Eric Cameron Stoltz (født 30. september 1961 i Whittier, Californien i USA) er en amerikansk skuespiller og filminstruktør. Han er kendt for sine roller i film som The Water Dance og Killing Zoe. Han blev nomineret til en Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor i filmen Mask.
Han var søn af Evelyn B. (født Vawt), en violinist og lærer, der døde i 1994, og Jack Stoltz, man lærte i skolen. Han har to ældre søstre, Catherine Stoltz (1954) og Susan Stoltz (1957). Som barn rejste Stoltz i både Amerikansk Samoa og Santa Barbara, Californien, hvor han tjente penge ved at spille klaver for lokale musikteater produktioner. Han studerede på University of Southern California, hvor han droppede ud inden han færdiggjorde nogen form for uddannelse.
I 1970'erne deltog Stoltz i Edinburgh Festival i Skotland. Han vendte tilbage til USA i 1979, hvor han studerede drama og teater, og fandt senere ud af, at han ville forfølge en karriere inden for film og tv. I slutningen af 1970'erne blev han castet som Carol Burnett og Charles Grodin søn i tv tilpasningen af Erma Bombecks The Grass Is Always Greener Over The Septic Tank. I 1981 studerede han med Stella Adler og Peggy Feury i New York, og optrådte hurtigt i sin første film, Fast Times on Ridge Mont High (1982).
Oprindeligt blev han tiltænkt rollen som Marty McFly i Tilbage til fremtiden (1985), men han blev erstattet efter 5 ugers filmoptagelser. Denne rolle blev således givet til instruktørens oprindelige valg, Michael J. Fox. I 1980'erne fik han opmærksomhed (og en Golden Globe-nominering) til stjerner som Rocky Dennis i filmen Mask (1985), og i instruktøren John Hughes' film Wonderful fra 1987.
I løbet af 1990'erne spillede han en række roller både på scenen, film og tv, herunder flere uafhængige film, blandt andre den Independent Spirit Award-vindende Pulp Fiction (1994) og den Sundance Festival-vindende The Water Dance (1992). I 1997 spillede han overfor Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight og Owen Wilson i gyserfilmen Anaconda fra 1997. Han var også involveret i off-Broadway produktionen af Out Town, som han blev nomineret til en Tony Award for. Stoltz blev tildelt en Indie Support Award i 1998 ved Los Angeles Film Festival.
Under den første del af 2000'erne, medvirkede han sammen med Gillian Anderson i The House of Mirth (2000), baseret på en roman af Edith Wharton. Fra 2001 til 2002 havde han en tilbagevendende rolle som engelsklærer-digteren August Dimitri i ABC's Once and Again, hvor Julia Whelans karakter, en teenager, forelskede sig i ham. Han instruerede en episode af tv-serien i 2002.
I 2003 spillede han sin første førende tv-rolle i "Out of Order", som blev aflyst efter fem episoder på skærmen. I 2004 medvirkede han i The Butterfly Effect som en børnemishandler, året efter at han havde haft en gæstestjerne i sitcom'en Will & Grace som Debra Messings kæreste. Han blev nomineret til en Emmy Award for sin præstation i filmen My Horrible Year! (2001). Han har også instrueret en kortfilm kaldet The Bulls, samt en episode af Law & Order i 2005, med titlen "Tombstone". Stoltz spillede en seriemorder, der har behov for medicinsk behandling i tre episoder af den femte sæson af tv-serien Grey's Anatomy. Han har også instrueret to episoder af denne serie. Stoltz har været en vegetar i 25 år.
