Eric was born on April 18, 1956 in Biloxi, Mississippi, but grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, where Peach Tree & West Peach Tree converge. He began his acting career as a child in a local theater company called the Actors and Writers Workshop. After completing studies at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Eric continued his studies and began working professionally in New York City, where he eventually won a Theater World Award for his role on Broadway in Burn This.

Eric is a gifted actor, receiving Golden Globe nominations for his film roles in King of the Gypsies and Star 80. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe and Academy Award for his performance in Runaway Train. At the Sundance Film Festival in 1996, he received critical acclaim for his starring role in the motion picture It’s My Party and in the Emmy-nominated television adaptation of Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, directed by Jonathan Kaplan.

Additional film credits include The Pope Greenwich Village, Raggedy Man, The Coca Cola Kid, Nobody’s Fool, Miss Lonelyhearts, Final Analysis, Heaven’s Prisoners, The Nature of the Beast, The Specialist and Love is A Gun. Eric appeared in the Emmy-nominated miniseries The Odyssey, played a colorful role in the television series Falcone and starred in ABC’s critically acclaimed dramatic television series, C-16. Other notable TV guest appearances were in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Touched By An Angel, Oz, and The King of Queens.

More recently, Eric was voted best actor at the NY Independent Film Festival in the year 2000 for his work in La Cucaracha. Eric also appeared in the independent film Spun.

Eric currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Eliza.

Filmography

• The Dark Knight (2008)
• The Spy and the Sparrow (2008)
• Kingshighway (2008)
• Witless Protection (2008)
• The Butcher (2007)
• Dark Honeymoon (2007)
• Royal Kill (2007)
• 4-Bidden (2008)
• Westbrick Murders (2007)
• "Heroes" (5 episodes, 2007)
• Killer Weekend (2007)
• Pandemic (2007)
• Blizhniy Boy: The Ultimate Fighter (2007)
• Aurora (2006)
• One Way (2006)
• DOA: Dead or Alive (2006)
• A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)
• Hollywood Dreams (2006)
• Phat Girlz (2006)
• Fatal Desire (2006)
• "The L Word" (1 episode, 2006)
• 8 of Diamonds (2006)
• Light Years Away (2006)
• Southern Comfort (2006) (TV)
• Final Approach (2006)
• "Danny Phantom" (1 episode, 2005)
• The Double (2005)
• The Civilization of Maxwell Bright (2005)
• "CSI: Miami" (1 episode, 2005)
• Spit (2005)
• "Less Than Perfect" (57 episodes, 2002-2005)
• Break a Leg (2005)
• Sledge: The Untold Story (2005)
• Sister's Keeper (2005)
• Comedy Hell (2005)
• Geppetto's Secret (2005)
• Border Blues (2004)
• The Last Shot (2004)
• "Justice League" (3 episodes, 2002-2004)
• Six: The Mark Unleashed (2004)
• Miss Cast Away (2004)
• Killer Weekend (2004)
• Graves End (2004)
• L.A. Confidential (2003)
• The Long Ride Home (2003)
• "Russkie v Gorode Angelov" (2 episodes, 2003)
• National Security (2003)
• Intoxicating (2003)
• Wolves of Wall Street (2002)
• Christmas Rush (2002)
• Spun (2002)
• "Witchblade" (1 episode, 2002)
• Roughing It (2002)
• Fool Proof (2002)
• Endangered Species (2002)
• Con Games (2001)
• Rough Air: Danger on Flight 534 (2001)
• Raptor (2001)
• "Strange Frequency" (1 episode, 2001)
• The Flying Dutchman (2001)
• Walking Shadow (2001)
• Fast Sofa (2001)
• Stiletto Dance (2001)
• Mindstorm (2001)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1 episode, 2001)
• "The King of Queens" (1 episode, 2001)
• Strange Frequency (2001)
• Wrong Number (2001)
• Sol Goode (2001)
• Mercy Streets (2000)
• The King's Guard (2000)
• TripFall (2000)
• Two Shades of Blue (2000)
• Cecil B. DeMented (2000)
• The Alternate (2000)
• Facade (2000)
• "Falcone" (4 episodes, 2000)
• Luck of the Draw (2000)
• No Alibi (2000)
• "Dark Realm" (2000)
• Sanctimony (2000)
• The Beat Nicks (2000)
• Race Against Time (2000)
• Dirk and Betty (2000)
• "The Hunger" (1 episode, 1999)
• Hitman's Run (1999)
• Spawn 3: Ultimate Battle (1999)
• Heaven's Fire (1999)
• Wildflowers (1999)
• Restraining Order (1999)
• "Touched by an Angel" (1 episode, 1999)
• Lansky (1999)
• BitterSweet (1999)
• Purgatory (1999)
• Making Sandwiches (1998)
• "C-16: FBI" (11 episodes, 1997-1998)
• T.N.T. (1998)
• Past Perfect (1998)
• La Cucaracha (1998)
• The Shadow Men (1998)
• The Prophecy II (1998)
• Dead End (1998)
• Most Wanted (1997)
• "Oz" (1 episode, 1997)
• The Odyssey (1997)
• "Spawn" (1997)
• "Frasier" (1 episode, 1997)
• Public Enemies (1996)
• In Cold Blood (1996)
• "The Drew Carey Show" (1 episode, 1996)
• The Glass Cage (1996)
• American Strays (1996)
• Dark Angel (1996)
• The Cable Guy (1996)
• Power 98 (1996)
• Heaven's Prisoners (1996)
• Doctor Who (1996)
• It's My Party (1996)
• The Grave (1996)
• Saved by the Light (1995)
• Sensation (1995)
• The Immortals (1995)
• The Nature of the Beast (1995)
• The Specialist (1994)
• Babyfever (1994)
• The Hard Truth (1994)
• Love Is a Gun (1994)
• Freefall (1994)
• Love, Cheat & Steal (1993)
• Voyage (1993)
• Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage (1993)
• Best of the Best 2 (1993)
• Final Analysis (1992)
• Fugitive Among Us (1992)
• Lonely Hearts (1991)
• Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride (1991)
• By the Sword (1991)
• Descending Angel (1990)
• The Lost Capone (1990)
• The Ambulance (1990)
• Fire Princess (1990)
• Best of the Best (1989)
• Blood Red (1989)
• Rude Awakening (1989)
• To Heal a Nation (1988)
• Options (1988)
• Nobody's Fool (1986)
• Slow Burn (1986)
• Runaway Train (1985)
• The Coca-Cola Kid (1985)
• The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
• Star 80 (1983)
• Miss Lonelyhearts (1983)
• Raggedy Man (1981)
• Paul's Case (1980)
• King of the Gypsies (1978)
• "Another World" (1978)

Awards

• Theatre World Award "Burn This" 1988