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With the establishment of his own production company, Stone is also developing projects for his maturing talents as a filmmaker. His 1988 debut film "Recess" brought him a Best Short Film nomination from the American Video Conference. His follow-up film as writer/director, "The Sidewalk Motel", will soon go in front of the cameras starring "Mr. Belvedere" himself, Christopher Hewett.

Born in Dallas, Texas, Stone`s parents are both medical professionals. His father, Dr. Marvin J Stone, is the director of the Sammons Cancer Center at Baylor Hospital and his mother works in the Psychology Department at the University of Texas Health Science Center.

After an early interest in Science, he accompanied a friend to an acting class at the Dallas Theatre Centre and ended up in the cast of the world premiere of Preston Jones` "Santa Fe Sunshine". Continuing to perform in student and community theatre productions throughout high school, he also spent two summers working as an assistant director at DTC.

One of 15 males accepted into the BFA Drama Conservatory at USC, he performed in student productions and played the lead opposite Lou Diamond Phillips in "Angel Alley", a short film which captured first prize in the Family Entertainment category at the USA Film Festival in 1984.

It was during his final semester at USC that Stone landed the role of Kevin Owens on Mr. Belvedere. Given his strong background in theatre, Stone enjoys the fact that the series films each week in front of an audience.

He acknowledges that "it`s like doing a play each week." Despite the busy schedule of filming a weekly series, Stone is intent on completing his education and graduated Cum Laude from USC.

His other TV credits include the title role in "Ace Hits the Big Time", a CBS Schoolbreak special, a lead role in "Crash Course", an NBC movie of the week and a guest starring role in Fox Broadcasting`s "21 Jump Street". He received critical acclaim for his starring role opposide Malcolm Jamal-Warner in "A Desperate Exit", an ABC Afterschool Special where he played a teenage by who comes to grips with the suicide of his best friend.
Most recently, he was seen with Rhea Perlman, Jill Eikenberry and Michael Tucker in "A Family Again" an ABC television movie produced by Henry Winkler.