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Eric Balfour

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Eric Balfour
Birthplace Los Angeles, California
Date of birth April 24, 1977
Role on 24 Milo Pressman

Eric Balfour played Milo Pressman during Season 1 and later reprised his role in Season 6. He was forced to miss the last few episodes of Day 1 because he was shooting another pilot.

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[edit] Career

Balfour has been a fixture on the Hollywood circuit since the early 1990s, when he appeared as one of the leads of the hit kids show "Kids Incorporated". He also starred in "Arresting Behavior" (with Chris Mulkey).

Balfour appeared in two TV shows that were both canceled within a year of each other. NBC's "Hawaii" was canceled after seven episodes in 2004, and UPN's "Sex, Love, & Secrets" was canceled after four episodes in 2005. He also appeared on "Champs" (with Paul McCrane), "Chicago Hope" (with Tzi Ma), "FreakyLinks" (with Karim Prince), "The Chronicle" (with Rena Sofer), "NYPD Blue" (with Esai Morales and Michael O'Neill), "Veritas: The Quest" (with Arnold Vosloo), "The O.C." (with Alan Dale and Navi Rawat), and recurring role on "Conviction" and "Six Feet Under" (with James Cromwell and Sprague Grayden).

Balfour has also starred in several films like Bloodlines: Murder in the Family (with Nicholas Guest), Can't Hardly Wait (with Channon Roe, Angelo Vacco, Vicellous Shannon, and Marisol Nichols), Face of Terror (with Ricky Schroder), Fearless (with Gregory Itzin), In Her Shoes (with Richard Burgi), The Elder Son (with Rade Serbedzija), Secondhand Lions (with Michael O'Neill), Hell Ride (with Francesco Quinn and Dennis Hopper), Rain (with Vincent Angell), and The Spirit (with Louis Lombardi).

In the early 90s, he was also a member of a band called "Blessed with Soul" that featured Brittany Murphy. He is also famously known as Satan from car commercials in 2002, forcing a man to spend his days driving a minivan. Along with his television and film career, he is the lead singer of a Los Angeles based rock band, "Born as Ghosts", formerly "Fredalba".

In a guest appearance "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" in March 2006, the actor admitted to the practice of going commando, saying he has never owned underwear.

[edit] Role on 24

Balfour has the record of longest break in appearances between episodes of 24, with 105 episodes between his last appearance in Season 1 and his reappearance at the first hour of Season 6. Balfour appeared in a total of 27 episodes from his character's first appearance in Day 1 5:00am-6:00am to his death in Day 6 2:00am-3:00am.

Eric Balfour admitted that he wanted his character to die, so he could find time to work in an upcoming CBS show named Protect & Serve where he will star along with Dean Cain. He also remarked that the show seemed poised for a major conceptual overhaul after season 6, increasing his desire to "get Milo out of there."

[edit] Selected filmography

  • In Her Shoes (2005)
  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
  • Secondhand Lions(2003)
  • What Women Want (2000)
  • Can't Hardly Wait (1998)

[edit] Television appearances

  • "24" (2001, 2007)
  • "Conviction" (2006)
  • "Hawaii" (2004)
  • "The O.C." (2004)
  • "Veritas: The Quest" (2003)
  • "Six Feet Under" (2001-2003)
  • "NYPD Blue" (2001)
  • "Chicago Hope" (2000)
  • "The West Wing" (1999)
  • "Dawson's Creek" (1998)
  • "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)
  • "Boy Meets World" (1995)
  • "Animaniacs" (1994)
  • "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" (1993-1994)
  • "Step by Step" (1993)
  • "Kids Incorporated" (1991)

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