Eric Dane
| Eric Dane | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Eric William Dane |
| Born | November 9 1972 
San Francisco, California |
| Spouse(s) | Rebecca Gayheart (2004 - present) |
Eric William Dane (born on November 9, 1972 in San Francisco, California) is an American actor, most recently known for his role as Dr. Mark Sloan in Grey's Anatomy.
Biography
Career
After appearing in a high school production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons, Dane decided to pursue a career in acting. He relocated to Los Angeles, where he played small roles in the television
series Saved by the Bell, The Wonder
Years, Roseanne, and Married With Children, among others. But in 2000,
he was signed for a recurring role in Gideon's Crossing, and followed this with
a two-season run in
Dane's first major feature film appearance was in The Basket (1999). He also appeared in Zoe, Duncan, Jack &
Jane, Sol Goode, Feast,
Open Water 2, and X-Men: The Last
Stand.
In 2005, Dane guested as Dr. Mark Sloan (nicknamed "McSteamy" by Meredith Grey) in "Yesterday," the eighteenth episode of the second season of the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy. Positive audience reaction to the character led to Dane's becoming a regular in the show's third season. His first appearance in the season, in which he walked out of the bathroom soaking wet and wearing only a strategically placed towel, was labeled a "watercooler moment".[1]
In December 2006, he starred in the A&E TV movie Wedding Wars as the brother of a gay man (played by John Stamos) who goes on strike in support of marriage equality.
Personal life
Dane was born in San Francisco, California. In 2001, Dane briefly became involved with actress Lara Flynn Boyle when the two met while filming crossover episodes of their respective drama series Gideon's Crossing and The Practice, both produced by David E. Kelley. He married actress Rebecca Gayheart on October 29, 2004.
He is also close friends with actor Balthazar Getty.
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