Balfour, Eric 1977-

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Balfour, Eric 1977-

PERSONAL

Full name, Eric Salter Balfour; born April 24, 1977, in Los Angeles, CA; father, a holistic healer; mother, a psychologist.

Addresses:

Agent—United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Manager—Luber Roklin Entertainment, 8530 Wilshire Blvd., Fifth Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Career:

Actor. Appeared in advertisements. Blessed with Soul, band member, c. 1990s; Born as Ghosts (rock band, formerly known as Fredalba), lead singer.

Awards, Honors:

Young Artist Award nomination, outstanding young ensemble cast in a youth series or variety show, Young Artist Foundation, 1993, and Young Artist Award, outstanding youth ensemble in a cable or off primetime series, 1994, both with others, for Kids Incorporated; Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award nomination, male, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, 2003, for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Veritas: The Quest; DIY song-writers of the year (with Fredalba), DIY Music Festival, DIY Convention: Do It Yourself in Film, Music & Books, 2005, for Uptown Music for Downtown Kids.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Greg, Shattered Image, 1996.

Kyle, Trojan War (also known as No Night Stand, Rescue Me, and Safe Sex), Warner Bros., 1997.

Steve (a hippie), Can't Hardly Wait (also known as Big Party, The Party, and Party Zone!), Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1998.

Andy Martin, Scrapbook, PorchLight Entertainment, 1999.

Cameron, What Women Want (also known as Ce que femme veut, Ce que veulent les femmes, Ce-si doresc femeile?, Det kvinner vil ha, Do que as mulheres gostam, En que piensan las mujeres, Lo que ellas quieren, Mi kell a noenek?, Mitae nainen haluaa, O que as mulheres querem, Vad kvinnor vill ha, and Was Frauen wollen), Paramount, 2000.

Security guard, America's Sweethearts (also known as American Sweetheart), Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2001.

Kemper, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (also known as Michael Bay's "Texas Chainsaw Massacre"), New Line Cinema, 2003.

Saleem Haddad, Face of Terror, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2003.

Sheik's grandson, Secondhand Lions, New Line Cinema, 2003.

Andrew, Rx (also known as Simple Lies), Screen Media Films, 2005.

David, Lie with Me, THINKFilm, 2005.

(Scenes deleted) Derek, Be Cool, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2005.

Grant, In Her Shoes, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2005.

Skip, The Elder Son (also known as The Optimist), 2 Loop Films/A Russian Bear Production, 2006.

Comanche, Hell Ride, Dimension Films, 2008.

Taylor, Horsemen (also known as The Horsemen), Focus Features, 2008.

Film Work:

Coproducer, Rx (also known as Simple Lies), Screen Media Films, 2005.

Television Appearances; Series:

Eric, Kids Incorporated (also known as Kids Inc.), Disney Channel, beginning 1991.

Bill Ruskin, Jr., Arresting Behavior, ABC, 1992.

Gabriel "Gabe" Dimas, Six Feet Under, HBO, 2001-2003.

Milo Pressman, 24 (also known as Twenty Four and 24 Hours), Fox, beginning 2001.

Calvin Banks, Veritas: The Quest, ABC, 2003.

Christopher Gains, Hawaii, NBC, 2004.

Charlie, Sex, Love & Secrets (also known as Sex, Lies & Secrets and Wildlife), UPN, 2005.

Assistant district attorney Brian Peluso, Conviction (also known as Conviction—Sex & Law and Young Prosecutors), NBC, 2006.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Matt, Bloodlines: Murder in the Family, NBC, 1993.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Vince Fortner, No One Would Tell, NBC, 1996.

Private Morris, Rain, Animal Planet and World International Network, 2001.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Himself, American Express Jam Sessions, 2005.

Voice of himself, Down the Barrel, ESPN, 2007.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Himself, Arby's Action Sports Awards, 2006.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Benjamin Avery, "The Incident," Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, CBS, 1993.

Michael Fielder, "Never on Sunday," Step by Step (also known as Eine Starke Familie, Kaos i familien, Notre belle famille, Paso a paso, Steg for Steg, and Una bionda per papa), ABC, 1993.

Second teenager, "An Old Friend for Dinner," Danger Theatre, Fox, 1993.

Voice of Jared, "Katie Ka-Boom: The Broken Date," Animaniacs (animated; also known as Animania and Steven Spielberg Presents "Animaniacs"), Fox, 1993.

Benjamin Avery, "Just One Lullaby," Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, CBS, 1994.

Tommy, "Pop Quiz," Boy Meets World (also known as Cory si restul lumii, Crescere che fatica, Das Leben und ich, De wereld om de hoek, Du store verden!, Et gutteliv, Incorigible Cory, Isojen poikien leikit, O mundo e dos jovens, O rapaz e o mundo, and Yo y el mundo), ABC, 1995.

Zack, "The Crush," Kirk (also known as Life Happens), The WB, 1995.

