rhythm guitar in a number of rock and roll bands at Amherst, including Tambourine Charlie & The Four Flat Tires, The Naugahyde Revolution, and The Flower & Vegetable Show. He has played his guitar on 7th Heaven, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and in the movie Because I Said So.Collins' Broadway credits include his current role as King Arthur in Spamalot and prior appearances in The Ritz and No Sex Please, We're British; off-Broadway he appeared opposite Sigourney Weaver in Christopher Durang's Beyond Therapy, as Macduff to Christopher Walken's Macbeth at Lincoln Center, and as husband to Julie Andrews (with whom he shares a birthday) in the Stephen Sondheim revue, Putting It Together at Manhattan Theatre Club in 1993.Collins probably is best known for his role as the Reverend Eric Camden in more than two hundred episodes of the television series 7th Heaven, though he also notably portrayed Captain/Commander Willard Decker in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Rev. Camden's wife, Annie, is played by fellow Star Trek alum Catherine Hicks (who played Dr. Gillian Taylor in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home). Additional television credits include starring roles in Tales of the Gold Monkey and Tattingers, as well as guest appearances in The Waltons, Barnaby Jones, Charlie's Angels, and numerous mini-series and made-for-television movies. He was nominated for an Emmy for his work opposite Ann-Margret in the minseries The Two Mrs. Grenvilles and he played John F. Kennedy in the miniseries A Woman Named Jackie, which won the Emmy for Best Miniseries.Collins and his 7th Heaven co-star Beverley Mitchell are the only two original cast members to appear in every single episode.Collins is the author of two novels: Eye Contact (1994) and Double Exposure (1998).Collins is the great-great-grandson of General James Baird Weaver, the 1880 Greenback Party presidential candidate and the 1892 Populist Party ("People's Party") candidate for president.Collins has co-starred with Diane Keaton in two movies; The First Wives Club (1996) and Because I Said So (2007).Collins is married to actress Faye Grant. He is a practicing Episcopalian and is also a practitioner of Transcendental Meditation.[1] >> By WikiPedia