| Eric Lange | |
| Birth Date: | 19 February 1973[1] |
| Birth Place: | Hamilton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Miami University (BFA)[2] |
| Children: | 2 |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Years Active: | 1996–present |
Eric Lange (born February 19, 1973) is an American actor. He is known for his extensive work on television, where he has appeared in a wide variety of both supporting and leading roles.
Lange played the recurring roles of Stuart Radzinsky on the ABC series Lost (2009) and Erwin Sikowitz in the Nickelodeon series Victorious (2010–13), and had his mainstream breakthrough for playing David Tate/Kenneth Hasting on the FX series The Bridge (2013). He earned acclaim for starring as Bill Stechner on the crime drama Narcos (2016), Lyle Mitchell on Showtime's Escape at Dannemora (2018) which earned a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries, and Lou Burke on the Netflix original series Brand New Cherry Flavor (2021). He currently stars as Detective Gene Holcomb on the HBO series Perry Mason.
Lange's film roles include Sam Larson in the independent film AM1200 (2008), Andy Beyer in the sports drama Secretariat (2010), a cameraman in the neo-noir Nightcrawler (2014), Dr. Silverman in the comedy-drama Danny Collins (2015), Whitehurst in the neo-Western mystery Wind River (2017), Blake Denton/Him in the horror Antebellum (2020) and Ralph Seegan in the action horror Day Shift (2022).
Eric Lange was born in Hamilton, Ohio and graduated from Fairfield High School and Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He has Danish ancestry.[3]
Lange's first film role came in 1996's High School High, where he played a singing waiter.[2] Two years later, he appeared in three episodes of the daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful. With 2001 came a guest role in the popular series Angel, and the following year he was cast in a one-episode part in Firefly.
Over the next three years, he appeared in minor roles on several television shows, including CSI, The Bernie Mac Show, Without a Trace, The Shield, and The West Wing. Lange also appeared in a 2007 episode of Entourage and appeared briefly on the short-lived NBC show Journeyman.
In 2008, he appeared in an episode of Criminal Minds, as well as in small roles in Bones and My Name is Earl. In 2010, he appeared in 2 episodes of Weeds.
Lange portrayed Manager Erik on the television comedy Easy to Assemble. He has also guest starred on , and My Name is Earl, and from 2010 to 2013 portrayed Mr. Sikowitz, an eccentric acting teacher, on Nickelodeon's teen show Victorious. On June 11, 2011, Lange guest starred on iCarly in "iParty with Victorious", the first ever iCarly and Victorious crossover event.[4]
Lange also portrayed a distraught basketball coach in the ABC television show Modern Family. In 2006, he guest starred on Cold Case, in which he played "Lyle".
In 2010, Lange portrayed John Skrzynsky in the HBO movie You Don't Know Jack, the biography of controversial doctor Jack Kevorkian.[5] His role was Andy Beyer in the Disney film Secretariat.[6] Lange had a recurring role in Weeds as journalist Vaughn Coleman.
In 2013, he played a role in Grimm in Season 2, Episode 16. In 2015, he played Dr. Silverman in Danny Collins.[7]
The year following, he appeared as Officer Smith in Fear, Inc.[8] He had a main role on the Netflix drama series Narcos as Bill Stechner, a corrupt CIA agent, which earned him recognition.
In November 2019, it was announced that Lange would appear in a main role on the Netflix horror drama miniseries Brand New Cherry Flavor.[9] The miniseries was released on August 13, 2021.[10]
He is married to Lisa Sabatino, who works as a sales rep in California. They married on November 9, 2013 and have two children.[11] Lange quit drinking around 2021.[12]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | High School High | Singing Waiter | ||
| 2008 | AM1200 | Sam Larson | Independent film | |
| 2010 | Secretariat | Andy Bayer | ||
| 2012 | Blue Like Jazz | The Hobo | ||
| 2014 | Nightcrawler | Ace Video Cameraman | ||
| 2015 | Danny Collins | Dr. Silverman | ||
| 2016 | Fear, Inc. | Officer Smith | ||
| 2017 | Wind River | Dr. Whitehurst | [13] | |
| 2020 | Antebellum | Blake Denton/Him | [14] | |
