Erik Sords
Erik Sords was born and raised in the eastern suburbs of Cleveland Ohio, where he and his twin brother attended an all male prep school from 2-12. Erik played ice hockey from age 3, including regional travel with a AAA team, 4 years high school Varsity, and 1 year College hockey with the Syracuse A team. Erik was also a 3 year Lacrosse player, specializing in faceoffs (FOGO), and, with his team, won the State Championship in 2008. In addition to his academics and sports, Erik was involved in every fall play and spring musical from 8th grade through graduation, and won first place in the Cleveland Improv Olympics in 2008. Erik auditioned and entered Syracuse University's Visual and Performing Arts Program, where he studied drama, stage combat and joined the DKE fraternity. But after only three semesters, Erik felt he wasn't being pushed enough, and wanted more hands-on experience. He took himself to Los Angeles where, for one year, he auditioned for the many student film projects being made by budding directors. After making 15 short films, most of which he played the lead, Erik began noticing the amount of interest the Chinese were taking in the film industry, and wanted to be part of it. He returned to Cleveland to get a Visa, and look for a job that would get him to China, intent on learning the language and the culture. Within a month Erik had secured a job, a visa, and was headed to Hangzhao to work as a teacher with young children. Knowing he wouldn't pick up Chinese quickly if he lived with other Americans, he negotiated a dorm room at Zhejiang University so that, on his off hours, he would more quickly learn Mandarin through immersion. Erik quickly began to pick up the ability to get around with simple Mandarin, returning to Los Angeles after a year, where he then did miscellaneous production work on a variety of projects. But, in 2012, when a Chinese director invited Erik to be an assistant producer on the set of Signal Of The Sisters in Hunan, China, Erik became frustrated when he realized his basic Mandarin wasn't enough; he couldn't read the scripts. At that point Erik decided to get serious about his Mandarin, applied and enrolled in Beijing Language and Culture University, and taught English to locals to support himself and pay for school. After a semester of 8 hour days learning to read and write Mandarin, Erik returned to Cleveland to convince Cleveland State to allow him to use his Mandarin Studies from Beijing, jointly, towards his final degree, and they approved. While in Cleveland, Erik then entered a Chinese Proficiency Competition, put on by the Confucius Institute at Pace University, and won first place in the Cleveland competition. He was then flown to New York for the final competition, where he was required to give a speech and perform a talent. The talent part was a surprise, and he didn't know what to do. So, on the plane, Erik wrote a script for a short comedy skit, which he then performed, alone and in Mandarin, for his Chinese audience. Though he only won an honorary prize, the Confucius Institute was impressed enough to offer to fund Erik's next entire year at the Beijing Language and Culture University. By June of 2015, Erik passed his 5 HSK level of fluency in Mandarin and returned to Cleveland to finish up the remaining few credits he needed to complete his degree. Erik was immediately hired by Tesla Motors and, enjoying the competition of his position, became their number one product specialist in the USA by the end of his second month. However, this was a detour for Erik, and he knew that after all of his time and effort in both the film industry and his Mandarin studies, working in the car industry wasn't what he really wanted. So after only a few months, Erik resigned from Tesla, and returned to Beijing.
Erik Stocklin
Erik Stocklin was born on September 24, 1982 in Freehold, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Haters Back Off! (2016), Good Trouble (2019) and Criminal Minds (2005). He has been married to Colleen Ballinger since 2018. They have three children.
