Eric Matheny

Eric Matheny is an actor, screenwriter and co-founder of The Acting Center LA.

Raised in Los Angeles and Atlanta, Matheny started his career as a child actor appearing in national television commercials.[citation needed ] As a teenager, he landed a starring role opposite Roger Mosely in the Southern Emmy Award-winning ABC Movie of the Week, Run Down The Rabbit.[citation needed ] He appeared opposite Jeanne Tripplehorn in the ABC Movie of The Week A Perfect Tribute.[citation needed ]

Matheny plays opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in the Clint Eastwood film J. Edgar playing J. Edgar Hoover's physician, Dr. Ferguson.

Eric starred opposite Pauley Perrette in a recurring role on the Fox's Jennifer Love Hewitt series Time of Your Life, playing Pauley's love interest.[citation needed ]

Matheny has guest starred on numerous prime time hit shows including CSI, Without a Trace, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Director Betty Thomas (Dr. Dolittle, John Tucker Must Die) cast Matheny as the lead in her Fox pilot That Guy.

Matheny has appeared in commercials for national brands including a series of spots and a Super Bowl spot for Bud Light,[citation needed ] and Gillette ProGlide Fusion.

Eric Matheny, Isa Totah and Will Potter write America, a coming of age story about an Arab-American. Oscar-winning producer Mark Johnson (Chronicles of Narnia, Rain Man) is producing.[10][11]