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Eric Stoltz

American actor, director and film producer

Not to be confused with Eric Stults.

Eric Stoltz

Stoltz promoting Caprica in April

Born

Eric Cameron Stoltz


() September 30, (age&#;63)

Whittier, California, U.S.

Occupations
Years&#;active–present

Eric Stoltz (born September 30, ) is an American actor, director and producer.

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He played Rocky Dennis in the biographical drama film Mask (), which earned him the nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture.[1]

He has appeared in a wide variety of films, from mainstream ones including Some Kind of Wonderful to independent films such as Pulp Fiction, Killing Zoe, and Kicking and Screaming.

He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in Pulp Fiction. In , he portrayed Daniel Graystone in the science fiction television series Caprica and became a regular director on the television series Glee.

Early life and education

Stoltz was born in Whittier, California, the son of Evelyn (née Vawter),[2] a violinist and schoolteacher, and Jack Stoltz, an elementary school teacher.[3] He has two sisters.[4][5]

Stoltz was raised in both American Samoa and Santa Barbara, California.[6] He attended the University of Southern California, but dropped out after his junior year.[7] He moved to New York in and studied acting with Stella Adler and Peggy Feury.[8]

Career

In the s, Stoltz joined a repertory company that performed ten plays at the Edinburgh Festival.

He returned to the United States in , when he entered USC as a drama student. He dropped out to pursue film and television roles.[9]

In , he was cast as Steve Benson in the television adaptation of Erma Bombeck's The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank.[10]

Director Cameron Crowe and Stoltz became friends when the latter appeared in his first feature film, Fast Times at Ridgemont High ().

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    • Crowe wrote it and Stoltz had a minor role. According to Stoltz, Crowe promised Stoltz roles in all of his future films.[11]

    Stoltz was cast in each of Crowe's next four films, The Wild Life (), Say Anything (), Singles () and Jerry Maguire ().

    In , Stoltz received a Golden Globe nomination for starring performance as Rocky Dennis in Mask.

    Among his other roles in the s, he appeared in the film Some Kind of Wonderful, written and produced by John Hughes.

    Stoltz was originally cast as Marty McFly in Back to the Future. His view of the movie clashed, however, with that of the director, Robert Zemeckis.

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    While the film was to become a sci-fi comedy (and box office smash hit), Stoltz had read the script from a more serious angle, apparently focusing on the tragic consequences of going back to live a life that was not one's own. Five weeks into shooting, Zemeckis replaced Stoltz with Michael J. Fox.[12][13]

    In , Stoltz starred as the lead character of the sequel The Fly II.

    The movie was a hit, grossing approx million dollars worldwide.

    During the s, Stoltz went back and forth between stage, film and television, appearing in studio and independent films such as The Waterdance (), Pulp Fiction (), Grace of My Heart () and Anaconda ().

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    • During the s, Stoltz produced the films Bodies, Rest & Motion (), Sleep with Me () and Mr. Jealousy ().[14]

    He continued to appear on the New York stage, both on Broadway (Three Sisters, Two Shakespearean Actors, Arms and the Man, Our Town) and off-Broadway (The Importance of Being Earnest, The Glass Menagerie, Sly Fox).

    He was nominated for a Tony Award as Featured Actor for his performance as George Gibbs in the Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder's Our Town.[15]

    A performance of this production was featured on Great Performances: Live from Lincoln Center, which received a Emmy nomination.[16]

    On television, he had a recurring role as Helen Hunt's character's ex-boyfriend on Mad About You (five episodes, –), spent a year on Chicago Hope () and did some television and cable films such as Inside () (directed by Arthur Penn) and The Passion of Ayn Rand (), with Helen Mirren.

    Stoltz received the Indie Supporter Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival.[17]

    During the first part of the s, he starred with Gillian Anderson in The House of Mirth (), based on the novel by Edith Wharton. From to , he had a recurring role as the English teacher-poet August Dimitri in ABC's Once and Again, wherein Julia Whelan's character, a teenager, fell in love with his character.

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    He directed an episode of the show in

    In , he played his first leading TV role in Out of Order, which was canceled after five episodes. At the same year, he also played Otto in When Zachary Beaver Came to Town, alongside Jonathan Lipnicki. In , he appeared in The Butterfly Effect as a child molester; the following year, he guest-starred in the NBCsitcomWill & Grace as Debra Messing's love interest.

    He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for his direction of the cable movie My Horrible Year! ().[18] He also directed a short film entitled The Bulls[6] as well as the highest-rated episode of Law & Order in , entitled "Tombstone". He appeared in the music video of The Residents' "Give It to Someone Else", featured on The Commercial DVD.[19]

    He has contributed essays to the books City Secrets--New York as well as Life Interrupted by Spalding Gray and appears on the children's CD Philadelphia Chickens.[20]

    Beginning in , Stoltz directed episodes of the drama series Quarterlife, which began airing as webisodes and were then picked up to air on the NBC network in Stoltz played a serial killer in need of medical attention in three episodes of the fifth season of Grey's Anatomy.[21] He has also directed two episodes of Grey's Anatomy.

    Stoltz starred as Daniel Graystone, inventor of the Cylons, in the science fiction television series Caprica, a prequel set 58 years before the Battlestar Galactica series.

    He became a regular director of the series, Glee, directing a total of 12 episodes, including "Nationals", in which the Glee club finally wins the championship.[22]

    In , Stoltz was seen back on the silver screen with the film Fort McCoy; he earned accolades for his leading role as a conflicted barber of German heritage forced to suppress his American patriotism after moving his family to a post–World War II military base housing a German POW camp.

    Starting in , Stoltz became the producing director of the CBS political drama series Madam Secretary. The following year he became one of its four executive producers, alongside Morgan Freeman and Barbara Hall and has directed more than 10 episodes, as well as starring alongside Téa Leoni in several episodes as her brother, Will Adams.[23]

    Personal life

    Stoltz and Bridget Fonda began dating in The relationship ended after eight years.[24]

    Stoltz is a vegetarian.[25]

    Filmography

    Actor

    Film

    Television

    Director

    Film

    Television

    He has directed many shows on The Learning Channel, TLC Network.

    Producer

    Films

    Television

    Year Title Notes
    – Madam SecretaryCo-executive producer (Seasons )
    Executive producer (Seasons )
    – BullExecutive producer (Seasons )

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