Erik MacArthur
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Erik MacArthur was born in Hawaii on October 15 1976. At the age of
fourteen, his parents sent him to a prep school in Ojai, California. That
year a casting director found him at school to screen test for the John
Hughes picture Dutch starring Ed O'Neill. He did not get the part but
ended up with an agent from the test, who got him his second audition
for "Salute your Shorts". He was hired as the lead of the show and
worked for one whole season before deciding he did not want act. He
then moved back to be with his family and friends and finish high
school in Hawaii. MacArthur returned to acting when he was twenty in a
supporting role in Gary Ross's Pleasantville, numerous television
appearances as well as a supporting role in the Mel Gibson Vietnam
drama "We Were Soldiers". After five years of being back in acting
MacArthur wrote, directed and starred in a short film about a an
average guy who becomes a movie star over night and his wild buddies.
The short is called "Life Makes Sense If You're Famous", and it also
stars his friends Paul Walker, Scott Caan and Desmond Harrington. Erik
MacArthur first feature film as a Director was Bottoms Up (2006).
