Eric Stoltz

Eric Stoltz

1961-09-30 Whittier, California, USA 106 Credits

Biography

Eric Hamilton Stoltz (born September 30, 1961) is an American actor and director. He is known for playing sensitive misfits (Mask, Kicking and Screaming, The Waterdance, Killing Zoe). He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for Mask.

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BRATS

BRATS

2024

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

In the 1980s, Andrew McCarthy was part of a young generation of actors who were set to take over Hollywood after a string of successful teen movies. H...

Flying Lessons

Flying Lessons

2023

Executive Producer

10.0
Producing

Two estranged adopted sisters are forced together by their mother's sudden death: Beatrice, an autistic Chinese high school senior who wants to learn ...

QT8: The First Eight

QT8: The First Eight

2019

as Self (archive footage)

7.2
Acting

A detailed account of the life and artistic career of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, from his early days as a video club manager to the scanda...

Lucky Day

Lucky Day

2019

as Voice of Authority (voice)

5.3
Acting

Red, a safe cracker who has just been released from prison, is trying to hold his family together as his past catches up with him in the form of Luc, ...

Her Smell

Her Smell

2019

as Howard Goodman

5.8
Acting

A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.

Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk

Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk

2017

Director

5.1
Directing

A young Jehovah's Witness believes the ultimate punishment will be inflicted upon him for typical teenage activity. His life is rather grim until infa...

Class Rank

Class Rank

2017

as Brilliant Young Nerd's Father

6.9
Acting

Two high school misfits join forces in an attempt to overtake the local school board. Guided by their families, they enter the perilous word of politi...

Class Rank

Class Rank

2017

Director

6.9
Directing

Two high school misfits join forces in an attempt to overtake the local school board. Guided by their families, they enter the perilous word of politi...

Back in Time

Back in Time

2015

as Original Marty McFly / Bill Conrad (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

Cast, crew and fans explore the 'Back to the Future' time-travel trilogy's resonance throughout our culture—30 years after Marty McFly went back in ti...

Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant

Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant

2015

as Russ Peterson

4.7
Acting

A self-anointed 'renegade' male flight attendant must save the day when the airline he works for tries to eliminate flight attendants as a cost-cuttin...

5 to 7

5 to 7

2014

as Jonathan Galassi

7.2
Acting

A young writer begins an affair with an older woman from France whose open marriage to a diplomat dictates that they can meet only between the hours o...

Fort McCoy

Fort McCoy

2014

as Frank Stirn

4.8
Acting

Unable to serve in World War II because of a heart condition, a barber moves his family adjacent to a Wisconsin army base and prisoner-of-war camp to ...

Hello

2014

as Max

5.6
Acting

When Max (Eric Stoltz), urged on by "Risk Management," a self-help book for the hapless, decides to approach his fellow ferry-commuter Rory (Susanna T...

Fort McCoy

Fort McCoy

2014

Producer

4.8
Producing

Unable to serve in World War II because of a heart condition, a barber moves his family adjacent to a Wisconsin army base and prisoner-of-war camp to ...

John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast

John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast

2012

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

A tribute to John Hughes, featuring an archive interview with him from 1986 and those that have worked with him, including Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruc...

Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer

Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer

2011

as Guy in Zombie Movie

6.0
Acting

Third-grader Judy Moody sets out to have the most thrilling summer of her life.

Sparks

Sparks

2009

as Joseph

4.0
Acting

In this deliciously tart adaptation of a short story by Elmore Leonard, a beautiful young widow’s hilltop mansion has just burned to the ground, and a...

Blank Slate

Blank Slate

2008

as Sean Sullivan

6.9
Acting

An amnesiac, sentenced to Death Row for a murder she can't remember committing, is given a second chance at freedom by the FBI: recruited as part of t...

Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency

Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency

2007

as Christian Missionary (voice)

Acting

A fascinating account of the presidency of Andrew Jackson, who was both one of America's great presidents and a borderline tyrant. The seventh preside...

The Lather Effect

The Lather Effect

2006

as Mickey

4.8
Acting

On the eve of selling her mother's house, a thirty-something housewife wakes up to a hangover surrounded by her best friends from high school...

The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful

2006

as Self

Acting

A 2006 featurette on the film 'Some Kind of Wonderful', with interviews with the main actors and with the director.

