Eric Stoltz

Eric Cameron Stoltz (Whittier, California; September 30, 1961) is an American actor. He is known for playing social misfits (Mask, Some Kind of Wonderful, The Waterdance) and psychopathic criminals Killing Zoe. i>). He was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Mask.

Early years

Stoltz was born in Whittier, California, the son of Evelyn B. (Vawter), a violinist and school teacher who died in 1994, and Jack Stoltz, an elementary school teacher. He has two older sisters, Catherine Stoltz (1954) and Susan R. Stoltz (1957). He grew up in American Samoa and Santa Barbara, California, where as a child he earned money playing piano in local musical performances. He attended the University of Southern California, but dropped out in his junior year. anus.

Career

In 1979 Stoltz joined a theater company that performed ten plays at the Edinburgh Festival, Scotland. In 1981 she returned to the United States and studied with Stella Adler and Peggy Feury in New York, and soon after appeared in her first film, Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982). Originally set to play Marty McFly in Back to the Future (1985), he was replaced after five weeks of filming, when Michael J. Fox (the director's first choice for the role) agreed to split the time between the film and the series he was working on, Family Ties. The director, Robert Zemeckis, stated that although Stoltz gave an admirable performance, he lacked the touch of humor that Zemeckis was looking for. Part of the original cut (shots in which Stoltz does not appear, but was on the set) were used in the final version of the film.

During the 1980s he generated interest (and was nominated for a Golden Globe) for playing Rocky Dennis in Mask (1985) and Keith Nelson in Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), by John Hughes.

During the 90s, he alternated between theater productions, television and film again and again, forming an eclectic resume that included both studio films such as Pulp Fiction (1994) and independent films such as The Waterdance(1992), winner at the Sundance Film Festival. He was also a production assistant on Say Anything... and Singles (both by Cameron Crowe), and was a producer on Bodies, Rest & Motion (1993), Sleep with Me (1994) and Mr. Jealousy(1997). He also continued acting in New York theaters, in Broadway plays (Three Sisters, Two Shakespearean Actors, Arms and the Man) and off-screen. Broadway (The Importance of Being Earnest, The Glass Menagerie, Sly Fox and Our Town; for the last, was nominated for a Tony Award).

On television, he had a recurring role as the ex-boyfriend of Helen Hunt's character on Mad About You (in five episodes, 1994-1998), and also worked for a year on Chicago Hope (1994) and made some films for television and cable such as Inside (1996) (directed by Arthur Penn) and The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999) (with Helen Mirren).

At the beginning of the 2000s, she starred in The House of Joy, alongside Gillian Anderson, based on the novel of the same name by Edith Wharton. From 2001 to 2002 he played the role of the English teacher and poet August Dimitri in the ABC series Once and Again, where Julia Whelan's character falls in love with him. He also directed an episode of said series.

In 2003, he had his first role as a protagonist on television, in the series Out of Order, which would be canceled after five episodes. In 2004 he played a pedophile in The Butterfly Effect; The following year he appeared as a guest star in the sitcom Will & Grace, playing Debra Messing's lover. He also worked in three episodes of Grey's Anatomy, where he played a serial killer; He directed two episodes of the same series.

He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work as director on My Horrible Year! (2001). He also directed a short film titled The Bulls and the highest-rated episode of Law & Order(2005), titled "Tombstone".

Private life

Stoltz is a member of the Actors Studio. He lived with actress Ally Sheedy (whom he met in college) until 1983. He then dated actress Jennifer Jason Leigh from 1985 to 1989, and Bridget Fonda from 1990 to 1998.

Director Cameron Crowe and Stoltz became friends on the set of Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Crowe promised him roles in his films. Although he was unable to work on Almost Famous, his name briefly appears on a billboard.

Stoltz married singer Bernadette Moley in 2005 after dating for a year, and they are parents to a daughter named Catalina Stoltz, born in 2007.

Filmography

Cinema

Television

• St. Elsewhere
• Frasier
• Mad About You
• Partners
• Hercules
• Chicago Hope
• Out of control
• Once and Again
• Law " Order
• Out of Order
• The Triangle
• Will & Grace
• Medium
• Close to Home
• Grey's Anatomy
• CapricaDaniel Graystone (2010)