Stephen Laurel "tWitch" Boss (September 29, 1982December 13, 2022) was an American freestyle hip hop dancer, choreographer, actor, television producer, and television personality.
In 2008, Boss finished in second place on the American version of So You Think You Can Dance. From 2014 to May 2022, he was featured on The Ellen DeGeneres Show as a co-host. He was also a co-executive producer of the program. He was featured as DeGeneres' sidekick in Ellen's Game of Games. Between 2018 and 2020, Boss and his wife Allison Holker hosted Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings on Freeform and Disney+.
Death
On December 13, 2022, Allison Holker told Los Angeles officers that Boss left their home without taking the car. This was unusual behavior. Boss died by shooting at the Oak Tree Inn in Encino, Los Angeles without leaving the hotel. His death was ruled a suicide. Boss was 40 years old.
Filmography
Movies
{ | class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"|Notes |- | rowspan=2|2007 || Blades of Glory || Flamboyant Dancer || Uncredited |- |Hairspray || Maybelle's Store Dancer || Role in the dance number at the platter party and in "You Can't Stop the Beat" |- | rowspan=2|2010 || Stomp the Yard: Homecoming || Taz || |- |Step Up 3D || rowspan=3|Jason Hardlerson |- |2012 || Step Up Revolution |- | 2014 || Step Up: All In |- |2015 |Magic Mike XXL || Malik || |- | 2022 | The Hip Hop Nutcracker | Dad | Disney+ release; final role |}
Television
Web series
Awards
Runner Up, Star Search, 2003
3rd Place, MTV's The Wade Robson Project, 2003
Runner Up, Season 4 of So You Think You Can Dance'', 2008
Net worth
Stephen twitch Boss had an estimated net worth of around $5 million at the time of his death. During his first two seasons on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," twitch's salary was $500,000 per season, then it was raised to $1 million per season. In 2015, Boss paid $1.15 million for a 2,500+ square foot home in the Sherman Oaks area of Los Angeles. He put the four-bedroom home on the market for $1.299 million in April 2019.