Eric Balfour

Eric Balfour
Eric Balfour in 2010
Born	Eric Salter Balfour April 24, 1977 (1977-04-24) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, singer
Years active	1991–present

Eric Salter Balfour (born April 24, 1977) is an American singer and actor of film and television. He is the lead singer of Born As Ghosts, formerly known as Fredalba. His best known roles include Milo Pressman on the action-thriller TV series 24 and Duke Crocker in the supernatural series Haven.

Personal life

Balfour was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Sharon (née Salter), who works as a marriage and family counselor, and David Balfour, a chiropractor. He has a younger sister, Tori. Both his father and maternal grandmother were Jewish, and his maternal grandfather had Lakota (Native American) ancestry.

Career

Balfour appeared on the kids TV show Kids Incorporated for one season in 1991. In 1997, he appeared in the pilot for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as one of the show's very first victims, Jesse McNally. He appeared as a regular cast member in three short-lived TV shows. NBC's Hawaii was canceled after seven episodes in 2004, UPN's Sex, Love & Secrets was canceled after four episodes. Also in 2005, Balfour starred in the sexually explicit Canadian drama Lie with Me opposite Lauren Lee Smith. In March 2006, Balfour debuted as Brian Peluso on producer Dick Wolf's short-lived NBC crime drama, Conviction, which lasted one season. Balfour was also a guest star on the hit show Dawson's Creek, in the ninth episode of the first season.

He starred in the 2003 remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre opposite Jessica Biel. He played a minor character in several episodes of The O.C., as Eddie, Theresa's fiancé, and in the hit HBO show Six Feet Under, as Claire's troubled boyfriend, Gabriel Dimas, during most of the show's first two seasons.

Balfour appeared in seven episodes of the first season of 24 as computer technician Milo Pressman in 2001. Five years later, Balfour reprised the role for nineteen episodes of 24's sixth season before leaving the show by his own request. Balfour appeared in ABC's Life on Mars as Eddie Carling, the brother of detective Ray Carling, as played by Michael Imperioli.

He was the face for the new Valentino male fragrance, Valentino V.

In September 2009, Balfour appeared in an episode of Monk alongside Louis Lombardi. The two had previously starred in 24, although in different seasons. In that same month, Balfour booked a recurring role on the new CW drama show The Beautiful Life, but the show was canceled after its second episode and production was shut down immediately. In 2010, he starred in the Strause Brothers thriller film Skyline. He currently stars as Duke Crocker on the Syfy drama Haven.

Filmography

Balfour in 2008

year	title	role	info
1991	Kids Incorporated	Eric	TV series
1992	Arresting Behavior	Billy Ruskin	5 episodes
1993	Bloodlines: Murder in the Family	Matt	TV movie
1993	Danger Theatre	Teenager #2	Episode: "An Old Friend for Dinner"
1993	Step by Step	Michael Fielder	Episode: "Never on Sunday"
1993-1994	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	Benjamin Avery	2 episodes
1994	Animaniacs	Jared (voice)	2 episodes
1995	Boy Meets World	Tommy	Episode: "Pop Quiz"
1995	Kirk	Zack	Episode: "The Crush"
1996	Shattered Image	Greg
1996	Champs	Danny	Episode: "For Art's Sake"
1996	No One Would Tell	Vince Fortner	TV movie
1996	Townies	Adam	Episode: "The Good Job"
1997	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Jesse	Episode: "Welcome to the Hellmouth" Episode: "The Harvest"
1997	Trojan War	Kyle
1997	Clueless	Pizza Boy	Episode: "Salsa, Chlorine & Tears"
1998	Dawson's Creek	Warren Goering	Episode: "Road Trip"
1998	Can't Hardly Wait	Hippie Guy
1999	Nash Bridges	Cliff Morehouse	Episode: "Shoot the Moon"
1999	The West Wing	Frat Boy #3 (uncredited)	Episode: "Mr. Willis of Ohio"
1999	Scrapbook	Andy Martin
2000	Chicago Hope	Jason Kerns	Episode: "Hanlon's Choice"
2000	What Women Want	Cameron
2001	Rain	Pvt. Morris
2001	FreakyLinks	Chapin Demetrius	Episode: "Subject: Live Fast, Die Young"
2001	America's Sweethearts	Security Guard
2001	The Chronicle	Mark Griffin	Episode: "Only the Young Die Good"
2001	NYPD Blue	Eli Beardsley Charlie 'Spyder' Price	Episode: "Peeping Tommy" Episode: "Two Clarks in a Bar"
2001	Six Feet Under	Gabe	3 Episodes
2001–2003	Six Feet Under	Gabriel Dimas	11 episodes
2001–2002	24	Milo Pressman	8 episodes
2003	Secondhand Lions	Sheik's Grandson
2003	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	Kemper
2003–2004	Veritas: The Quest	Calvin Banks	13 episodes
2004	Fearless	Ryan	TV movie
2004	Face of Terror	Saleem Haddad
2004	The O.C.	Eddie	3 episodes
2004	Hawaii	Christopher Gains	TV series
2005	Be Cool	Derek (scenes deleted)
2005	Rx	Andrew
2005	Lie with Me	David
2005	In Her Shoes	Grant
2005	Sex, Love & Secrets	Charlie	Episode: "Secrets"
2006	Conviction	A.D.A. Brian Peluso	13 episodes
2006	The Elder Son	Skip
2007	Protect and Serve	Paul Grogan	TV movie
2007	24	Milo Pressman	20 episodes
2007	LA Ink	Himself	Received a tattoo from Kat Von D
2008	Hell Ride	Comanche / Bix
2008	What We Take from Each Other	Thief of Hands	Short film
2008	The Ex List	Johnny Diamont	Episode: "Pilot"
2008	The Spirit	Mahmoud
2009	Horsemen	Taylor Kurth
2009	Spread	Sean
2009	Fear Itself	Maxwell	Episode: "Echoes"
2009	Life on Mars	Eddie Carling	Episode: "The Dark Side of the Moon"
2009	Rise of the Gargoyles	Prof. Jack Randall	TV movie
2009	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Max Goodwin	Episode: "Salome in Manhattan"
2009	Monk	Lenny Barlowe	Episode: "Mr. Monk Is Someone Else"
2009	Valemont	Eric Gracen	TV miniseries
2010	Cell 213	Michael Grey
2010	Dinoshark	Trace McGraw	TV movie
2010	Saving Grace	Jesus	Episode: "Loose Men in Tight Jeans"
2010	Beatdown	Victor	Video
2010 -	Haven	Duke Crocker	Main Character
2010	Skyline	Jarrod
2010	The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy	Will Edwards	Completed
2010	Do Not Disturb	Frank	Segment: "Rocketman"
2011	No Ordinary Family	Lucas Winnick	2 episodes
2012	Dark as Day	Jake
2012	Manson Girls	Bobby Beausoleil

External links

• Eric Balfour at the Internet Movie Database
• Eric Balfour at AllRovi
• Born as Ghosts on Myspace