- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Eric is of British/Hungarian descent. He is one of three children born to Alice Jo (Stower)and Paul Farkas. He was born in Sandusky, Ohio and raised in Norwalk, Ohio.
Because Eric was rather sickly as a child, one could usually find him in front of the television set watching "old" movies along with his father. The movies they would watch starred acting greats such as Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Vic Morrow, Sean Connery, Marlon Brando, and James Dean, just to name a few. These actors' prowess sparked Eric's interest in becoming an actor himself. But it would be several years before Eric would overcome his childhood adversity and get the opportunity to nurture his childhood ambition.
After high school Eric joined the United States Army. In the army he became an air assault soldier. This experience honed his bravery and physical toughness. Little did he know that later on he would again draw upon these two attributes for some of his acting roles. Once Eric completed his years of service with the army it would not be until 2003 when his acting career officially began.
In 2003 Eric saw an ad in his local newspaper. The ad had advertised an open casting call for a low budget film titled, "The 21st Century". He went to the auditions and won the role of Satan's body guard.
To date, Eric has nine films to his credit.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Ellyn M. Clark - Eric Farkas (Jan. 19, 1962) is an American independent movie actor known primarily for tough guy/villain roles. At 6 ft. his robust build and blue eyes give him a notable presence. Eric is of Hungarian/British lineage. His father Paul was born in AIUD Transylvania to an aristocratic family. As a child plagued with illness Eric watched a lot of TV and movies and began to identify with the actors. Actors like Marlon Brando, James Dean, Charles Bronson, John Wayne, Robert Mitchum and especially Steve McQueen. Eric absorbed the personas of his heroes and used them as a means to overcome illness and become stronger. He became known to be equally adept with his fists and his wits. Upon graduation Eric travelled a lot before joining the Army's Air Assault Division. This was a meant to cure him of his fear of heights (acrophobia). After that he ventured to Connecticut to try his hand at pro-wrestling he took at Ken Passariello's Quest gym. His instructor was Dr. D' David Schultz, notorious for slapping John Stossel on the ears and giving him hearing damage for saying pro-wrestling fake. Erick identified with the rule-breaking "heels" hanging out with the likes of "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and Jerry "The King" Lawler. The arrogance sense of humor toughness, and the attitude of being an underdog having to work hard to become a winner appealed to Eric, who his whole life had to come from behind to excel. After wrestling, Eric drifted through a succession of meaningless jobs, but always thought he could do better and was always looking for a chance to realize his acting passion. In his life he was honing his skills in one way or another and acting was something he used every day. Whether it was getting out of a ticket or dating for which Eric developed a female following. He also cultivated a cool intensity, a grace under pressure, but could explode any minute. Eric's movie career started in earnest in 2003 when answering an ad for an open audition in Cleveland, OH, for a movie filming there. With one look the casing director said "you're Elvis!" Eric played an Elvis imitator in the movie "Bet Your Life" starring Billy Zane. Eric returned to the world of low-budget movies with the Twenty-First Century wherein he played Satan's bodyguard. Eric went to a local horror convention to audition for a movie. While waiting, Eric became intense drawing inward to a trance-like state. When he finally went into the audition he cut loose and went wild, intimidating and scaring the director and his wife. Eric did not get the role he auditioned for but rather the lead role for the story featured in the horror anthology movie "Cemetery Days." He played Hank, a cannibalistic diner owner who uses humans for his meat. Next on his agenda was to show his comedic talents in a pilot for local Cleveland legend Mark Norton in the creatively titled "Mark Norton Show." His role was that of a furniture stealing thug. He again did his own stunts and choreographed a comedic fight scene and a fall. He improvised a lot of comedic eye rolls, prat falls and body movements. After serious damage was done to a bridge in Cleveland as a result of an explosive scene in "Bet Your Life" (which Eric was in) the local Indie movie scene was at a standstill. So Eric did some experimental theatre in "Shadow Stalkers" a murder mystery dinner theatre group. This used his improve skills. He caught the eye of a local Indie film director who asked him to audition for his film. Eric did so and was given carte blanche to improvise his scene. He wrote up his own subplot to the story. But it was not to be. The director was of a disingenuous nature and marginal talent Eric left the project, but not before meeting who was connected with the film, actress Eileen Dietz, who came to Eric's defense about improvisation of a scene. Film work was scarce, so Eric did some stage acting. He auditioned for and got a dual role in the play "Black Eric Speaks" as William Tecumsah Sherman and Manuelito, war chief of the Navajo. Drawing on his love of history and his improve skills, Eric played Sherman as a cigar chomping rough neck with a raspy voice. Again worked dried up in Ohio, Eric answered an ad in which a local grade Z, no budget horror director placed for an actor. The director and Eric struck up a friendship and Eric was given DVDs of the director's work. Eric watched the copies of the movies and was impressed with an actress in the movies. Eric wrote a short film named "Botched," which was a crime drama for Legacy Productions to produce, as a way of meeting and working with this actress. They met and entered into a five-year relationship. Next was a movie for the Virginia Marti School named "Sweet Irony." Eric so impressed the director that he won the lead role of Bishop. The role of Bishop, a criminal, was written for a smaller-built person and the director rewrote the role as a bigger man to accommodate Eric's muscular, athleticism which he lent to the role. This film was supposed to be submitted to Sundance as a student film but the director and film were never heard from again. The next project was Cory Sheldon's film "Color" where Eric was asked to play a Russian hit man. It was a violent role that called for extensive fight scenes and stunt work. Eric also learned to speak Russian for the role. Eric saw a lot of one of his heroes, Charles Bronson, in this role and approached his character Sully Volkoff as a tribute to Bronson. His instincts were justified when at the Akron Museum of Art, where "Color" premiered, Eric was eleated when an audience member told him "It was just like watching a Charles Bronson movie!" "Color" was to be submitted to a Brazilian film festival as well as others. Eric received an IMDB credit for this. Misfortune happened again when Eric's mom became sick from cancer. Eric stopped all activities to concentrate on his mother's health. Eric became her caregiver until her death. After a brief rest, Eric is trying to make a comeback to Indie movie making having accepted small but memorable parts in Alexandra DiRossi's films "Please Don't Die on Me" wherein Eric used his fight/stunt talents as a gang member and a bigger featured role in DiRossi's "Movie Star." Eric had a small role in "Reflected," a Richard Trigg film and used his villainous presence to great use in as the villain's henchman. Not being content with roles offered him, Eric is now concentrating on writing plausible projects for himself.- IMDb Mini Biography By: OIC Entertainment
- Heroes are Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Bruce Lee.
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