Eric BalfourFilmography

Born:: April 24, 1977 in Los Angeles, CA
Occupation:: Actor
Birth name:: Eric Salter Balfour
Biography:: While his standout performance as Gabe, the troubled boyfriend of Claire Fisher (Lauren Ambrose), on the acclaimed HBO series Six Feet Under may have made a striking first impression on many viewers, the truth is that Eric Balfour had been acting in television for nearly a decade following his...Read More

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Rise of the Gargoyles

Actors: Eric Balfour, Nick Mancuso

Synopsis: Eric Balfour stars as a professor who may be the world's last hope for redemption on Judgment Day. Evil creatures have been imprisoned under an abandoned church in Paris, but they are now freed from their cages and can wreak havoc on humanity. The fate of men and women around the world depend on a Read More

2009
Hell Ride

Actors: Larry Bishop, Michael Madsen, Eric Balfour, Dennis Hopper, Vinnie Jones, David Carradine, Leonor Varela

Synopsis: Veteran AIP genre star Larry Bishop (son of famed Rat Packer Joey Bishop) directs and stars in this gritty revenge tale concerning a biker gang that rallies to avenge the violent murder of a fellow gang member. An homage to such classic biker films as Chrome and Hot Leather and Angel Unchained Read More

8/8/08
24: Season 06

Actors: Jayne Atkinson, Powers Boothe, James Cromwell, Peter MacNicol, Rick Schroder, James Morrison, Marisol Nichols, Eric Balfour, Carlo Rota, Kiefer Sutherland, D.B. Woodside, Mary Lynn Rajskub

Synopsis: With a new day comes a new leader for the sixth season, as Wayne Palmer (DB Woodside), brother of former president David Palmer, has taken the reins from the corrupt Charles Logan (Gregory Itzin). But President Palmer has little time to celebrate his election, as America faces yet another grave Read More

2007
Down the Barrel

Synopsis: Steven Lawerence examines the state of surfing around the world in the documentary Down the Barrel. Some of the sport's biggest names are seen in action, and also discuss how the lifestyle has spread throughout the globe. Among the experts featured are Kelly Slater, Kalani Robb, and Joel Read More

2007
The Optimist

Actors: Rade Serbedzija, Leelee Sobieski, Shane West, Eric Balfour, Ed Begley, Jr.

Synopsis: A Russian-Jewish immigrant (Rade Serbedzija) whose pride prevents him from admitting to being fired as a clarinetist for the Torrance Symphony finds his life taking an unexpectedly positive turn after a pair of fleeing car thieves choose his home as a place to hide out from the authorities. Later Read More

2006
Conviction [TV Series]

Actors: Eric Balfour, Jordan Bridges, Milena Govich, Stephanie March, Anson Mount

Synopsis: Another Law & Order spin-off from producer Dick Wolf, NBC's weekly, hour-long Conviction starred Stephanie March, recreating her familiar Law & Order: SVU role as Assistant DA Alexandra Cabot. Formerly imbedded in the Federal Witness Protection Program, Alexandra was once more able to move about Read More

2006
Lie With Me

Actors: Eric Balfour, Lauren Lee Smith, Polly Shannon, Don Francks, Kristin Lehman

Synopsis: A young woman who's formed her sexual identity around anonymous one-night-stands considers the option of a committed, monogamous relationship in this erotic psychological drama. Introduced in voiceover, the twentysomething Leila (Lauren Lee Smith) makes clear her preferences for picking up guys Read More

11/11/05
In Her Shoes

Actors: Francine Beers, Brooke Smith, Jerry Adler, Ken Howard, Norman Lloyd, Richard Burgi, Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Shirley MacLaine, Mark Feuerstein

Synopsis: Curtis Hanson's adaptation of Jennifer Weiner's novel In Her Shoes stars Toni Collette and Cameron Diaz as a pair of very close but very different sisters. Free-wheeling irresponsible Maggie Feller (Diaz) gets through her life thanks to her remarkable looks and her lack of scruples. She constantly Read More

10/7/05
Sex, Love & Secrets [TV Series]

Synopsis: This hour-long UPN drama series was originally titled Sex, Lies & Secrets, but the producers opted to emphasize the more positive aspects of life in a tightly knit community in L.A.'s Silver Lake district. Among the gorgeous twentysomethings populating the area was Charlie (Eric Balfour), a Read More

2005
Rx

Synopsis: Colin Hanks, Eric Balfour, and Lauren German star in director Ariel Vromen's romantic thriller concerning three friends who become trapped on the wrong side of the border after traveling to Mexico on a wild road trip. When it begins to look as if they may never set foot on American soil again, the Read More

2005
The O.C.: The Goodbye Girl

Synopsis: As Anna (Samaire Armstrong) prepares to return to Pittsburgh, Seth (Adam Brody) is tortured with guilt, thinking that he, and he alone, is responsible for her abrupt departure. In other developments, Sandy (Peter Gallagher) tries to untangle the legal problems facing his wife, Kirsten (Kelly Read More

2004
The O.C.: The Telenovela

Synopsis: Friends, lovers no more: Ryan (Ben McKenzie) and Marissa (Mischa Barton) intend to resist all temptation and keep their relationship on a strictly platonic basis. Meanwhile, Ryan's former girlfriend Theresa (Navi Rawat) isn't being completely above-board as to why she has shown up in Newport. Read More

2004
The O.C.: The Nana

Synopsis: (Linda Lavin) guest stars as Sophie Cohen, mother of Newport lawyer Sandy Cohen (Peter Gallagher) and grandmother -- or "nana" -- of Seth Cohen (Adam Brody). Arriving at her son's house with some sad news for Passover, Mrs. Cohen has a galvanizing effect on Seth's girlfriend, Summer (Rachel Read More

