Eric Nies
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Eric Nies (born May 23, 1971 in Ocean Township, New Jersey), is a former male fashion model whose reality television appearances made him a celebrity.
Nies is the son of NBA official Jack Nies and Anna May, a pre-school teacher, and grew up in Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.[1] He has an older brother named John.
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[edit] Career
Nies first gained fame as a cast member on the first season of MTV's reality television program, The Real World. After his exposure on The Real World, he went on to host the MTV series The Grind, which featured a studio audience dancing to popular dance tracks.
A model by profession, he and his older brother John posed nude in the Bruce Weber photography book Bear Pond. Although his brother is featured heavily, Nies only appears in two shots; one of which is full frontal. However, after he featured in the premier season of The Real World: New York, the pictures from the Weber book circulated on the internet.
Nies also appeared on a number of dance workout videos which, though he introduced, were led by fitness instructors. As each video progressed, whilst the other participants remained fully clothed, Nies invariably removed layers of clothing until bare chested. He also promoted the videos on daytime television shows such as The View and Donny and Marie, similarly attired. He also regularly presented The Grind dance show with no shirt, prompting on one occasion guest Queen Latifah to ask him: "How much do they pay you to show your nipples?"[2]
Nies has since hosted a range of television shows, including Road Rules and appeared in a couple of films. He has also been involved in a number of fitness product promotions on infomercials and the Internet.
Nies also started Moment of Hope, a post 9/11 non-profit organization that involves children joining hands, showing a brotherhood of children across America.
In 2002, Eric Nies joined longtime friend Doug Hertling to develop an entertainment guide called Glide Magazine, which was quickly purchased by Viacom and rebranded as MTV Magazine.
[edit] Appearances
- Celebrity Paranormal Project - Episode: Wooden Lucy (2006)
- Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Sexes II (2004)
- I Love the '90s (2004)
- Real Hot (2004)
- Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Sexes (2003)
- The Road to Reality (2003)
- Dance Fever (2003)
- Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons (2002) Co-Host
- The Real World: Tenth Anniversary Special (2000) Host
- The Real World You Never Saw: Boston + Seattle (1998)
- Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Road Rules: All-Stars (1998)
- The Real World You Never Saw (1997)
- The Real World Reunion: Inside Out (1996)
- The Real World Vacations: Behind the Scenes (1995)
- The Real World Reunion (1995)
- The Brady Bunch Movie (1995) Hip MC
- Above the Rim (1994) Montrose
- Days of Our Lives (1993) Disc Jockey
- Hangin' w/MTV (1992) Host
- The Grind (1992) Host
- The Real World: New York (1992)
[edit] References
- ^ Lynn, Allison. "Nies 'n' easy: MTV stud Eric Nies has his life back in shape.", People (magazine)October 7, 1996. "It is a sunny morning in the spring of 1995, and Eric Nies is fiddling with the sunroof of the stretch limo heading to his hometown of Ocean Township, N.J."
- ^ Episode of Grind at the Beach, 1994
[edit] External links
- Eric Nies at the Internet Movie Database
- Eric Nies at TV.com
