Stephen Ford is a Swedish-American actor and director. After acting in shows like Teen Wolf, Switched At Birth and Private Practice he began his own production company, Ascender Productions. His career started at a young age when he began doing commercials and creating short films with his neighborhood friends.

As his family was in the military, he moved around the United States a lot as a kid, growing up in Alaska, Alabama, California, Kansas and Florida. After relocating to Los Angeles as a teenager, he skipped around various Disney, Fox and Nickelodeon sitcoms. This led him to starring in the American adaptation of Kamen Rider Ryuki as the lead of CW's Kamen Rider Dragon Knight.