Kaj-Erik Eriksen
Encyclopedia
Kaj-Erik Eriksen is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his roles as Danny Farrell in the television series The 4400
, Jeremy Peters in the television series Boston Public
, and as the son of the main character in the 1990s show The Commish
.
Shortly after Quarantine, Kaj did his first of two guest stars on the TV show MacGyver
, which was his favorite show as a child.
In 1991, after working on a number of movies, and guest starring on various television series, Kaj booked the role of David Scali, the son of Michael Chiklis
' character on the long-running ABC drama The Commish
. The well-respected show catapulted Eriksen into the mainstream American TV world, earning him nominations for a Hollywood Reporter Youth Star Award, a Youth in Film Award, and two YTV Achievement awards.
During The Commish's five year run, Eriksen worked on numerous other projects including the re-make of the classic film Captains Courageous, and popular TV shows Goosebumps
and Are You Afraid of the Dark?
.
At age 17 when The Commish
ended, Eriksen moved to Los Angeles and continued his career and schooling there, making guest appearances on television shows such as Home Improvement and Walker, Texas Ranger
.
Kaj returned to Vancouver in 1999 to shoot two seasons of Beggars and Choosers
, a short-lived series that received critical praise as well as a cult following.
In 2001 after returning to Los Angeles, Kaj landed the role of Jeremy Peters on David E. Kelley
's Boston Public
. What was supposed to be a four episode arc turned into a recurring role that lasted 2 seasons. It also ended up being one of Eriksen's most recognizable roles to date.
Eriksen returned to Vancouver once again in 2004 to play Danny Farrell on the hit USA Network television series The 4400
, one of his favorite projects to work on to date due the close "family atmosphere" of the cast and crew.
During Eriksen's 25 years in the business, he has guest starred on many popular TV shows including Tru Calling
, Stephen King's Dead Zone, Star Trek: Enterprise
, NCIS
, Criminal Minds
and The Closer
.
In 2010 he starred alongside Richard Thomas
in the Hallmark movie Time After Time.
and enjoys photography. He also enjoys music, and is a fan of Dave Matthews Band
.
The 4400
The 4400 is a science fiction TV series produced by CBS Paramount Network Television in association with Sky Television, Renegade 83, and American Zoetrope for USA Network. The show was created and written by Scott Peters and René Echevarria, and it stars Joel Gretsch and Jacqueline McKenzie...
, Jeremy Peters in the television series Boston Public
Boston Public
Boston Public is an American drama television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox. It centered on Winslow High School, a fictional public high school located in Boston, Massachusetts. The show was named for the real public school district in which it takes place...
, and as the son of the main character in the 1990s show The Commish
The Commish
The Commish is a television series that aired on ABC in the United States from 1991 to 1996. The series focused on the work and home life of a suburban police commissioner in upstate New York....
.
Career
Eriksen began his acting career in Vancouver, British Columbia at the age of six. After only a few jobs as an extra and a couple of small speaking roles, he got his first big break when he landed a part in the independent film Quarantine. The shoot was very low budget and the cast and crew had to climb through broken windows to get to the set that was inside an abandoned, rat-infested warehouse. Kaj loved it and was hooked on acting right away.Shortly after Quarantine, Kaj did his first of two guest stars on the TV show MacGyver
MacGyver
MacGyver is an American action-adventure television series created by Lee David Zlotoff. Henry Winkler and John Rich were the executive producers. The show ran for seven seasons on ABC in the United States and various other networks abroad from 1985 to 1992. The series was filmed in Los Angeles...
, which was his favorite show as a child.
In 1991, after working on a number of movies, and guest starring on various television series, Kaj booked the role of David Scali, the son of Michael Chiklis
Michael Chiklis
Michael Charles Chiklis is an American actor, voice actor, occasional director and television producer. Some of the previous roles for which he is best known include Commissioner Tony Scali on the ABC police drama The Commish, LAPD Detective Vic Mackey on the FX police drama The Shield, Thing in...
' character on the long-running ABC drama The Commish
The Commish
The Commish is a television series that aired on ABC in the United States from 1991 to 1996. The series focused on the work and home life of a suburban police commissioner in upstate New York....
. The well-respected show catapulted Eriksen into the mainstream American TV world, earning him nominations for a Hollywood Reporter Youth Star Award, a Youth in Film Award, and two YTV Achievement awards.
