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Eric Szmanda
Szmanda in 2015
Born
Eric Kyle Szmanda

(1975-07-24) July 24, 1975 (age 49)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States (raised in Mukwonago, Wisconsin)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materAmerican Academy of Dramatic Arts
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present

Eric Kyle Szmanda (/səˈmændə/; born July 24, 1975) is an American actor of Polish, German and English descent. He is most famous for having played Greg Sanders in the CBS police drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, a role he held from the show's beginning in 2000 until it ended in 2015.

Early life and education

Szmanda was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Elaine (née Enders) and Donald Szmanda,[1] and has two brothers, Brett and Robert. They moved to Mukwonago when Eric was very young and that’s where he was raised. He attended Mukwonago High School and graduated at the age of nineteen from Caroll College (Wisconsin). He went on to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena, California, where he attended classes for four years. While he was in school, he began marketing internships with music conglomerate BMG and moved to Chicago, Illinois, to take a full-time job in the music business.[2] His great-uncle Ray Szmanda was the "Menard's Guy," a local celebrity in the Midwest famous for his enthusiastic ads for Menard's hardware stores.

Career

In 1998 Eric starred in his first TV role on “The Net”

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

In 2000, Szmanda began a recurring role in the CBS police drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in the first two seasons as Greg Sanders, a DNA technician and investigator, before being added to the main cast in the third season. He remained on the show until it ended after the fifteenth season in September 2015.

Activism

Szmanda supports the U.S. Campaign for Burma and traveled to Thailand to see the conditions of Burmese refugees who have fled their native country.[3]

Szmanda showed his support for Animal Defenders International (ADI) in March 2017 along with former CSI co-star Jorja Fox. The two helped to host a benefit to raise money for the charity that aims to help and save animals all over the world from circuses and from other forms of animal cruelty. He and Fox attended Washington’s White House to help put forward a bill to stop circuses from using animals and protect them.

Filmography

References

  1. ^ JSOnline.com News Archives
  2. ^ TV Guide - Eric Szmanda
  3. ^ Corben, Ron (November 1, 2009). "US Campaign Hopes Celebrities Can Help Burma". VOA. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
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