Erik Stolhanske
Best known as "Officer Rabbit" from the 2001 cult-classic comedy Super Troopers and the 2018 sequel Super Troopers 2, Erik Stolhanske is a popular Hollywood comedian, actor, writer, producer, and member of the Broken Lizard Comedy Group. As one of the five principal members of the famed sketch comedy troupe, he has starred in all of the Broken Lizard films including Beerfest (2006), The Slammin' Salmon (2009), Club Dread (2004), and Puddle Cruiser, as well as performed in The Sweetest Thing (2002) and The Onion Movie (2008). On television, he can be seen on the HBO critically acclaimed series Curb Your Enthusiasm and Six Feet Under, as well as the Comedy Central special Broken Lizard Stands Up. Erik has written, produced and starred in all the Broken Lizard comedies, including all the Super Troopers films. Together, they collaborate on the screen-writing, acting and productions of all their films. He has worked alongside a number of Academy Award-winning actors and nominees from Cloris Leachman to Donald Sutherland and Michael Clarke Duncan. He acted alongside Golden Globe winner Brian Cox in Super Troopers and Super Troopers 2. He also starred opposite Rob Lowe in Super Troopers 2 and Bill Paxton in Club Dread. He is among Hollywood's top comedic actors, known to have worked with Jim Gaffigan, Will Forte, and Johnny Knoxville. Stolhanske has co-written various screenplays, including one with NFL star Jared Allen of the Minnesota Vikings. A regular guest of the #1 rated morning show "The Power Trip" on KFAN Minnesota Sports Radio Station, the humorous show and video podcasts feature local and national guests. In 1994, the Broken Lizard Group wrote and starred in the comedy short Tinfoil Monkey Agenda - about a staged hoax in which the U.S. invades the small South American country of Palogna, directed by Kevin Cooper. It earned them a trip to the Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival, and cemented in the group's minds that they should be creating full-length feature films. Their 1996 film Puddle Cruiser, where Erik plays "Freaky Reaky," was their first full-length film and premiered at the Hamptons Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prize for "Best Film". It then went on to screen at Sundance Film Festival, South by Southwest, and the London International Film Festival, securing official selections at the Berlin and London Film Festivals. The movie was filmed entirely on the campus of Colgate University. The group put together the script for their first wide-release feature movie Super Troopers, (shot in 2000), which portrays rural highway patrolmen as regular guys desperate to make their jobs entertaining. The film was invited to Sundance, where raucous screenings earned it a distribution deal with Fox Searchlight Pictures, a unit of 20th Century Fox. The film was released in February 2002, and has since developed a growing cult following over the years. Fox Searchlight financed and distributed the group's next feature, Club Dread (2004), a parody of slasher films that takes place at an idyllic tropical resort. It was here that Erik garnered the wildly-known title "Fun Police" after his role as Sam, in charge of games and activities on the island. After Chandrasekhar directed The Dukes of Hazzard for Warner Bros., Broken Lizard was offered a deal with the studio. This relationship resulted in the group's fourth feature, Beerfest (2006), about two brothers (played by Erik Stolhanske and Paul Soter) who discover an underground Oktoberfest beer-drinking Olympics and assemble a team to compete. In 2009, Stolhanske played Guy "Meat Drapes" Metdrapedes in the comedy film The Slammin' Salmon by Broken Lizard. In the film, former Heavyweight Champion of the World, Cleon "Slammin" Salmon played by Michael Clarke Duncan, is the celebrity owner of a high-end Miami seafood restaurant, Stolhanske's comedic talents are on full display as Guy, an arrogant waiter who rightfully gets his comeuppance in the end. In 2013, Stolhanske starred in the independent comedy feature RockBarnes: The Emperor in You, which won him "Best Performance" at the Orlando Film Festival for his lead role as RockBarnes. Using the crowd-sourcing site Indiegogo, Broken Lizard raised more than $4.5m from fans to make Super Troopers 2-the sequel to Super Troopers. The movie was released by Fox Searchlight in theaters nationwide on April 20th, 2018. And on Friday, April 20th, 2018, Super Troopers 2 was the #1 movie in America. On television, Erik can be seen on Larry David's critically acclaimed HBO series, Curb Your Enthusiasm, where he made a cameo as "Sven Johnson" in 'The 5 Wood' in 2004, and in the Six Feet Under episode 'In Place of Anger' in 2002. He also stars in the Comedy Central special Broken Lizard Stands Up (2010) as one of the five principal members of the famed Broken Lizard sketch comedy troupe.
Erik Ståhlberg
Erik Ståhlberg is an actor, known for En man som heter Ove (2015), Saltön (2005) and Noll tolerans (1999).
Erik Thirsk
Erik Thirsk is known for Ender's Game (2013), Hawaii Five-0 (2010) and Runaway Hearts (2015).