Adam, "The Good Job," Townies, ABC, 1996.

Danny, "For Art's Sake," Champs, ABC, 1996.

Danny, "Devil in a Blue Dress," Ink, CBS, 1997.

Jesse McNally, "The Harvest," Buffy the Vampire Slayer (also known as BtVS, Buffy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Series, Nightfall, Bafi, ubica vampira, Buffy, a vampirok reme, Buffy, cacadora de vampiros, Buffy contre les vampires, Buffy i vampirofonissa, Buffy—Im Bann der Daemonen, Buffy, l'ammazzavampiri, Buffy, la cazavampiros, Buffy och vampyrerna, Buffy—Vampyrdaeberen, Buffy vampyrdoedaren, Buffy—Vampyrenes skrekk, Buffy—Vampyrernes skraek, and Buffy, vampyyrintappaja), The WB, 1997.

Pizza boy, "Salsa, Chlorine & Tears," Clueless (also known as Clueless—Die wichtigen Dinge des Lebens, Clueless—Huolettomat, and Ni idea!), UPN, 1997.

Jim Swindon, Leaving L.A., ABC, 1997.

Warren Gary, "Road Trip," Dawson's Creek, The WB, 1998.

Cliff Morehouse, "Shoot the Moon," Nash Bridges (also known as Bridges), CBS, 1999.

Third fraternity member, "Mr. Willis of Ohio," The West Wing (also known as West Wing and El ala oeste de la Casablanca), NBC, 1999.

Jason Kerns, "Hanlon's Choice," Chicago Hope, CBS, 2000.

Chapin Demetrius (some sources cite role as Briggs), "Subject: Live Fast, Die Young," FreakyLinks (also known as Fearsum, Freaky Links, and Friikkilinkit), Fox, 2001.

Charles "Spyder" Price, "Two Clarks in a Bar," NYPD Blue, ABC, 2001.

Eli Beardsley, "Peeping Tommy," NYPD Blue, ABC, 2001.

Mark Griffin, "Only the Young Die Good," The Chronicle (also known as News from the Edge), Sci-Fi Channel, 2001.

Himself, "Is She Buying What He's Selling?," Rendez-View, syndicated, 2002.

Student, "The Big Mixed Up Mojo Episode," Half & Half, UPN, 2003.

Himself, Punk'd (also known as Harassment), MTV, 2003 (multiple episodes).

Himself, The Sharon Osbourne Show (also known as Sharon), syndicated, 2003.

Eddie, "The Goodbye Girl," The O.C. (also known as California Teens, Newport Beach, O.C., O.C., California, Orange County, A Narancsvidek, O.C.—Um estranho no paraiso, and Zycie na fali), Fox, 2004.

Eddie, "The Nana," The O.C. (also known as California Teens, Newport Beach, O.C., O.C., California, Orange County, A Narancsvidek, O.C.—Um estranho no paraiso, and Zycie na fali), Fox, 2004.

Eddie, "The Telenovela," The O.C. (also known as California Teens, Newport Beach, O.C., O.C., California, Orange County, A Narancsvidek, O.C.—Um estranho no paraiso, and Zycie na fali), Fox, 2004.

Himself, "Shannon Elizabeth," E! Hollywood Hold'em, E! Entertainment Television, 2005.

Himself, MAD TV (also known as Mad TV and MADtv), Fox, 2005.

Himself, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC, 2006.

Himself, "24," The E! True Hollywood Story (also known as 24: The E! True Hollywood Story and THS), E! Entertainment Television, 2007.

Himself, Last Call with Carson Daly, NBC, 2007.

Appeared in "Sick at Home," an episode of Love and Marriage (also known as Come Fly with Me), Fox; and appeared as a student, Cybill, CBS.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Jesse McNally, "Welcome to the Hellmouth," Buffy the Vampire Slayer (also known as BtVS, Buffy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Series, Nightfall, Bafi, ubica vampira, Buffy, a vampirok reme, Buffy, cacadora de vampiros, Buffy contre les vampires, Buffy i vampirofonissa, Buffy—Im Bann der Daemonen, Buffy, l'ammazzavampiri, Buffy, la cazavampiros, Buffy och vampyrerna, Buffy—Vampyrdaeberen, Buffy vampyrdoedaren, Buffy—Vampyrenes skrekk, Buffy—Vampyrernes skraek, and Buffy, vampyyrintappaja), The WB, 1997.

Brookfield, ABC, 1999.

Gabriel "Gabe" Dimas, Six Feet Under, HBO, 2001.

Ryan, Fearless, The WB, 2004.

Assistant district attorney Brian Peluso, Conviction (also known as Conviction—Sex & Law and Young Prosecutors), NBC, 2006.

Himself, "Welcome Home, Kat," LA Ink, The Learning Channel, 2007.

Paul Grogan, Protect and Serve, CBS, 2007.

The Ex List (also known as Mythological Ex and Mythological X), CBS, 2008.