Eric Kyle Szmanda is an American actor. He portrays Greg Sanders in the CBS police drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, a role he has held since the show began in 2000.
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Movies
Little Athens, True Vinyl
TV Shows
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Net
Star Sign
Leo
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To learn something new everyday. I never thought I would be learning about science after college or after high school for that matter. It's kind of a double life for me, that part of the job. I could be doing a sitcom and I'd just be there making dumb jokes, but now I'm making dumb jokes and learning something.
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"I couldn't ask for a better springboard. There was no doubt in my mind, by the time they offered me the role, that the show ( CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) )was going to be huge. It was already doing really well, and I was really lucky to get in when I did. It's also a great learning environment." Interview with Joyce Abano, March 31, 2004.
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Fact
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Surname pronounced "sh:mahn-duh".
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Is currently in a play called "Hyenas" at Stages Theatre Center in Hollywood. [October 2004]
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Has a brother who teaches high-school. He has visited his brothers classes on several occasions as a surprise to his students.
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Szmanda attended The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Los Angeles campus, and graduated in 1996.
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His paternal great-grandfather was of Polish descent. His other ancestry includes German and English.
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Has a golden retriever named Dax.
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His name is pronounced like "Amanda" with a "z".
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Lived in the guest quarters of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) co-star George Eads for a couple months and took care of George's dog, Maverick, while he was out of town.
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He likes the music of the Icelandic band Sigur Rós.
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In his first movie the producer he was working with requested that he changed his name
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Played drums until about freshman year in high school
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He has two brothers named Rob and Brett
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Is a fan of Marilyn Manson. In 2003, he appeared in the video to Manson''s song "Saint" along with Asia Argento, who also directed it. The video has never aired in the United States.
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Acted in numerous plays in high school
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Attended high school in Mukwonago, Wisconsin; graduated in 1993
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Great-nephew of former Menard's pitchman Ray Szmanda. Name rhymes with raw-panda.
$8 Million