2004
Hawaii [TV Series]

Actors: Michael Biehn, Sharif Atkins, Ivan Sergei, Eric Balfour, Aya Sumika

2004
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Actors: Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Erica Leerhsen, Mike Vogel, Eric Balfour

Synopsis: One of the most infamous horror films of the 1970s is revisited in this remake produced by action-spectacle maven Michael Bay. In the summer of 1973, four teenagers -- Erin (Jessica Biel), Morgan (Jonathan Tucker), Kemper (Eric Balfour), and Andy (Mike Vogel) -- are driving through Texas on a road Read More

10/17/03
Veritas: The Quest [TV Series]

Actors: Alex Carter, Ryan Merriman, Cynthia Martells, Arnold Vosloo, Cobie Smulders

Synopsis: From the creators of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider came this weekly, 60-minute ABC adventure-fantasy series. The titular Veritas was a high-tech archeological team headed by brilliant scientist Solomon Zond (Alex Carter) and his long-estranged teenaged son Nikko (Ryan Merriman). As the two Zonds Read More

2003
America's Sweethearts

Actors: Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cusack, Hank Azaria

Synopsis: Studio mogul Joe Roth returns to his roots as a director with this romantic comedy co-written by Billy Crystal and starring Roth's longtime friend Julia Roberts. Crystal stars as Lee, a studio publicist desperately trying to keep several facts secret from reporters during a high-profile motion Read More

7/20/01
NYPD Blue: Peeping Tommy

Synopsis: Coming upon a street shooting, Andy (Dennis Franz) fires at what he thinks is the perpetrator's car -- but cannot prove that he fired correctly when the only eyewitness, the original shooting victim, disappears. As Andy nervously awaits an Internal Affairs investigation, the other detectives begin Read More

2001
24: Season 01

Actors: Kiefer Sutherland, Leslie Hope, Elisha Cuthbert, Sarah Clarke, Dennis Haysbert

Synopsis: Federal agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) is having a very bad day in this unique, action-packed drama series in which events unfold in real time and the entire season takes place within one 24-hour day. Bauer is the director of the Counter Terrorist Unit in Los Angeles. He's also a married man Read More

2001
Six Feet Under: Season 01

Actors: Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose, Rachel Griffiths, Freddy Rodriguez, Mathew St. Patrick

Synopsis: The first season of HBO's critically acclaimed series Six Feet Under starts out with a bang; or, perhaps more appropriately, a crash, as the patriarch of the Fisher family (Richard Jenkins) is hit by an oncoming bus while driving the family hearse. Suddenly, his business -- Fisher & Sons, a Read More

2001
NYPD Blue: Two Clarks in a Bar

Actors: Henry Simmons

Synopsis: Andy Sipowicz' (Dennis Franz) joy over being promoted is tempered by his grief at the funeral of former partner Danny Sorenson. Additionally, Andy is nervous about being teamed with John Clark Jr. (Mark-Paul Gosselaar), the son of an old and vengeful enemy (Joe Spano). Before the reason for the Read More

2001
Scrapbook

Actors: Justin Urich, Eric Balfour, Chadwick Palmatier, Keili Lefkowitz, Jed Rhein

Synopsis: The sometimes turbulent relationship between two brothers forms the basis for this coming-of-age drama. Curt Martin (Justin Urich) is a high school student who has a gift for music, but has grown up introspective and shy around girls, in contrast with his older and more popular brother, Andy (Eric Balfour Read More

1999
Dawson's Creek: Roadtrip

Actors: James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, Joshua Jackson, Michelle Williams

Synopsis: After Jen (Michelle Williams) breaks up with him, Dawson (James Van Der Beek) sets out on a road trip with Pacey (Joshua Jackson) and Billy (Eion Bailey). They end up at a college bar where Dawson finds some success with a female film student. After football player Warren Goering (Eric Balfour) Read More

1998
Trojan War

Actors: Will Friedle, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Marley Shelton, Adam Cole, Anthony Michael Hall

Synopsis: In this randier-than-usual teen comedy, Brad (Will Friedle) is madly in love with Brooke (Marley Shelton), but she happens to have a boyfriend who is a star on the school football team. Brad's best friend Leah (Jennifer Love Hewitt) doesn't think much of Brooke or Brad's interest in her, but this Read More

1997
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Welcome to the Hellmouth

Synopsis: Ostensibly picking up where the movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer left off, episode one finds the vampire-stiffing Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and her mother, Joyce (Kristine Sutherland), recently moved from Los Angeles to the ironically named suburb of Sunnydale, CA. During her first day Read More

1997
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Harvest

Synopsis: In the second episode of the series, Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and friends Xander Harris (Nicholas Brendon), Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan), and Watcher Rupert Giles (Anthony Stewart Head) band together to stop a group of vampires from fulfilling an ancient prophecy called "The Harvest." Read More

1996
No One Would Tell

Actors: Candace Cameron, Fred Savage, Michelle Phillips, Heather McComb, Rodney Eastman

Synopsis: Teen obsession turns to violence in this gritty made-for-television drama. Child actor Fred Savage plays against type and portrays bullying Bobby Tennison, a high-school senior who dominates and intimidates his timid girlfriend Stacy Collins (Candace Cameron Bure). When their relationship turns Read More

1996
Boy Meets World: Pop Quiz

Synopsis: While delivering past-due book reports to the home of their teacher Mr. Turner (Anthony Tyler Quinn), Cory (Ben Savage) and Shawn (Rider Strong) stumble across Turner's class schedule, enabling them to determine when he plans to give the next pop quiz. As a result, the boys are able to cram for Read More

1995