Eric Dane was born on November 9, 1972 in San Francisco, California. After performing in a high school production, he decided to pursue acting. He relocated to Los Angeles for his career and had several small TV roles before signing on to Gideon's Crossing, folowed by Charmed where he had a two season run. His first feature film was "The Basket" in 1999. He was given one episode ("Yesterday") on Grey's Anatomy and a very positive audience reaction, they brought him on for Season 3. How can we ever forget his first episode of the season where he comes out wearing a very precariously placed towel.

Eric Dane was briefly involved in 2001 with Lara Flynn Boyle. He was later married to Rebecca Gayheart on October 29, 2004. He is also close friends with Balthazar Getty (of Alias and Brothers and Sisters). In February of 2008 there was rumor that he had cancerous skin tissue removed from above his lip. According to Dane's representative on Us Weekly, he was "mortified," he doesn't have cancer and the information was erroneous.

Filmography:

1. 1991 Saved By the Bell as Tad Pogue (episode "The Game")

2. 1993 The Wonder Years as Brett (episode "The Nose")

3. 1995 "Serving in Silence: the Margarethe Cammermeyer Story" as Matt

4. 1995 Married . . . With Children asOliver Cole (episode "Radio Free Truman")

5. 1996 "Seduced by Madness: the Diane Borchardt Story" as Nick

6. 1996 Silk Stalkings as Justin Whalen (episode "Private Dancer")

7. 1996 Roseanne as bellhop (episode "Disney World War II")

8. 1999 "The Basket" as Tom Emery

9. 2000 Zoey, Duncan, Jack and Jane n as Alec (episode "kiss of death")

10. 2001 "Ball and Chain" as Jack

11. 2001 "Sol Goode" as overly dramatic actor

12. 2001 Gideon's Crossing as Dr. Wyatt Cooper (episodes 5, 10, 11, 16)

13. 2002 The American Embassy as Rob Goodwin

14. 2003-2004 Charmed as Jason Dean (Season 5 episodes 16, 17,19, 21, Season 6 episodes 2, 4, 6, 9, 13)

15. 2004 Las Vegas as Leo Broder (episodes "Count of Montecito" and "Have you Ever Seen the Rain")

16. 2004 "Helter Skelter" as Charles "Tex" Watson

17. 2005 "Feast" as Hero

18. 2005 "Painkiller Jane" as Nick

19. 2006 "X Men: The Last Stand" as Jamie Madrox/Multiple Man

20. 2006 "X Men: the Official Game" voice of Multiple Man

21. 2006 "Open Water 2:Adrift" as Dan

22. 2006 "Wedding Wars" as Ben Grady

23. 2006-present Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Mark Sloan (McSteamy)

24. 2008 "Marley and Me" TBA

information obtained from wikipedia.org