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Date of Birth

9 November 1972, San Francisco, California, USA

Birth Name

Eric William Dane

Nickname

Dr. McSteamy

Height

6' 0¾" (1.85 m)

Mini Biography

Eric Dane is an American actor known as "Dr. Mark Sloan" on "Grey's Anatomy" (2005) and as a co-star in Marley & Me (2008) and Valentine's Day (2010/I).

He was born Eric William Dane on November 9, 1972, in San Francisco, California. He is the older of two brothers. His father is an architect and interior designer based in San Francisco. His mother, Leah, was a homemaker. Young Eric Dane was a good athlete in high school. There, he started amateur stage work by playing "Joe Keller" in Arthur Miller's "All My Sons", and realized that this was all he wanted to do.

He moved to Los Angeles and made his television debut in 1993 on "The Wonder Years" (1988). In his early career, he also played bit parts on the TV series "Married with Children" (1987) (1995), "Silk Stalkings" (1991) (1996) and "Roseanne" (1988) (1996). Dane played medical doctors more than once, first appearing as a "Dr. Cooper" in "Gideon's Crossing" (2000). From 2003-2004, he has been a recurrent guest star as "Jason Dean" in the hit show "Charmed" (1998). In 2006, he appeared as handsome "Dr. Mark Sloan", the plastic surgeon on the show "Grey's Anatomy" (2005). Dane landed his first leading role on the big screen in the German-made feature, Open Water 2: Adrift (2006).

On October 29, 2004, in Las Vegas, Eric Dane married actress Rebecca Gayheart, who was previously engaged to producer/director Brett Ratner, the director of X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). In it, Dane plays the character of "Jamie Madrox", the Multiple Man. Dane and Gayheart became the parents of a girl on March 3, 2010 in Los Angeles.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Steve Shelokhonov

Spouse

Rebecca Gayheart

(29 October 2004 - present) 1 child

Trivia

Best friends with Balthazar Getty and is the godfather of Getty's son, Cassius.

Eric and wife Rebecca Gayheart introduced Charlie Sheen to his wife, Brooke Mueller.

Expecting his first child with wife Rebecca Gayheart [September 28, 2009].

He and his wife, Rebecca Gayheart, became the parents of a girl, Billie Beatrice Dane, on March 3, 2010 in Los Angeles.

Had voluntarily checked himself into a L.A. rehab clinic to battle an addiction to painkillers [July 20, 2011].

Eric and his wife, Rebecca Gayheart, are expecting their second child [July 9, 2011].

Salary

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)	$150,000
Open Water 2: Adrift (2006)	$150,000
Marley & Me (2008)	$500,000

Where Are They Now

(October 2006) Co-starring on the hit TV show "Grey's Anatomy" (2005).

(March 2008) Filming Marley & Me (2008) in South Florida.