During The Commish's five year run, Eriksen worked on numerous other projects including the re-make of the classic film Captains Courageous, and popular TV shows Goosebumps
Goosebumps (TV series)
Goosebumps is a Canadian children's horror anthology television series based on R. L. Stine's Goosebumps books.-Networks:...
and Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Are You Afraid of the Dark? may refer to:* Are You Afraid of the Dark?, a 1992 television series* Are You Afraid of the Dark? , a 2004 novel by Sidney Sheldon...
.
At age 17 when The Commish
The Commish
The Commish is a television series that aired on ABC in the United States from 1991 to 1996. The series focused on the work and home life of a suburban police commissioner in upstate New York....
ended, Eriksen moved to Los Angeles and continued his career and schooling there, making guest appearances on television shows such as Home Improvement and Walker, Texas Ranger
Walker, Texas Ranger
Walker, Texas Ranger is an American television action crime drama series created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis, and starring Chuck Norris as a member of the Texas Ranger Division. The show aired on CBS in the spring of 1993, with the first season consisting of three pilot episodes. Eight full...
.
Kaj returned to Vancouver in 1999 to shoot two seasons of Beggars and Choosers
Beggars and Choosers (TV series)
Beggars and Choosers is a comedy-drama series broadcast by Showtime. Developed by Peter Lefcourt and Brandon Tartikoff, the series was a comedic, behind-the-scenes look at network television...
, a short-lived series that received critical praise as well as a cult following.
In 2001 after returning to Los Angeles, Kaj landed the role of Jeremy Peters on David E. Kelley
David E. Kelley
David Edward Kelley is an American television writer and producer, known as the creator of Picket Fences, Chicago Hope, The Practice, Ally McBeal, Boston Public, Boston Legal and Harry's Law, as well as several films. Kelley is one of the only screenwriters to have had a show created by him run on...
's Boston Public
Boston Public
Boston Public is an American drama television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox. It centered on Winslow High School, a fictional public high school located in Boston, Massachusetts. The show was named for the real public school district in which it takes place...
. What was supposed to be a four episode arc turned into a recurring role that lasted 2 seasons. It also ended up being one of Eriksen's most recognizable roles to date.
Eriksen returned to Vancouver once again in 2004 to play Danny Farrell on the hit USA Network television series The 4400
The 4400
The 4400 is a science fiction TV series produced by CBS Paramount Network Television in association with Sky Television, Renegade 83, and American Zoetrope for USA Network. The show was created and written by Scott Peters and René Echevarria, and it stars Joel Gretsch and Jacqueline McKenzie...
, one of his favorite projects to work on to date due the close "family atmosphere" of the cast and crew.
During Eriksen's 25 years in the business, he has guest starred on many popular TV shows including Tru Calling
Tru Calling
Tru Calling is an American television supernatural drama series that premiered on Fox Network on October 30, 2003. It ran for two seasons before being canceled....
, Stephen King's Dead Zone, Star Trek: Enterprise
Star Trek: Enterprise
Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction television series. It follows the adventures of humanity's first warp 5 starship, the Enterprise, ten years before the United Federation of Planets shown in previous Star Trek series was formed.Enterprise premiered on September 26, 2001...
, NCIS
NCIS (TV series)
NCIS, formerly known as NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is an American police procedural drama television series revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the U.S...
, Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime...
and The Closer
The Closer
The Closer is an American crime drama, starring Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Georgia police detective who often closes her cases using sometimes-questionable methods...
.
In 2010 he starred alongside Richard Thomas
Richard Thomas (actor)
Richard Earl Thomas is an American actor, best known for his role as budding author John-Boy Walton in the CBS drama The Waltons.- Early life :Thomas was born Richard Earl Thomas in New York,...
in the Hallmark movie Time After Time.
Personal life
Eriksen became an American citizen in 2001. In his spare time, he studies karateKarate
is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...
and enjoys photography. He also enjoys music, and is a fan of Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band, sometimes shortened to DMB, is a U.S. rock band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991. The founding members were singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, drummer/backing vocalist Carter Beauford and saxophonist LeRoi Moore. Boyd Tinsley was...
