Eric Mabius

Eric Mabius
File:Eric Mabius Gitmo.jpg Mabius in Guantánamo Bay in June 2008
Born	Eric Harry Timothy Mabius (1971-04-21) April 21, 1971 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1995–present
Spouse(s)	Ivy Sherman (m. 2006)
Children	2

Eric Harry Timothy Mabius (born April 22, 1971) is an American actor, known for his work as Daniel Meade on the ABC comedy-drama series Ugly Betty. He also worked on the Showtime series The L Word and in the films Cruel Intentions, The Crow: Salvation, and Resident Evil.

Life and career

Personal life

Mabius was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the son of Elizabeth (née Dziczek) and Craig Mabius. His father worked as a historian preserving the Historic Allaire Village. He has a brother, Craig. Mabius is Roman Catholic. His mother is of Polish descent, while his father has Austrian and Irish ancestry. After attending Amherst Regional High School, in Amherst, Massachusetts, where he was voted "Most Dramatic Boy" as a senior, he enrolled in Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, where he pursued studies in film.

Mabius wed Ivy Sherman in January 2006; the two first met in high school during a health education class. They have two sons: Maxfield Elliot was born on June 24, 2006 and Rylan Jaxson was born on December 7, 2008.

Career

Mabius began his career in the independent films Welcome to the Dollhouse in 1995, and I Shot Andy Warhol, alongside Lili Taylor, in 1996, and "The Black Circle Boys" in 1997. He was involved with The Crow franchise on more than one occasion: he auditioned for a role as one of Top Dollar's henchmen in the 1993 original Crow and played Alex Corvis in The Crow: Salvation (2000), the third installment, opposite Kirsten Dunst. He was in Cruel Intentions (1999) alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe. He also played an activist named Matt Addison in 2002's Resident Evil.

In television, Mabius has appeared on Chicago Hope, Millennium, Popular, The O.C., and the short-lived series Eyes (2005). He was a regular cast member of The L Word in its first season and returned for one episode in each of the second, third, and sixth seasons. He also guest starred on an episode of CSI: Miami. From 2006 to 2010, he starred as fashion magazine editor Daniel Meade on the ABC dramedy series Ugly Betty. After the success of Ugly Betty, he was included on People magazine's "Sexiest Men Alive" list in 2006. Mabius has also appeared in a Lifetime movie titled A Christmas Wedding (2006), and had a leading role in the 2011 British science-fiction drama Outcasts. He is also the lead in Hallmark Channel's Signed, Sealed, Delivered movie series.

Politics

In 2008, Mabius made an appearance in the pro-Barack Obama music video by will.i.am titled "We Are the Ones" alongside Jessica Alba, Macy Gray, George Lopez, Ryan Phillippe, Kerry Washington, John Leguizamo, Tichina Arnold, Regina King, Tyrese Gibson, Adrianne Palicki and Zoe Kravitz.

Other honors

Mabius competed as a luger in the late 1980s and was named an honorary captain for the US luge team for the 2010 Winter Olympics along with astronaut Scott Parazynski.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Welcome to the Dollhouse	Steve Rodgers
1995	The Journey of August King	Hal Wright
1996	I Shot Andy Warhol	Revolutionary no. 2
1996	Harvest of Fire	Sam Hostetler	Television film
1996	On Seventh Avenue	Bass player	Television film
1997	Black Circle Boys	Shane Carver
1997	A Gun for Jennifer	Bar patron 2/Clyde's sidekick
1997	Lawn Dogs	Sean Torrance
1998	Myth America	N/A
1998	Around the Fire	Andrew
1999	The Minus Man	Gene
1999	Splendor	Ernest
1999	Cruel Intentions	Greg McConnell
2000	Wirey Spindell	Wirey, age 17
2000	The Crow: Salvation	Alex Corvis/The Crow
2001	Tempted	Ted
2001	On the Borderline	Luke
2002	Resident Evil	Matt Addison
2002	Dancing at the Harvest Moon	John Keats Fleming	Television film
2003	Just Like You Imagined	Gender Shifter	Short film
2003	The Extreme Team	Darby
2003	The Job	Rick
2005	Venice Underground	Danny
2005	Reeker	Radford
2006	Voodoo Moon	Cole	Television film
2006	A Christmas Wedding	Ben	Television film
2007	Nature of the Beast	Donovan	Television film
2011	Where the Road Meets the Sun	Blake
2012	Price Check	Pete Cozy
2012	How to Fall in Love	Harold White	Television film
2013	Reading, Writing & Romance	Wayne Wenders	Television film
2013	Amazing	Frank Miller

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Chicago Hope	Zeb Moser	Episode: "...And the Hand Played On"
1999	Millennium	Samiel	Episode: "Borrowed Time"
1999	Party of Five	Brian Stilman	2 episodes
2000	Get Real	Andrew Clark	Episode: "Guilt"
2000	Popular	Coach Casey Krupps	Episode: "The Sweetest Taboo"
2003	Fastlane	Trey	Episode: "Dogtown"
2004–06, 2009	The L Word	Tim Haspel	Main cast (season 1); guest star (seasons 2–3, 6); 16 episodes
2005	Eyes	Jeff McCann	Main cast; 10 episodes
2005	The O.C.	Dean Jack Hess	4 episodes
2006	CSI: Miami	FBI Agent Perry	Episode: "One of Our Own"
2006–10	Ugly Betty	Daniel Meade	Main cast; 85 episodes
2011	Outcasts	Julius Berger	Main cast; 8 episodes
2011	Chase	Justin Tate	Episode: "Father Figure"
2011	Celebrity Ghost Stories	Himself	Episode: "Mickey Rooney/Eric Mabius/Brande Roderick/Kim Coles"
2012	The Client List	Ray	Episode: "Acting Up"
2012	Franklin & Bash	Rossi	Episode: "Jango and Rossi"
2012	Political Animals	Gary	Episode: "Second Time Around"
2012	The Haunting of...	Himself	Episode: "Eric Mabius"
2013	Scandal	Peter Caldwell	Episode: "Boom Goes the Dynamite"
2013	Blue Bloods	Richard Rorke	Episode: "Quid Pro Quo"
2014–present	Signed, Sealed, Delivered	Oliver O'Toole	Main cast
2015	Chicago Fire	Jack Nesbitt	Episode: "Forgive You Anything"

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2007	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Ugly Betty	Nominated
2008	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Ugly Betty	Nominated
2008	PRISM Award	Performance in a Comedy Series	Ugly Betty	Nominated
2011	Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival	Special Jury Prize: Best Ensemble	Where the Road Meets the Sun	Won

External links

• Eric Mabius at the Internet Movie Database
• Broadband video interview with Eric Mabius, discussing Ugly Betty