Eric Balfour

Eric Balfour
Birth name	Eric Salter Balfour
Born	April 24, 1977 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Notable Roles
Notable Episodes
Awards	1 Young Artist Award

Roles

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
Danger Theatre	Teenager #2	1x08 - An Old Friend for Dinner	August 8, 1993
Step by Step	Michael Fielder	3x03 - Never on Sunday	October 8, 1993
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	Benjamin Avery	2x04 - The Incident	November 6, 1993
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	Benjamin	2x20 - The First Circle	March 26, 1994
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	Benjamin Avery	2x21 - Just One Lullaby	April 9, 1994
Boy Meets World	Tommy	2x20 - Pop Quiz	March 10, 1995
Kirk	Zack	1x07 - The Crush	October 15, 1995
Champs	Danny	1x04 - For Art's Sake	February 6, 1996
Townies	Adam	1x02 - The Good Job	September 25, 1996
Love and Marriage		1x09 - Sick at Home	unaired (1996)
Ink	Danny	1x09 - Devil in a Blue Dress	January 13, 1997
Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Jesse McNally	1x01 - Welcome to the Hellmouth (1)	March 10, 1997
Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Jesse McNally	1x02 - The Harvest (2)	March 10, 1997
Clueless	Pizza Boy	2x02 - Salsa, Chlorine & Tears	September 30, 1997
Dawson's Creek	Warren Goering	1x09 - Roadtrip	March 17, 1998
Nash Bridges	Cliff Morehouse	4x12 - Shoot the Moon	January 8, 1999
The West Wing	Frat Boy #3	1x06 - Mr. Willis of Ohio	November 3, 1999
Chicago Hope	Jason Kerns	6x10 - Hanlon's Choice	January 6, 2000
NYPD Blue	Eli Beardsley	8x11 - Peeping Tommy	March 20, 2001
FreakyLinks	Chapin Demetrius	1x11 - Subject: Live Fast, Die Young	May 22, 2001
Six Feet Under	Claire's Meth Date	1x01 - Pilot	June 3, 2001
Six Feet Under	Gabe Dimas	1x02 - The Will	June 10, 2001
Six Feet Under	Gabe Dimas	1x03 - The Foot	June 17, 2001
Six Feet Under	Gabe Dimas	1x09 - Life's Too Short	July 29, 2001
Six Feet Under	Gabe Dimas	1x10 - The New Person	August 5, 2001
Six Feet Under	Gabe Dimas	1x11 - The Trip	August 12, 2001
The Chronicle	Mark Griffin	1x07 - Only the Young Die Good	August 18, 2001
Six Feet Under	Gabe Dimas	1x12 - A Private Life	August 19, 2001
Six Feet Under	Gabe Dimas	1x13 - Knock, Knock	August 19, 2001
NYPD Blue	Charles "Spyder" Price	9x03 - Two Clarks in a Bar	November 13, 2001
24	Milo Pressman	1x06 - Day 1: 5:00AM - 6:00AM	December 18, 2001
24	Milo Pressman	1x07 - Day 1: 6:00AM - 7:00AM	January 8, 2002
24	Milo Pressman	1x08 - Day 1: 7:00AM - 8:00AM	January 15, 2002
24	Milo Pressman	1x09 - Day 1: 8:00AM - 9:00AM	January 22, 2002
24	Milo Pressman	1x10 - Day 1: 9:00AM - 10:00AM	February 5, 2002
Six Feet Under	Gabe Dimas	2x01 - In the Game	March 3, 2002
24	Milo Pressman	1x14 - Day 1: 1:00PM - 2:00PM	March 5, 2002
Six Feet Under	Gabe Dimas	2x02 - Out, Out, Brief Candle	March 10, 2002
24	Milo Pressman	1x15 - Day 1: 2:00PM - 3:00PM	March 12, 2002
Six Feet Under	Gabe Dimas	2x03 - The Plan	March 17, 2002
24	Milo Pressman	1x16 - Day 1: 3:00PM - 4:00PM	March 19, 2002
Half & Half	Student	1x17 - The Big Mixed Up Mojo Episode	March 17, 2003
Punk'd	Himself	1x04 - Episode 104	April 7, 2003
Punk'd	Himself	1x06 - Episode 106	April 24, 2003
Six Feet Under	Gabe Dimas	3x13 - I'm Sorry, I'm Lost	June 1, 2003
The O.C.	Eddie	1x20 - The Telenovela	February 25, 2004
The O.C.	Eddie	1x21 - The Goodbye Girl	March 3, 2004
The O.C.	Eddie	1x23 - The Nana	March 31, 2004
Fearless	Ryan	1x01 - Pilot	unaired (2004)
MADtv	Himself	11x03 - Episode 1103	October 1, 2005
E! True Hollywood Story	Himself	11x24 - 24	January 13, 2007
LA Ink	Himself	1x01 - Welcome Home Kat	August 7, 2007
The Ex List	Johnny Diamont	1x01 - Pilot	October 3, 2008
Fear Itself		1x12 - Echoes	unaired (2008)
Life on Mars	Eddie Carling	1x09 - The Dark Side of the Mook	February 4, 2009
Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Max Goodwin	8x10 - Salome in Manhattan	June 28, 2009
Monk	Lenny Barlowe	8x04 - Mr. Monk Is Someone Else	August 28, 2009

Specials and Made-for-TV Movies

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
No One Would Tell	Vince Fortner	May 6, 1996
American Express Jam Sessions	Himself	February 20, 2005
Arby's Action Sports Awards	Himself	December 10, 2006
Down the Barrel	Himself	September 9, 2007
Dinoshark	Trace	March 13, 2010	Syfy Original Movies

Talk, News and Game Show Appearances

Series	Episode	Airdate
The Sharon Osbourne Show		December 26, 2003
Hollywood Hold 'Em	Shannon Elizabeth	April 7, 2005
Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Show 2197	March 9, 2006
Last Call with Carson Daly	Show 722	February 8, 2007

Awards and Accolades

Saturn Awards

• Nominated: Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award - Male (2003)

Veritas: The Quest

Young Artist Awards

• Nominated: Outstanding Youth Ensemble in a Cable or Off Primetime Series (1993)

Kids Incorporated

• Won: Outstanding Youth Ensemble in a Cable or Off Primetime Series (1994)

Kids Incorporated

Trivia

• Originally, Eric Balfour was meant to have a billed role for the first episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in which he appeared as Xander's friend Jesse. By the end of the first episode, Jesse is turned into a vampire and by the end of the second, he's staked and never seen again. Series creator Joss Whedon hoped to instill the notion that any character is in danger, even main characters, but it would have cost too much to cut together two opening credits sequences.

• Despite being mostly forgotten after his two episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the writers considered bringing Balfour back for the season six episode "Conversations with Dead People". In the episode, The First Evil took the form of various dead people to psychologically manipulate members of the cast. However, this plot was dropped in favor of a similar story involving Willow and an unrelated teenage girl.