Eric Close
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| Born | Eric Randolph Close May 24, 1967 Staten Island, New York, United States |
Eric Close (born May 24, 1967, Staten Island, New York) is an American film and television actor.
His father is an orthopedic surgeon, and Eric is the eldest of three brothers. His family moved to Indiana, to Michigan and finally settled in San Diego when Eric was seven years old.
He graduated with a B.A. in communications at the University of Southern California in 1989. He married Keri in 1995 and has two daughters, Katie and Ella.
Close was interested in acting from a very early age, and had some stage experience in school, but did not decide to pursue an acting career until after college. His first role was in a theater production Rat Songs in L.A., after which he was offered a part in the film American Me (1992) and Safe House directed by Elena Mannus.
He returned to the stage with Thanksgiving Cries. He has had many guest appearances on television, and landed leading roles on such shows as Dark Skies (one season, 1996-1997), The Magnificent Seven (two seasons, 1998-1999), Now and Again (one season, 1999-2000), and Taken (miniseries, 2002).
He costars on CBS's Without a Trace as FBI agent Martin Fitzgerald (since 2002).
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