Eric Womack is an American actor and producer. Ericwomack6

Early life and education

Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Eric Womack studied dramatic arts at

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and was a member of the theatre troupe The Sick & Twisted Players in San Francisco. Eric has originated roles in three of playwright

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's world premiere productions including the critically acclaimed ''Scenes From My Love Life, X-Mas and CS-A Love Story'' at San Francisco's

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. Eric now resides in Los Angeles where he continues to work in film and television.

Career

In 2018, Eric Womack appeared as Officer Forrest in

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's latest film ''Ideal Home'' starring

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and Kate Walsh. Eric has also appeared in co-starring roles on

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's ''Insatiable'' and

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's ''

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'' (both directed by Andrew Fleming, as well), FX's ''

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'' (directed by

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) and Sean Patrick Murphy's Project Green Light finalist film ''Don't Be Leary'' presented on

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. He was also a recurring regular featured detective on the CBS show ''

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'' for three seasons (2014–2016). Short films that Eric Womack has starred in include acting opposite Kate Burton in Amy Barham's '' Nothing to See Here'' which was accepted into the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival.

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director Daniel Sawka's bilingual, immigration-themed film ''Icebox'' which was a top 10 finalist for the 2018 Best Live Action Short Film for the Academy Awards, Joe Gonzalez's ''The Proposed'' (which he also co-produced) was accepted into many film festivals including the 2016

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festival in Los Angeles and Scott Sullivan's ''The Interrogation'' which was shown as part of the 2016

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. In 2014, Eric appeared in Bruce Sze Han Chen's multiple award-winning dystopian fantasy short film ''Awaken'', which was accepted into the

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as well as many domestic and international film festivals. Music videos Eric appears in include Lin Manuel Miranda's award-winning, ''Hamilton Mixtape-Immigrants, We Get the Job Done'', directed by Tomas Whitmore for Diktator Film,

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's music video for her single ''

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'' (directed by

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) and two of director

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's videos for the all female group

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's ''

Ugly Heart "Ugly Heart" is the second single by American-British-Canadian girl group G.R.L. from their self-titled EP. The song features songwriting credits from Ryan Baharloo, Ester Dean, Lukasz Gottwald, John Charles Monds and Henry Walter, with producti ...

'' single and ''Thank You Very Much'' from European pop star

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Womack, Eric American male actors Living people University of California, Davis alumni Year of birth missing (living people)