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Eric Close

American actor

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Born: May 24, 1967
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Birthplace: Staten Island
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: film actor
, television actor
, stage actor
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Education: Valhalla High School(until 1985)
, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Languages spoken, written or signed: English

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Eric Close is an American actor, best known for his roles in television series, particularly as FBI agent Martin Fitzgerald in the CBS mystery drama Without a Trace (2002–2009), Michael Wiseman in the CBS sci-fi drama Now and Again (1999-2000), Teddy Conrad in the ABC musical drama Nashville (2012–2017), and Travis Tanner in Suits (2011–2015).

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MMartin Fitzgeraldfictional character on the crime drama Without a Trace

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: Eric
Number of children: 2
Birth name: Eric Randolph Close
Family name: Close
Start of work period: 1992
Social media followers: 30,566(February 3, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 263845198
31,440(February 26, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 263845198
32,883(January 7, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 263845198
33,925(April 25, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 263845198
Native language: English
Writing language: English
Name in native language: Eric Close

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