- Eric Close
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birthname = Eric Randolph Close
birthdate = birth date and age|1967|5|24
birthplace =Staten Island ,New York ,United States
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awards =Eric Close (born
May 24 1967 ,Staten Island ,New York ) is an American film and television actor.His father is an orthopedic surgeon, and Close is the eldest of three brothers. His family moved to
Indiana , then toMichigan , and finally settled inSan Diego when Close was seven years old.Close graduated with a
B.A. in Communications at theUniversity of Southern California in 1989, where he became a member of theSigma Chi Fraternity. He married his wife Keri in 1995 and has two daughters, Katie and Ella.Close was interested in acting from an 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 byElena 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 theSteven Spielberg produced miniseries "Taken " (2002).He currently co-stars on
CBS 's "Without a Trace " asFBI agent Martin Fitzgerald (since 2002).External links
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* [http://www.cbs.com/primetime/without_a_trace/bios/eric_close_bio.shtml Eric Close - CBS Bio]
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