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Date of Birth

9 November 1972, San Francisco, California, USA

Birth Name

Eric William Dane

Height

6' 0¾" (1.85 m)

Mini Biography

Eric William Dane was born in 1972, in San Francisco, California. He is the older of two brothers. His father is an architect and interior designer based in San Francisco. His mother was a homemaker. Young Eric Dane was a good athlete in high school. There, he started amateur stage work by playing "Joe Keller" in Arthur Miller's "All My Sons", and realized that this was all he wanted to do.

He moved to Los Angeles and made his television debut in 1993 on "The Wonder Years" (1988). In his early career, he also played bit parts on the TV series "Married with Children" (1987) (1995), "Silk Stalkings" (1991) (1996) and "Roseanne" (1988) (1996). Dane played medical doctors more that once, first appearing as a "Dr. Cooper" in "Gideon's Crossing" (2000). From 2003-2004, he has been a recurrent guest star as "Jason Dean" in the hit show "Charmed" (1998). In 2006, he appeared as handsome "Dr. Mark Sloan", the plastic surgeon on the show "Grey's Anatomy" (2005). Dane landed his first leading role on the big screen in the German made feature _Open Water 2 (2006)_ (aka Adrift).

On October 29, 2004, in Las Vegas, Eric Dane married actress Rebecca Gayheart, who was previously engaged to producer/director Brett Ratner, who is the director of none other than X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). In it, Dane plays the character of "Jamie Madrox", the Multiple Man.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Steve Shelokhonov

Spouse

Rebecca Gayheart

(29 October 2004 - present)

Trivia

Best friends with Balthazar Getty and is the godfather of Getty's son, Cassius.

Eric and wife Rebecca Gayheart introduced Charlie Sheen to his current wife, Brooke Mueller.

Where Are They Now

(October 2006) Co-starring on the hit TV show "Grey's Anatomy" (2005).

(March 2008) Filming Marley & Me in South Florida.

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