Steven van Zandt (born November 22, 1950 in Boston, Massachusetts) is one of the founding members of Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band and plays guitar and mandolin. In addition he is an accomplished songwriter. He is also known as Little Steven or Miami Steve.
He left the E-Street Band in 1984 and has been involved in numerous musical collaborations since then.
In 1999 he took an acting role in the television drama The Sopranos playing Silvio Dante.
