Eric Stoltz - Biography

Last Editor: smartboys				Eric Stoltz Biography -   Name : Eric Stoltz Date of birth : 30 September 1961 Place of birth : Whittier, California, USA Height : 6' (1.83 m)

Eric Stoltz Trivia -

Attended San Marcos High School in Santa Barbara, California. Sister is Catherine Stoltz, professional opera singer. Dropped out of USC. Director Cameron Crowe promised him a role, however small, in every film he makes. Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1984" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 43. Lived with Ally Sheedy (they met in college). They both appeared in Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge (1999) (TV). [1980-1983] Nominated for a Drama Desk Award for "Our Town" (1989). Dated Jennifer Jason Leigh. They both appeared in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) and Sister, Sister (1987). [1985-1989] Dated Lili Taylor while they both starred in Sensibility and Sense (1990) (TV). Lived with Bridget Fonda. They both starred in Singles (1992), Bodies, Rest & Motion (1993), Grace of My Heart (1996) and Mr. Jealousy (1997). [1990-1998] Member of the Actors Studio. Worked as a production assistant on the films Say Anything... (1989) and Illegally Yours (1988) to learn from the famed first assistant director Jerry Ziesmer about the production side of film making. Is a vegetarian. Dated Laura Linney. [2000] Has an extensive antique gun collection. He was cast as Marty McFly in Back to the Future (1985), since Michael J. Fox was unavailable. After filming about 1/3 of the movie, they fired him and hired the now available Michael J. Fox. They said that Stoltz didn't act enough like a teenager. He was cast as Marty McFly in Back to the Future (1985) after Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale were unable to get Michael J. Fox, the first choice for the part due to scheduling conflicts. After filming for six weeks, he was let go from the film because Zemeckis and Gale felt he was "too intense" for the character. Michael J. Fox was then available and he took over the part. Was nominated for Broadway's 1989 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for a revival of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town."

Eric Stoltz Detailed Biography -

Eric Stoltz was born on September 30, 1961 to two teachers who raised him and his two sis-ters in American Samoa and Santa Barbara (California). Eric Stoltz was just a teenager when he started acting and performing music for small theater productions. Nevertheless, he atten-ded USC for drama and literature but after two years he joined an American theater group who toured in Scotland. Eric Stolz made his motion picture debut with "Fast times at Ridgemont High" and after this was offered several guest parts in television films. In the following years, his most important role was the one in "Mask", as the son of Cher, a boy with a deformed face. Stoltz has been nominated for a Tony, a Golden Globe, and a Spirit Award for his film work. He is a member of the Actors Studio, and his stage performances include the Broadway produc-tions of “Two Shakespearean Actors" and “Three Sisters” ; and “Our Town,” which earned him Tony and Drama Desk nominations, and a Theatre World Award. Some of the best kown/best motion pictures where Eric Stolz starred in are the great "Bodies, rest & motion", "Killing Zoë", Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp fiction",... Stoltz produced "Mr. jealousy" and made his directorial debut with "My horrible year", that was nominated for an Emmy.