.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Quarantine | The Kid | |
| 1990 | Short Time Short Time Short Time is a 1990 comedy movie by Gregg Champion and starring Dabney Coleman, Matt Frewer and Teri Garr. The film was released on Region 2 DVD by Carlton International Media UK in 2002... |
Dougie Simpson | |
| 2002 | Clemon | ||
| 2007 | 88 Minutes 88 Minutes 88 Minutes is a 2007 American thriller film directed by Jon Avnet starring Al Pacino, Benjamin McKenzie, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, Deborah Kara Unger, Amy Brenneman, and Neal McDonough. Filming began in the Vancouver area on October 8, 2005 and wrapped in December 2005... |
Matt Wilner |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | After the Promise | Kid in window (uncredited) | TV movie |
| 1987 | J.J. Starbuck J.J. Starbuck J.J. Starbuck was a short lived NBC series about a cornpone-spouting J.J. Starbuck, a Texan millionaire who wears ten-gallon hats, cowboy boots and fancy western shirts... |
Episode: "The Blimpy Who Yelled Blue" | |
| 1988 | MacGyver MacGyver MacGyver is an American action-adventure television series created by Lee David Zlotoff. Henry Winkler and John Rich were the executive producers. The show ran for seven seasons on ABC in the United States and various other networks abroad from 1985 to 1992. The series was filmed in Los Angeles... |
Jacob Miller | Episode: "The Outsiders" |
| 1990 | Danger Bay Danger Bay Danger Bay is a Canadian television series, produced in Vancouver, with first-run episodes broadcast on CBC Television starting October 18, 1984 and the Disney Channel starting October 7, 1985... |
Stephen Walker Sam |
Episode: "Live Wires" Episode: "Three's a Crowd" |
| 1990 | MacGyver MacGyver MacGyver is an American action-adventure television series created by Lee David Zlotoff. Henry Winkler and John Rich were the executive producers. The show ran for seven seasons on ABC in the United States and various other networks abroad from 1985 to 1992. The series was filmed in Los Angeles... |
Tommy Wiley | Episode: "The Visitor" |
| 1990 | Neon Rider Neon Rider Neon Rider is a Canadian drama television series which first aired between 1990 and 1995. Created by Winston Rekert and Danny Virtue, the show was about the titular character, a man named Michael Terry who quits his job as a therapist to become a mentor for troubled kids which he brings to his... |
Boomer | Episode: "Playing with Fire" |
| 1991 | Ricky Swanson | TV movie | |
| 1991 | Monkey House | The Kid | TV series |
| 1991-1996 | David Scali | 89 episodes | |
| 1992 | Neon Rider Neon Rider Neon Rider is a Canadian drama television series which first aired between 1990 and 1995. Created by Winston Rekert and Danny Virtue, the show was about the titular character, a man named Michael Terry who quits his job as a therapist to become a mentor for troubled kids which he brings to his... |
Harry | Episode: "Point Blank" |
| 1992 | Miles from Nowhere | Patrick Reilly | TV movie |
| 1992 | Galileo | Episode: "Galileo & the Gypsies" | |
| 1993 | Liar, Liar: Between Father and Daughter | Jonah | TV movie |
| 1993 | Born Too Soon | Ethan Butterfield | TV movie |
| 1995 | Are You Afraid of the Dark? Are You Afraid of the Dark? Are You Afraid of the Dark? may refer to:* Are You Afraid of the Dark?, a 1992 television series* Are You Afraid of the Dark? , a 2004 novel by Sidney Sheldon... |
Zeke Matthews | Episode: "The Tale of the Dead Man's Float" |
| 1995 | Goosebumps Goosebumps (TV series) Goosebumps is a Canadian children's horror anthology television series based on R. L. Stine's Goosebumps books.-Networks:... |
Billy Harlan | Episode: "Welcome to Camp Nightmare: Part 1" Episode: "Welcome to Camp Nightmare: Part 2" |
| 1996 | Captains Courageous Captains Courageous Captains Courageous is an 1897 novel, by Rudyard Kipling, that follows the adventures of fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the arrogant and spoiled son of a railroad tycoon... |
Dan Troop | TV movie |
| 1996 | Poltergeist: The Legacy Poltergeist: The Legacy Poltergeist: The Legacy is a Canadian horror television series which ran from 1996 to 1999. The series tells the story of the members of a secret society known as the Legacy, and their efforts to protect humankind from occult dangers... |
Joseph Dawkins | Episode: "The Substitute" |
| 1998 | Walker, Texas Ranger Walker, Texas Ranger Walker, Texas Ranger is an American television action crime drama series created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis, and starring Chuck Norris as a member of the Texas Ranger Division. The show aired on CBS in the spring of 1993, with the first season consisting of three pilot episodes. Eight full... |
Ted McGee | Episode: "In God's Hands" |
| 1998 | Home Improvement | Brian | Episode: "The Write Stuff" |
