14 Facts About Eric Dane

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Eric William Dane was born on November 9,1972 and is an American actor.

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Eric Dane has since played Captain Tom Chandler in the post-apocalyptic drama The Last Ship and currently stars as Cal Jacobs in the HBO series Euphoria.

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Eric Dane was born in San Francisco, California, to William Melvin.

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When Eric Dane was 7 years old, his father died of a gunshot wound.

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Eric Dane attended Sequoia High School in Redwood City, California, from 1987 to 1990, and San Mateo High School in San Mateo, California, from 1990 to 1991, where he graduated.

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Eric Dane was an athlete in high school, playing on the boys' varsity water polo team, but pursued a career in acting after appearing in a school production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons.

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In 1993, Eric Dane moved to Los Angeles, where he played small roles in the television series Saved by the Bell, The Wonder Years, Roseanne, and Married.

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In 2005, Eric Dane guested as Dr Mark Sloan in "Yesterday", the eighteenth episode of the second season of the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy.

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Positive audience reaction to the character led to Eric Dane's becoming a regular in the show's third season.

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Eric Dane resigned from the show after the end of season 8 but appeared in the first two episodes of season 9.

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In 2021, Eric Dane reappeared on the show for the first time in nine years since his character was killed off.

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In October 2012, Eric Dane joined the main cast of the Michael Bay-produced TNT drama series The Last Ship.

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In 2009, Eric Dane made headlines when he was in a video that featured Eric Dane, his wife and Kari Ann Peniche, nude and using drugs.

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In June 2011, Eric Dane entered a California treatment center to recover from a dependency on prescription drugs he had developed after suffering a sports injury.