Filmografi
Skuespiller Film År Titel Rolle Noter 1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High Stoner Bud 1984 Surf II Chuck 1984 Running Hot Danny Hicks 1984 The Wild Life Bill Conrad 1985 The New Kids Mark 1985 Mask Rocky Dennis Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture 1985 Code Name: Emerald Lt. Andy Wheeler 1987 Some Kind of Wonderful Keith Nelson 1987 Lionheart Robert Nerra 1987 Sister, Sister Matt Rutledge 1988 Greasy Lake The Narrator Direct-to-video 1988 Manifesto Christopher 1988 Haunted Summer Percy Shelley 1989 The Fly II Martin Brundle 1989 Say Anything... Vahlere 1990 Memphis Belle Sgt. Danny "Danny Boy" Daly 1991 Money Franck Cimballi 1992 The Waterdance Joel Garcia 1992 Singles The Mime 1993 Bodies, Rest & Motion Sid Producer 1993 Naked in New York Jake Briggs 1994 Killing Zoe Zed 1994 Pulp Fiction Lance Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male 1994 Sleep with Me Joseph Producer 1994 Little Women John Brooke 1995 Killing Time Stop N Start Manager Short film 1995 The Prophecy Simon 1995 Rob Roy Alan MacDonald 1995 Never Say Goodbye Aids Benefit by Yoko Ono Man From Hamptons Direct-to-video short film 1995 Fluke Jeff Newman 1995 Kicking and Screaming Chet 1996 Grace of My Heart Howard Cazsatt 1996 2 Days in the Valley Wes Taylor 1996 Jerry Maguire Ethan Valhere 1997 Keys to Tulsa Richter Boudreau 1997 Anaconda Dr. Steven Cale 1997 Mr. Jealousy Lester Grimm, aka Vince Executive producer 1997 Highball Darien 1998 Hi-Life Jimmy 1998 The Rocking Horse Winner Uncle Joe Short film 1998 A Murder of Crows Thurman Parks III 2000 It's a Shame About Ray Mr. Stoltz Short film 2000 Jesus & Hutch Jesus Short film 2000 The Simian Line Sam Donovan 2000 The House of Mirth Lawrence Selden 2001 Things Behind the Sun Dan 2001 Harvard Man Teddy Carter 2002 The Rules of Attraction Mr. Lawson 2003 Happy Hour Levine 2003 When Zachary Beaver Came to Town Otto 2004 The Butterfly Effect Mr. Miller 2004 Childstar Fresno Burnbaum 2005 Hello Max Short film 2005 The Honeymooners William Davis 2006 The Lather Effect Mickey 2007 The Grand Design Josh Short film (executive producer) 2009 Sparks Joseph Short film 2011 Fort McCoy Frank Stirn Producer 2014 5 to 7 Galassi 2015 Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant Russ Peterson 2018 Her Smell Howard 2019 Lucky Day Voice of Authority Voice
TV År Titel Rolle Noter 1978 James at 15 Jack Episode: "Hunter Country" 1978 The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank Steve Benson TV movie 1979 A New Kind of Family Burt Episode: “Invasion of Privacy’’ 1979 The Seekers First Boy TV movie 1980 The Waltons Sr. Boy #1 Episode: "The Valediction" 1980 Eight Is Enough Kurt Harper Episode: "Finally Grad Night" 1981 Walking Tall David Coombs Episode: "The Killing of McNeal County's Children" 1981 Knots Landing Luke Episode: "Man of the Hour" 1981 The Violation of Sarah McDavid Pete Brady TV movie 1982 Paper Dolls Steve TV movie 1982 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Kevin Episode: "Challenges" 1983 The Fall Guy Little Juice Atkins Episode: "One Hundred Miles a Gallon" 1983 Love, Sidney Rick Episode: "The Movie" 1983 A Killer in the Family Ricky Tison TV movie 1983 St. Elsewhere Eddie Carson Episodes: "Under Pressure" "Entrapment" "All About Eve" 1984 Things Are Looking Up Neil 'Trout' Troutman TV movie 1989 Great Performances George Gibbs Episode: "Our Town" 1990 American Playhouse Younger Edward Episode: "Sensibility and Sense" 1991 A Woman at War Franz Bueller TV movie 1992 The Heart of Justice David Leader TV movie 1993 Foreign Affairs Fred Turner TV movie 1993 Frasier Don (voice) Episode: "Miracle On Third Or Fourth Street" 1994 Roommates Bill Thomas TV movie 1994–1998 Mad About You Alan Tofsky 6 episodes 1995 Fallen Angels Nick Ballestier Episode: "A Dime a Dance" 1995 Partners Cameron Episode: "How Long Does It Take to Cook a 22-Pound Turkey?" 