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| Eric Martsolf | |
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| Born | July 27, 1971 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States |
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Eric Martsolf (born July 27, 1971 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) is an American television actor and singer best known for his role as Ethan Winthrop in the NBC soap opera Passions from 2002 to 2008.[1]
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Background
His first acting role, Professor Henry Higgins My Fair Lady. He sang on a Hawaiian cruise ship for a year and has modeled for over 50 designers, companies, and businesses. He was a radio broadcaster for WDCV 88.3FM and was a singer/dancer at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania for four years. He has a degree in Political Science from Dickinson College. He has been an Assistant Director and a Guest Artist for Children's Theatre Experience.
Career
Passions
Martsolf portrayed Ethan Winthrop on NBC's Passions. He was voted favorite actor on Passions for 80+ weeks in a row in Soap Opera Digest and was pre-nominated for Daytime Emmy consideration consecutively in years 2002-2007. He was voted the 2006 "Adonis" winner (the sexiest man in soaps) by the voters at Soaphunks.net. He portrayed Ethan on Passions from July 2002 (when he replaced Travis Schuldt in the role) to August 2008 (when the series ended). His character's pairing with Lindsay Hartley's Theresa is a supercouple. Eric auditioned for the role when the show first began. Also, before he played Ethan, he was in one episode as a Police Officer.
Days of our Lives
Eric made his first appearance in the role of Brady Black on November 13, 2008 on Days of our Lives.
Personal life
Martsolf has been married to Lisa Kouchak since 2003. They met while they were doing musical theater together. They had twin sons, Mason Alan and Chase Evan, on 7 April 2006.[1]