Eric Close Biography

Fast Facts

• In 2004, he was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for his role in "Without a Trace․"
• In 1993, Close was nominated for a Soap Opera Digest award for "Outstanding Male Newcomer․"
• Was nominated for the 2000 Saturn Award for Best Genre TV Actor
• At the start of his career in entertainment, his first role was in a theater production called "Rat Songs" in Los Angeles Calif
• Quote: "(On life advice) "․․․ about saying no and how we have become a culture of yes people․ To avoid conflict, we say yes․ I would like to go back and say to myself that it is OK to say no -- it doesn't mean you are not a good person․""
• Quote: "(On what he does in his free time) "I really enjoy playing golf․ I have worked at that a long time․ I'm a 12 handicap․ 'Golf Digest' put me as number 33 out of a 100 celebrity golfers․ I also love backpacking, hiking and skiing․""
• While attending the University of Southern California, where he received a B․A․ in Communications, he became a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity whose purpose is to "cultivate and maintain the high ideals of friendship, justice and learning․"