1996 Don't Look Back Jesse Parish TV movie 1996 Inside Marty Strydom TV movie 1997 Homicide: Life on the Street Drew Kellerman Episode: "Wu's on First?" 1998 Blackout Effect John Dantley TV movie 1998–1999 Hercules Theseus (voice)/The Grim Avenger (voice) Episodes: "Hercules and the Minotaur" "Hercules and the Grim Avenger" 1998–1999 Chicago Hope Dr. Robert Yeats Series regular 1999 The Passion of Ayn Rand Nathaniel Branden TV movie 1999 Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge Prosecutor Bob Laurino TV movie 2000 Common Ground Johnny Burroughs TV movie 2000 One Kill Capt. Wallker Randall TV movie 2000 The Last Dance Todd Cope TV movie 2001 My Horrible Year! Uncle Charlie TV movie (director) 2001–2002 Once and Again August Dimitri 7 episodes (directed Episode 3.13 "Falling in Place") 2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Father Michael Sweeney Episode: "Silence" 2003 Out of Order Mark Colm TV mini-series 2005 Will & Grace Tom Cassidy Episodes: "Friends with Benefits" "Kiss and Tell" 2005 The Triangle Howard Thomas Episodes: "Episode 1.1" "Episode 1.2" "Episode 1.3" 2007 Medium Sonny Troyer Episode: "We Had a Dream" 2007 Close to Home Det. Chris Veeder Episodes: "Drink the Cup" "Fall from Grace" "Eminent Domain" 2008 Blank Slate Sean Sullivan TV movie 2009 Grey's Anatomy William Dunn Episodes: "Wish You Were Here" "Sympathy for the Devil" "Stairway to Heaven" 2009–2010 Caprica Daniel Graystone Lead role (directed "Unvanquished") 2011 Leverage Alan Scott Episode: "The Long Way Down Job" 2013 Maron Danny Episode: "Projections" 2014 Blue Arthur WIGS Original Series 2014–2019 Madam Secretary Will Adams Episodes: "Catch and Release" "Invasive Species" (uncredited) "Tectonic Shift" "Ghosts"
Instruktør År Titel Noter 2005 The Bulls Short film 2007 The Grand Design Short film 2017 Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk Independent film 2017 Class Rank Independent film
TV År Titel Noter 2001 My Horrible Year! TV movie 2002 Once and Again Episode: "Falling in Place" 2005 Law & Order Episode: "Tombstone" 2007 Boston Legal Episodes: "Dumping Bella" "The Object of My Affection" 2008 Quarterlife Episodes: "Anxiety" "Home Sweet Home" 2008 Grey's Anatomy Episodes: "Brave New World" "These Ties That Bind" 2009 Nip/Tuck Episode: "Lola Wlodkowski" 2009–2011 Private Practice Episodes: "Do the Right Thing" "Eyes Wide Open" "War" "If You Don't Know Me By Now" 2010 Huge Episode: "Talent Night" 2010 Caprica Episode: "Unvanquished" 2010–2014 Glee Episodes: "Duets" "Blame It on the Alcohol" "Prom Queen" "The Purple Piano Project" "Mash Off" "Yes/No" "Big Brother" "Prom-asaurus" "Nationals" "Makeover" "Guilty Pleasures" "Opening Night" 2011 Off the Map Episode: "On the Mean Streets of San Miguel" 2012 Californication Episode: "Love Song" 2012 White Collar Episode: "Ice Breaker" 2013 Nashville Episodes: "There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight" "Take These Chains from My Heart" 2014 How to Get Away with Murder Episodes: "He deserved to die" 2014–2016 Madam Secretary Episodes: "Just Another Normal Day" "Collateral Damage" "Whisper of the Ax" "There But For the Grace of God" "The Doability Doctrine" "The Greater Good" "Vartius" "The Linchpin"
Producer
Film År Titel Noter 1993 Bodies, Rest & Motion 1994 Sleep with Me 1997 Mr. Jealousy Executive producer 2005 The Bulls Short film (executive producer) 2006 The Lather Effect Associate producer 2007 The Grand Design Short film (executive producer) 2011 Fort McCoy
Eksterne henvisninger
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