Biography

Eric Michael Halderman-SAG/AFTRA/AGVA Eric is an actor, writer, producer, and director who was born and raised in small town Bellefonte PA, near Penn State University. He started his entertainment career in Orlando Florida, where he worked as a stunt-man and an actor in live shows, television, and in short and independent feature films. Eric worked for both Universal Studios Orlando and Hollywood in various live show roles. In Orlando he spent two seasons working on the TV show SeaQuest DSV/2032, in a variety of positions from a crew stand-in to featured background ship bridge-crew. Eric worked with John Singleton, John Voight and Ving Rhames on the film Rosewood as a lead stand-in and as an extras casting assistant. In Los Angeles Eric performed in numerous Plays (Suburbia, Murder in the Cathedral, Johnson Over Jordan, Scenes From An Execution, Unknown's Live Radio Plays... and more) and he was a series regular as a British Battalion Sergeant in a Revolutionary war Pilot (Dawn of Our Nation) and he has performed in a number of short film projects. He studied acting in the Advanced classes under Milton Katselas (also instructors Gary Imhoff, Richard Lawson, and Chick Vennera) at The Beverly Hills Playhouse. In Orlando he studied under Yvonne Suhor at Art's Sake Studio. He holds his academic degree from Penn State University in Business Management and minor in Bus. Law. Eric is also an accomplished Martial Artist with years of experience, his black belt in Tae Kwon Do (which he earned at 17); and was a former award winning Pennsylvania State competitor and instructor. He has his own unofficial production Company Dragon Focus Productions which produces, directs, edits, and writes various web, short and feature film projects. And he is a Founding Member and a former House Manager of Hollywood's Unknown Theater... and helped in its creation, construction, and operation. Eric is dedicated to the ARTS and changing others through the theater, film, television, multimedia and the Internet.
- IMDb mini biography by: E. Halderman