Eric Petersen began acting during his freshman year of high school, after quitting the football team and subsequently missing soccer tryouts.
10 Facts About Eric Petersen
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Eric Petersen's friend suggested that he audition for a role in the school production of The Hobbit, and the experience of playing that role inspired him to continue acting.
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Eric Petersen played William Barfee, one of the contestants in the eponymous spelling bee.
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Eric Petersen followed this effort with Shrek the Musical, serving at first as an understudy for the title character.
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Six months after the show opened in 2008, Eric Petersen became part of the first round of replacements, and played Shrek on Broadway for another six months.
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When Shrek The Musical began its first national tour in 2010, Eric Petersen served in the titular role.
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Eric Petersen played a "Bad Santa"-type criminal who held one of the main characters hostage as part of an attempted robbery.
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In 2012, Eric Petersen was cast as a series lead in Giant Baby, later renamed Kirstie, where he starred as Arlo, the long-lost son of Madison Banks.
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Eric Petersen's character was meant to channel the stereotypical "sitcom husband", in the style of The King of Queens, The Honeymooners, and Family Guy, while revealing the dissatisfaction of Murphy's character, Allison.
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Eric Petersen married his wife, fellow musical theater actress Lisa Marie Morabito, in 2007.