Eric Anderson (actor)
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Eric Anderson is an American actor.
Born in Newport Beach, California
, Anderson started acting at age eight as part of a children's operetta company.
Anderson won the inaugural Joel Hirschhorn
award for outstanding achievement in musical theatre, awarded by the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle
, two San Diego Critics Circle Craig Noel
Awards and multiple Back Stage West Garland Awards as best actor in a musical.
Anderson's performances on stage have included Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha
, Dr. Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Show
, Burrs in both versions of The Wild Party, and Merlyn in a U.S. national tour of Camelot
opposite Michael York
. He moved to New York in 2008, where he made his Broadway debut as Stewpot in the Tony award-winning revival of South Pacific
at Lincoln Center. He has also had guest roles on television, including Law & Order: Criminal Intent
and Alias
, and in movies, such as Gods Behaving Badly
and New Year's Eve
.
Anderson is a member of the Troubadour Theater Company
. He is the lead singer of the Shel Silverstein
tribute band, The Freakers Ball.
Born in Newport Beach, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, Anderson started acting at age eight as part of a children's operetta company.
Anderson won the inaugural Joel Hirschhorn
Joel Hirschhorn
Joel Hirschhorn, , was an American songwriter. During a successful career, he won the Academy Award for Best Song on two occasions...
award for outstanding achievement in musical theatre, awarded by the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle
The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle is an organization located in Los Angeles, California, dedicated to excellence in theatrical criticism, and to the encouragement and improvement of theatre in the Greater Los Angeles Area....
, two San Diego Critics Circle Craig Noel
Craig Noel
Craig Noel was an American theatre producer. He was the founding director of the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California and led it for more than 60 years...
Awards and multiple Back Stage West Garland Awards as best actor in a musical.
Anderson's performances on stage have included Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha
Man of La Mancha
Man of La Mancha is a musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, lyrics by Joe Darion and music by Mitch Leigh. It is adapted from Wasserman's non-musical 1959 teleplay I, Don Quixote, which was in turn inspired by Miguel de Cervantes's seventeenth century masterpiece Don Quixote...
, Dr. Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Show
The Rocky Horror Show
The Rocky Horror Show is a long-running British horror comedy stage musical, which opened in London on 19 June 1973. It was written by Richard O'Brien, produced and directed by Jim Sharman. It came eighth in a BBC Radio 2 listener poll of the "Nation's Number One Essential Musicals"...
, Burrs in both versions of The Wild Party, and Merlyn in a U.S. national tour of Camelot
Camelot (musical)
Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe . It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White tetralogy novel The Once and Future King....
opposite Michael York
Michael York (actor)
Michael York, OBE is an English actor.-Early life:York was born in Fulmer, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, the son of Florence Edith May , a musician; and Joseph Gwynne Johnson, a Llandovery born Welsh ex-Royal Artillery British Army officer and executive with Marks and Spencer department stores...
. He moved to New York in 2008, where he made his Broadway debut as Stewpot in the Tony award-winning revival of South Pacific
South Pacific (musical)
South Pacific is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan. The story draws from James A. Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 book Tales of the South Pacific, weaving together characters and elements from several of its...
at Lincoln Center. He has also had guest roles on television, including Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama...
and Alias
Alias (TV series)
Alias is an American action television series created by J. J. Abrams which was broadcast on ABC for five seasons, from September 30, 2001 to May 22, 2006...
, and in movies, such as Gods Behaving Badly
Gods Behaving Badly
Gods Behaving Badly is a novel by the British author Marie Phillips. It was first published by Johnathan Cape in 2007. Set in London, it tells the tale of the twelve gods of Mount Olympus living in a rundown flat as their powers wane...
and New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve is observed annually on December 31, the final day of any given year in the Gregorian calendar. In modern societies, New Year's Eve is often celebrated at social gatherings, during which participants dance, eat, consume alcoholic beverages, and watch or light fireworks to mark the...
.
Anderson is a member of the Troubadour Theater Company
Troubadour Theater Company
Troubadour Theater Company is a theater company in Los Angeles.They play at the Falcon Theatre, and Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center, Long Beach, and give readings at the Getty Museum....
. He is the lead singer of the Shel Silverstein
Shel Silverstein
Sheldon Allan "Shel" Silverstein , was an American poet, singer-songwriter, musician, composer, cartoonist, screenwriter and author of children's books. He styled himself as Uncle Shelby in his children's books...
tribute band, The Freakers Ball.