| 1998 | Promised Land | Kevin Neary | Episode: "When Darkness Falls" |
| 1998 | Prey Prey (TV series) Prey was a science-fiction television series that aired for one season in 1998 on ABC. The series starred Debra Messing, Adam Storke, Larry Drake, Frankie Faison, James Morrison, and Vincent Ventresca.-Premise:... |
Shane | Episode: "Collaboration" Episode: "Sleeper" |
| 1999 | Heaven's Fire Heaven's Fire Heaven's Fire is a 1999 made-for-TV action movie film starring Eric Roberts and Jürgen Prochnow.-Plot:The story involves a group of would-be burglars who attempt a daring daylight robbery of a Federal Building in Seattle, Washington. However, the criminals are forced to improvise when their... |
Jeremy McConnell | TV movie |
| 1999-2001 | Beggars and Choosers Beggars and Choosers (TV series) Beggars and Choosers is a comedy-drama series broadcast by Showtime. Developed by Peter Lefcourt and Brandon Tartikoff, the series was a comedic, behind-the-scenes look at network television... |
Carey Malone | 22 episodes |
| 2000 | Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story | Rick Kincaid | TV movie |
| 2000 | Josh Dayton | Episode: "Something About Harry" | |
| 2001 | So Weird So Weird So Weird is a television series shot in Vancouver, British Columbia that aired on the Disney Channel as a midseason replacement from January 18, 1999 to September 28, 2001. In season one and season two, the series centered around teenage girl Fiona Phillips who toured with her rock star mom ,... |
Inky | Episode: "The Great Incanto" |
| 2001-2002 | Boston Public Boston Public Boston Public is an American drama television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox. It centered on Winslow High School, a fictional public high school located in Boston, Massachusetts. The show was named for the real public school district in which it takes place... |
Jeremy Peters | 12 episodes |
| 2001-2002 | Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action! | (voice) | 3 episodes |
| 2003 | Peacemakers Peacemakers (TV series) Peacemakers is an American crime fiction television series about forensic science in the Old West. It was filmed in Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. The series premiered July 30, 2003, on the USA Network. The show was cancelled after one season of nine episodes.-Plot:This very interesting... |
Jack Morgan | Episode: "The Perfect Crime" |
| 2003 | Tru Calling Tru Calling Tru Calling is an American television supernatural drama series that premiered on Fox Network on October 30, 2003. It ran for two seasons before being canceled.... |
Cole | Episode: "Star Crossed" |
| 2004 | J.J. age 20 | Episode: "Tipping Point" | |
| 2004 | Star Trek: Enterprise Star Trek: Enterprise Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction television series. It follows the adventures of humanity's first warp 5 starship, the Enterprise, ten years before the United Federation of Planets shown in previous Star Trek series was formed.Enterprise premiered on September 26, 2001... |
Smike | Episode: "Cold Station 12" |
| 2004-2007 | Danny Farrell | 16 episodes | |
| 2005 | NCIS NCIS (TV series) NCIS, formerly known as NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is an American police procedural drama television series revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the U.S... |
Frank Smith | Episode: "Red Cell" |
| 2006 | Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York is a 2006 American Disaster film directed by Robert Lee. It stars Costas Mandylor, Alexandra Paul and Michael Ironside. It was produced by Front Street Productions and Lava Lane Productions and was distributed by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment.- Plot :A volcano... |
Joey Walsh | TV movie |
| 2006 | Saved Saved (TV series) Saved is a medical drama television series, which was broadcast on Turner Network Television in 2006. The series was created by David Manson.... |
Elliot | Episode: "Family" |
| 2007 | Criminal Minds Criminal Minds Criminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime... |
Henry Frost | Episode: "Identity" |
| 2009 | Allan Summers | Episode: "Blood Money" | |
| 2009 | Ice Twisters Ice Twisters -Plot:A research team, including Joanne , Damon , Gary and Phil , deploy small UAVs from a C130 Hercules, to interfere with a storm... |
Eric | TV movie |
| 2011 | Time after Time | Richard Krem | TV movie |
| 2011 | Perfect Couples Perfect Couples Perfect Couples is an American comedy television series that was originally broadcast by NBC. The half-hour romantic comedy was co-created by Jon Pollack and Scott Silveri and produced by Universal Media Studios. A sneak preview of the series aired on December 20, 2010, and officially premiered on... |
Guy | Episode: "Perfect Exes" |
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