Eric Christian Olsen
Eric Christian Olsen
Eric Christian Olsenis an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayals of Detective Marty Deeks on the CBS television series NCIS: Los Angeles, and of Austin in the film Not Another Teen Movie...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth31 May 1977
CountryUnited States of America
auditions dropped school
I was doing auditions and meetings during the day and going to culinary school at night. And then 'NCIS' happened. So I dropped out of culinary school.
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I grew up in Iowa, and the improv comedy club Comedy-Sportz across the river in Illinois held auditions. They took me even though I was only 16 - you really had to be 18, but they never checked me for ID.
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I was at Pepperdine University in Malibu, and during my sophomore year, I played a dying burn victim on 'ER.' The makeup artist put burn makeup all over my body and I couldn't move or eat for 12 hours. I lost 8 pounds that week.
injured played weeks
I played 15 years of hockey, and I got more injured doing two weeks of cheer camp.
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You pursue what you love, and if you find beauty or truth, you go with that.