Ethan Erickson

Ethan Skip Erickson (born August 5, 1973) is an American television and film actor and TV host.

Education Erickson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has a degree in English literature from UC Santa Barbara.

Career Erickson once played the recurring role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer as jock Percy West, who actress Alyson Hannigan's character Willow Rosenberg tutors. He appeared in both season 3 and season 4 as the same character. As a gymnast since age 8, Erickson reportedly won the part after impressing director/creator Joss Whedon with a backflip during his audition. He starred in Jawbreaker (1999) with Rose McGowan and Julie Benz, as well as The In Crowd, and played as A.J. Chamberlain on Guiding Light.

In 2006, he hosted a short-lived series on UPN called Get This Party Started with Kristin Cavallari of Laguna Beach fame. That same year, he starred in Fashion House on MyNetworkTV as scheming senior designer and blackmailer John Cotter which aired in 2006 in the U.S.

In the fall of that same year, his role on CSI: NY as firefighter Brendon Walsh, boyfriend to Detective Stella Bonasera (Melina Kanakaredes), was upgraded to recurring. In December 2008, he played a doctor again on an episode of The Starter Wife. In January 2009, Erickson guest-starred on Monk as star quarterback David Gitelson. In May 2009, he was reportedly cast as Britney Spears' love interest in her video "Radar". Two months later, both Erickson and Spears were seen in an ad for Candie's, a young women's fashion line.

Later that year, Erickson was cast in the 2009 Melrose Place sequel, where he had a recurring role as executive chef and co-owner Marcello, in the restaurant where both Violet (Ashlee Simpson) and Auggie (Colin Egglesfield) work.

In 2010, Erickson worked on the hit ABC drama Castle opposite Stana Katic and Nathan Fillion. Later that same year, he guest-starred on the TNT network's show The Closer with actress Kyra Sedgwick.

Erickson played the lead role of character Eddie Avedon opposite Jennie Garth, Fred Willard, Zack Ward and Marilu Henner in a movie of the week for Hallmark Entertainment entitled Accidentally in Love, released in 2011. In the romantic comedy, co-written by Garth's former husband and Twilight actor Peter Facinelli, Erickson portrays a struggling, jaded actor who secretly plays a costumed character on a children's TV show. His outlook on life begins to transform as he realizes his work and life have a bigger meaning when he falls for the mother of a fan of his show. In 2011, Erickson worked with Anne Heche and Eriq LaSalle on the mini-series Blackout.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1995 Two Bits & Pepper Boyfriend Supporting 1999 Jawbreaker Dane Sanders Supporting2000 Scream 3 Detective #2 Uncredited Fear Runs Silent Tim Direct-to-DVD release The In Crowd Tom Supporting 2003 Pact with the Devil Louis / Dorian Starring 2013 John Dies at the End Sergeant McElroy Supporting

Television Year Title RoleNotes 1995 Step by Step Bobby Episode: "The Wall" 1996–1997 Guiding Light J. Chamberlain 10 episodes 1999–2000 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Percy West 5 episodes 2002 Glory Days William Episode: "Death, Lies and Videotape" 2003 Friends Dirk Episode: "The One with the Soap Opera Party" 2004 Joey Sam Baxter Episode: "Pilot"2006 Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door Shawn TV movie CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Jake Episode: "Time of Your Death" CSI: Miami Sgt. Reynolds Episode: "Come As You Are" Fashion House John Cotter 25 episodes2008 General Hospital Dr. Patrick Drake 4 episodes The Starter Wife Dr. Kassoy Episode: "Look Who's Stalking" 2008–2009 CSI: NY Brendon Walsh 2 episodes 2009 Monk David Gitelson Episode: "Mr. Monk Makes the Playoffs" 2009–2010 Melrose Place Marcello 4 episodes2010 Castle Xander Doyle Episode: "A Deadly Affair" The Closer Lou Wilson Episode: "High Crimes" 2011 Accidentally in Love Eddie Avedon Hallmark Channel Original Movie2012 Blackout Officer Thompson Episode: "Part 1" I Married Who? aka: Always a Bride Matt Swift TV movie 2013 Santa Switch Dan Ryebeck TV movie 2014 Anger Management Quinn Episode: "Charlie Does Times With the Hot Warden" 2015 Stalked by My Neighbor Ted Wilcox Lifetime movie