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Eric Close has starred in the series "Now and Again" and "The Magnificent Seven," both on CBS, as well as "Dark Skies" and "McKenna." His additional television credits include appearances in the series "Sisters" and "Santa Barbara." He also starred in the Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation "Follow the Stars Home," on CBS, and the 20-hour, 10-part mini-series "Taken," which was executive-produced by Steven Spielberg and received a Golden Globe nomination.

His feature film credits include "Liberty, Maine," "The Sky Is Falling," "Alvarez and Cruz," "American Me" and "Safe House."

Close was born in Staten Island, N.Y., and lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two daughters. His birth date is May 24.
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Actor Eric Close found his breakthrough role on the prime-time serial drama Sisters (1991), opposite Julianne Phillips, Sela Ward, and Swoosie Kurtz. Close's performance as a policeman in the sixth season of the program established his onscreen reputation as a solid and reliable performer. Alongside that program, Close landed roles in low-rent films such as Hercules and the Lost Kingdom (1994) and the made-for-television soaper The Stranger Beside Me (1995). The actor then received second billing after small-screen mainstay Michael Biehn in the Western series The Magnificent Seven (1998), joined the regular cast of the short-lived sci-fi drama The Sky Is Falling (1999), and scored a lead in Glenn Gordon Caron's eccentric, short-lived superhero series Now and Again. Close drew his largest audience, however, with his contributions to the outstanding crime-investigation drama Without a Trace, as Martin Fitzgerald, the missing-persons agent amorously, and perhaps unwisely, involved with colleague Samantha Spade (Poppy Montgomery). Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide

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