Erik Thompson
Erik Thompson was born on 22 July 1959 in La Jolla, California, USA. He is an actor, known for A Murder of Crows (1998), The Journeyman Project: Pegasus Prime (1997) and Expedition Bigfoot (2019). He has been married to Christine Harrington since 12 May 2001. They have two children. He was previously married to Patricia Woodfill.
Erik Thomson
Born in Inverness, Scotland, Erik's family emigrated to New Zealand when he was seven. A love of theatre began at primary school and after completing a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature at Victoria University Wellington he was selected to attend the national drama school, Toi Whakaari/ New Zealand Drama School. Once graduated Erik worked extensively in theatre in New Zealand before moving to Australia in 1995. He has enjoyed a successful trans-Tasman career since and resides with his wife Caitlin and two children, Eilish and Magnus in the small hamlet of Port Willunga, South Australia. Erik will next be seen in BLACK SNOW with Travis Fimmel, BLUEBACK with Eric Bana and Mia Wasikowska and Kick Gurry's CAUGHT with Sean Penn, Mathew Fox, Bella Heathcote and Bryan Brown. In 2021 he played the lead role of Hoaggie in James Ashcroft's thriller COMING HOME IN THE DARK which had its world premiere at Sundance 2021. Also, Roderick Mackay's debut feature film THE FURNACE, which received critical acclaim at its world premiere at the 2020 Venice Film Festival and the lead in Daniel J. Phillips' horror feature AWOKEN. He recently completed production on the ABC series AFTERTASTE, which he also produced, and was last seen on screen in the limited series THE LUMINARIES for the BBC in the role of Dick Mannering alongside Eve Hewson and Eva Green. He is in production on the highly anticipated return of the popular series BACK TO THE RAFTERS for Amazon. Erik's other film credits include Shawn Seet's STORM BOY alongside Geoffrey Rush and Jai Courtney, Scott Hicks' THE BOYS ARE BACK opposite Clive Owen, Cate Shortland's SOMERSAULT with Sam Worthington, THE BLACK BALLOON opposite Toni Collette, Wayne Hope's NOW ADD HONEY, ACCIDENTS HAPPEN with Geena Davis, BEAUTIFUL and WE'RE HERE TO HELP. For his outstanding performance in SOMERSAULT, Erik was awarded the Australian Film Institute (AFI) Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2004 and was nominated for a Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In 2008, Erik was again nominated for an AFI Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the multi-award winning film THE BLACK BALLOON. Erik was also nominated for Best Actor in a Feature Film for WE'RE HERE TO HELP, and Best Actor in a TV Drama for THE MILLION DOLLAR CONMAN at the 2008 NZ Film Awards. Erik was awarded the Silver Logie in 2016 for his performance as 'George Turner' in 800 WORDS and in 2003 for his performance as 'Dr Mitch Stevens' in the television drama series ALL SAINTS. He has been nominated a further eight times for the Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor Award and in 2011 he was also nominated for the Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Actor. Erik is well known for his role as the head of the Rafter family in Australia's top rating TV drama PACKED TO THE RAFTERS and his other television credits include the AACTA Award winning first series of THE CODE, Rowan Woods' miniseries THE BROKEN SHORE adapted from the Peter Temple novel, THE ALICE, BLACKJACK: DEAD MEMORY, MDA, THROUGH MY EYES, THE MILLION DOLLAR CONMAN, WILDSIDE, 13 GANTRY ROAD, PACIFIC DRIVE, HERCULES and XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS. Erik's theatre credits include the sold-out season of THE SPEECHMAKER for the Melbourne Theatre Company; THE SPLINTER for the Sydney Theatre Company; JULIUS CAESAR, TWELVE ANGRY MEN, ALL MY SONS and ANGELS IN AMERICA for the Auckland Theatre Company; and SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, HAMLET and GYPSY for the Court Theatre.
Erik Thurman
Erik Thurman is an actor, known for Face of Evil (2016).
Erik Tonelli
Erik Tonelli is known for Ultimo carico (2014), Don Matteo (2000) and Klem (2023).
Erik Urtz
Erik Urtz is known for Laps (2016), Laps (2011) and Remain Calm (2014).