Eric Weiss
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- For the magician Ehrich Weiss, see Harry Houdini
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| Eric Weiss | |
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| Gender | Male |
| Affiliation(s) | CIA APO Internet Church of Mammals |
| Held ranks | CIA field agent APO field agent Exalted Minister |
| Current status | Inactive |
| Portrayed by | Greg Grunberg |
Eric Weiss, played by Greg Grunberg, is one of Sydney Bristow's CIA co-workers on the television series, Alias.
[edit] Biography
Eric Weiss is another field agent at the CIA. He is a friend of most of the people at the CIA and often gives advice to the other characters, as an outside observer to all of the personal goings-on at the CIA. Weiss has a wry and sarcastic sense of humor which often comes out in his observations.
He initially served as a humorous foil and sounding board for Michael Vaughn in the first season, but with the integration of the former members of SD-6 and the CIA, he gives advice to many of the other characters, including Sydney and Marshall Flinkman.
When Marshall's fiance Carrie Bowman went into labor at CIA headquarters, she insisted on being married before the baby was born. Marshall quickly accessed the website for the dubious "Internet Church of Mammals" and obtained for Weiss the post of "Exalted Minister", which allowed him to officiate at the impromptu wedding.
Weiss was the only member of Sydney's CIA "family" who wasn't recruited into the black-ops division of the CIA, dubbed "APO," at the start of the fourth season, but this was soon rectified when he learned of the existence of APO during a mission in the second episode of the season.
Although there was the potential of a relationship beginning with Sydney Bristow during the third season, nothing developed. At the start of the fourth season, Weiss began a relationship with Sydney's half-sister Nadia Santos.
In the second episode of the fifth season: "...1..." Eric Weiss was offered a job in the NSC, which was only a "few steps from the President"; at the end of the episode Weiss accepted the promotion and left the series. The character returned one final time in "SOS" when he used his high position to extract a team of APO agents who had infiltrated CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
[edit] Trivia
- Eric Weiss is a descendant of Harry Houdini (whose real name was Ehrich Weiss). He mentions this to Will Tippin, who recognized the name, and to Nadia Santos as he's performing some sleight of hand to impress her.
- Although Weiss is a recurring character in the first season of Alias, Greg Grunberg's name, for unexplained reasons, does not appear at all in the guest credits of each episode he appeared in during that season.
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| Episodes: Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 | Season 5 |
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Jack Bristow | Sydney Bristow | Francie Calfo | McKenas Cole | Gordon Dean |
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Alliance of Twelve | Authorized Personnel Only | The Covenant |
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