Ethan Erickson | |
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Born |
Ethan Skip Erickson August 5, 1973 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor, model |
Years active | 1995-present |
Website | tv.com/people/ethan-erickson/biography/ |
Ethan Skip Erickson (born August 5, 1973) is an American television and film actor and TV host.
Erickson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has a degree in English literature from UC Santa Barbara.
Erickson once played the recurring role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer as jock Percy West, who actress Alyson Hannigan's character Willow Rosenberg tutors. He appeared in both season 3 and season 4 as the same character. As a gymnast since age 8, Erickson reportedly won the part after impressing director/creator Joss Whedon with a backflip during his audition. Erickson also starred in Jawbreaker (1999) with Rose McGowan and Julie Benz, as well as The In Crowd, and played as A.J. 'J' Chamberlain on Guiding Light.
In 2006, he hosted a short-lived series on UPN called Get This Party Started with Kristin Cavallari of Laguna Beach fame. That same year, he starred in Fashion House on MyNetworkTV as scheming senior designer and blackmailer John Cotter which aired in 2006 in the United States. Once known as the voice of Southwest Airlines, Erickson also does a variety of other voice-over work.
In April 2008, he briefly stepped into the role of Dr. Patrick Drake on the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital, while actor Jason Thompson had to take a medical leave of absence.