| 2022 | Day Shift | Ralph Seeger | [15] [16] | |
| 2025 | Caddo Lake | Upcoming film; post-production[17] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | The Bold and the Beautiful | Dr. Larson | 3 episodes |
| 2001 | Angel | Sad-eyed Demon | Episode: "Happy Anniversary" |
| 2002 | Firefly | Fed | Episode: "The Train Job" |
| 2003 | Wanda at Large | Stage Manager | Episode: "Hurricane Hawkins" |
| 2003–2004 | All of Us | Bill | Episodes: "Uncle Marcus Comes to Dinner" and "Catering" |
| 2004 | The Shield | Robert | Episode: "Streaks and Tips" |
| Oliver Beene | Doctor | Episode: "Oliver & the Otters" | |
| The West Wing | Paul Tyminski | Episode: "The Hubbert Peak" | |
| LAX | Doctor | 4 episodes | |
| 2005 | JAG | Brad Weston | Episode: "Automatic for the People" |
| The Bernie Mac Show | Tony | Episode: "You Got Served" | |
| Judging Amy | Dr. Wright | Episode: "10,000 Steps" | |
| Without a Trace | Warren Stipe | Episode: "Transitions" | |
| ER | Rod Stillman | Episode: "Nobody's Baby" | |
| Simon Winger | Episode: "Jamalot" | ||
| 2006 | NCIS | William Lafferty | Episode: "Deception" |
| Cold Case | Lyle | Episode: "Willkommen" | |
| Ghost Whisperer | Driver | Episode: "Free Fall" | |
| 2007 | Entourage | Director | Episode: "The Young and the Stoned" |
| Journeyman | Sheriff | Episode: "Blowback" | |
| Burn Notice | Bill Reese | Episode: "Old Friends" | |
| 2008 | Boston Legal | George Parkes | Episode: "Rescue Me" |
| Criminal Minds | Brian Matloff | Episode: "Tabula Rasa" | |
| Bones | Steve Jackson | Episode: "The Con Man in the Meth Lab" | |
| My Name is Earl | Mr. Fischer | Episode: "Orphan Earl" | |
| Law & Order | Cab Driver | 1 episode | |
| Numb3rs | Skipper | Episode: "Charlie Don't Surf" | |
| 2008–12 | Easy to Assemble | Erik Lindstrom | Main role |
| 2009 | Lost | Stuart Radzinsky | 7 episodes |
| Monk | Goggle-wearing UFO Enthusiast | Episode: "Mr. Monk and the UFO" | |
| 2010 | Modern Family | Coach Stupak | Episode: "Benched" |
| Bryce Kelton | Episode: "Witness" | ||
| Twentysixmiles | Sean "Murph" Murphy | 6 episodes | |
| Dark Blue | David Lantz | Episode: "Home Sweet Home" | |
| Weeds | Vaughn Coleman | 4 episodes | |
| 2010–13 | Victorious | Erwin Sikowitz | Recurring role; 27 episodes |
| 2011 | CSI Miami | Patrick Lieber | Episode: "Stoned Cold" |
| Chuck | Colin Davis | Episode: "Chuck Versus the Hack Off" | |
| iCarly | Erwin Sikowitz | Episode: "iParty with Victorious" | |
| 2012 | Figure It Out | Himself | 1 episode; game show |
| Fringe | Gael Manfretti | Episode: "In Absentia" | |
| 2013 | Grimm | Dominick Spinner | Episode: "Nameless" |
| Touch | Dr. Stanley | Episode: "Broken" | |
| Castle | Simon Warburg | Episode: "The Human Factor" | |
| Sam & Cat[18] | Erwin Sikowitz | Episode: "#MommaGoomer" | |
| Cult[19] | Cameron / Steven Rae | 6 episodes | |
| 2013–2014 | The Bridge | Kenneth Hasting | Recurring role; 11 episodes[20] |
| 2014 | Once Upon a Time | Prince Leopold | Episode: "Bleeding Through" |
| Stalker | Larry Meyers | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| 2015 | Grey's Anatomy | Steven Tanner | Episode: "Sledgehammer" |
| 2016–17 | Narcos | Bill Stechner | Main role (season 2) |
| 2018 | Waco | Ron Engelman | Miniseries |
| Escape at Dannemora | Lyle Mitchell | Miniseries | |
| 2018, 2020 | Bill Stechner | Episodes: "Rafa, Rafa, Rafa!" and "The Big Dig" | |
| 2019 | Unbelievable | Detective Parker | Miniseries |
| The Man in the High Castle | Bill Whitcroft | Recurring role; 5 episodes (season 4) | |
| 2020, 2023 | Perry Mason | Detective Holcomb | Recurring (season 1); main role (season 2) |
| 2021 | Brand New Cherry Flavor | Lou Burke | Main role; limited series |
| The Premise | Eli Spector | Episode: "Butt Plug" |
| Year | Work | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | AM1200 | ShockerFest Awards | Best Actor – Horror Genre | |
| 2010 | Easy to Assemble | Streamy Awards | Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series | |
| 2017 | Wind River | IABM Awards | Best Cast | |
| 2019 | Escape at Dannemora | Critics' Choice Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries | |
| 2019 | Online Film & Television Association | Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture or Limited Series |