Eric Szmanda Net Worth, spouse, young children, awards, movies

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Eric Szmanda is an American actor.

He graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts at 19 years old.

His best known role has been starring as Greg Sanders on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation since 200.

He has won a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2005 and has been nominated for three others.

Eric has traveled to Thailand to see the conditions of Burmese refugees and supports the U.S. campaign for them.

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Oscar	Golden Globe	Golder Raspberry	BAFTA	Other
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Award Name	State	Movie / Series Name	Year
Actor - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Winner	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	2005
Actor - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Nominee	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	2004
Actor - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Nominee	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	2003
Actor - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Nominee	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	2002

Movie / Series	Role
The Rules of Attraction	NYU Film Student
Adverse	Greg
100 Girls	Sam / Computer Nerd
The Division	Mark 1 episode, 2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Greg Sanders 329 episodes, 2000-2015
The Talk	Self 1 episode, 2013
The Net	Jacob Resh / ... 13 episodes, 1998-1999

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. [interviewed by Joyce Abano] (31 March 2004)
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.

Attended Carroll College in Wisconsin.
Great-nephew of former Menard's pitchman Ray Szmanda. Name rhymes with raw-panda.
Attended high school in Mukwonago, Wisconsin; graduated in 1993
Acted in numerous plays in high school
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.
He has two brothers named Rob and Brett
Played drums until about freshman year in high school
In his first movie the producer he was working with requested that he changed his name
He likes the music of the Icelandic band Sigur Rós.
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.
His name is pronounced like "Amanda" with a "z".
Has a golden retriever named Dax.
His ancestry is Polish, German, Swiss-German, and English. He is a half-second cousin, once removed, of model and actor Trevor Donovan (Eric's maternal great-great-grandfather was a half-brother of Trevor's paternal great-grandmother).
Szmanda attended The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Los Angeles campus, and graduated in 1996.
Has a brother who teaches high-school. He has visited his brothers classes on several occasions as a surprise to his students.
Is currently in a play called "Hyenas" at Stages Theatre Center in Hollywood. [October 2004]
Surname pronounced "sh:mahn-duh".