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 Eric Balfour
Interview By: J.P. Mangalindan
Chances are you've seen him around: the olive-skinned complexion and brooding facade, that athletic physique. Whether you're a native Los Angelean cruising the Viper Room and catching his band play or you accidentally tune into his handsome mug during an episode of NBC's Conviction, Eric Balfour secretly believes — and rightly so — that inevitably, you'll know his name. Just give it time. Balfour's career started early: when he was 15, a talent scout cast him as a on the variety show Kids Incorporated; years later, you'd catch a glimpse of him on Six Feet Under as the drug-addicted boyfriend of Lauren Ambrose, the eccentric resident tech geek in 24 or screeching his way through a graphic remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The 28-year-old actor's trajectory has been slow and steady. Rather than meteoric success, Balfour's ascent to fame has been a much more slow simmer, than a boil; his career choices indicate he understands an age-old lesson in Hollywood: slow and steady wins the race. It's a shrewd choice for Balfour, who considers himself a dramatic actor. Contrary to his mom's less-than-subtle suggestions ("Why don't you do a movie like Cheaper by the Dozen?!"), the odds of viewers seeing him in a frothy romantic comedy or equally trivial vehicle, are slim-to-none. It's a shrewd move on his part, because just speaking to him, understanding his passion for acting, you instantly recognize this guy isn't so much in it for the fame as he is for his craft. His latest project is one he brags about. Currently, he plays assistant district attorney Brian Pelluso in Conviction, the latest drama from Law & Order maestro Dick Wolf airing Friday nights. In many ways, it's the highest profile project of Balfour's career yet, which is probably why he's more than a little anxious about its success. "I didn't realize it would be so nerve-wracking at first, because it's harder being a part of something I really love," he comments thoughtfully. "I really wanted to find a series I could be a part of. I liked the long arc of being on a television show, doing something that's really great and so every year, I'd go through something and I'd read these scripts that would be great — oh, this will be really interesting... The best example, last year, I read this script called Sex Club and Secrets and it was smart and edgy and took place in the Silver Lake, and it was funky cool. Then, all of a sudden, we start shooting and they're talking and using words like Melrose Place and I'm going, 'Whoa, whoa, whoa.' I was thinking of a little Indie, then we have these references to Melrose Place. I thought, 'But it's so smart. Why are you going to ruin it?' With Conviction, however, things were different. There's little guesswork with what to expect from Wolf, whose various Law & Order shows — Trial By ... |
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