Ten fun facts about Eric Stoltz

Fact 1
Eric Stoltz was born on September 30, 1961 in California.

Fact 2
He is popularly known for portraying the role of Rocky Dennis in movie Mask, which got him the nomination for a Golden Globe Award.

Fact 3
He worked as a production assistant on the movies Say Anything... and Illegally Yours to study under the famed first assistant director Jerry Ziesmer.

Fact 4
Eric Stoltz is a vegetarian.

Fact 5
He was chosen as Marty McFly in Back to the Future but after only 4 weeks of filming, he was let go because Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale felt he wasn’t matching the character and was too intense.

Fact 6
Eric Stoltz was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actor for a restoration of Thornton Wilder's "Great Performances: Our Town".

Fact 7
He spent 3 months in a wheelchair for preparing for his role in the movie The Waterdance.

Fact 8
Eric is a regular director on the TV show Glee.

Fact 9
Eric Stoltz was cast for the role of Steve Benson In 1978 in Erma Bombeck's The Grass Is Always Greener Over The Septic Tank.

Fact 10
He was promised by Director Cameron Crowe that he would get him a role, however small, in every film he makes but that did not happen. Eric was not cast in any of Crowe’s films since Jerry Maguire.