The Honeymooners

The Honeymooners

2005

as William Davis

4.0
Acting

Working class New York bus driver Ralph Kramden is always coming up with get-rich-quick schemes for him and his best friend, Ed Norton, who's always a...

Childstar

Childstar

2004

as Fresno Burnbaum

4.9
Acting

An experimental filmmaker takes a job as a driver for a foul-mouthed child actor and his ambitious stage mother.

The Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Effect

2004

as George Miller

7.6
Acting

A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childh...

When Zachary Beaver Came to Town

When Zachary Beaver Came to Town

2003

6.5
Acting

Zachary Beaver, a sideshow attraction also known as the world's fattest boy, arrives in the sleepy town of Granger, Texas.

Happy Hour

Happy Hour

2003

as Levine

6.5
Acting

Tulley, a once-promising literary star now biding his time as an advertising copy editor, moves from cynicism to acceptance as he secretly hopes to wr...

The Rules of Attraction

The Rules of Attraction

2002

as Mr. Lawson

6.2
Acting

The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a...

Pulp Fiction: The Facts

Pulp Fiction: The Facts

2002

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

Behind the scenes of the legendary classic film by Quentin Tarantino.

Highball

Highball

2002

as Darien

4.5
Acting

A newly married couple tries to enhance their social life by throwing fabulous parties and inviting all their friends in Brooklyn to their home.

Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

2002

as voice

8.0
Acting

A gifted orator, Woodrow Wilson was supremely confident before crowds, yet uneasy in small groups. An intellectual with inflexible moral principles, h...

The Simian Line

The Simian Line

2001

as Sam Donovan

5.0
Acting

The Simian Line is an American improvisational film, released in 2001. When Katharine throws a party on Halloween, a psychic called Arnita predicts th...

Things Behind the Sun

Things Behind the Sun

2001

as Dan

5.8
Acting

A young music journalist's dark memories are awakened when he goes to interview a female rock singer, and both are forced to confront troubling secret...

Harvard Man

Harvard Man

2001

as Teddy Carter

4.7
Acting

College has always been a time for experimentation, sexual, cultural and otherwise. "Harvard Man" plays out against a background of love, sex, basketb...

My Horrible Year!

My Horrible Year!

2001

as Uncle Charlie

5.2
Acting

A teenage girl plots to keep her parents' marriage together, erroneously thinking they're considering divorce.

My Horrible Year!

My Horrible Year!

2001

Director

5.2
Directing

A teenage girl plots to keep her parents' marriage together, erroneously thinking they're considering divorce.

Hollywood Palms

Hollywood Palms

2000

as Himself

4.7
Acting

Set entirely in the Hollywood Palms apartment building and its yard, this movie looks at how people there live, and the intertwining stories of the re...

The Last Dance

The Last Dance

2000

as Todd Cope

7.6
Acting

A retired school teacher is reminded of her past after she befriends with one of her former students, Todd Cope.

The House of Mirth

The House of Mirth

2000

as Lawrence Selden

6.2
Acting

In early 20th century New York City, an impoverished socialite desperately seeks a suitable husband as she gradually finds herself betrayed by her fri...

One Kill

One Kill

2000

as Capt. Wallker Randall

6.3
Acting

A divorced female marine officer with two small children begins an affair with a senior officer.

Common Ground

Common Ground

2000

as Johnny Burroughs

4.9
Acting

This movie contains three short stories dealing with the theme of homosexuality. In "A Friend of Dorothy", a woman joins the Navy during the 1950's an...

Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High

1999

5.8
Acting

This documentary is featured on the Collector's Edition, High School Reunion Edition, and Awesome Special Edition DVDs for 'Fast Times at Ridgemont Hi...

Hercules: Zero to Hero

Hercules: Zero to Hero

1999

as Theseus (voice) (archive sound)

6.6
Acting

After defeating Hades for good, Hercules marries Meg and revisits his teenage years. In particular, it shows an adolescent Hercules's enrollment and t...

A Murder of Crows

A Murder of Crows

1999

as Thurman Parks III

6.1
Acting

In the wake of a career-ending scandal, disgraced lawyer Lawson Russell moves to Key West, where he befriends aging novelist Christopher Marlowe. Afte...

Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge

Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge

1999

as Prosecutor Robert Laurino

5.5
Acting

In 1989, a group of well-known high school athletes in Glen Ridge, New Jersey were accused of the gang rape of a teen girl. When the town rallies to p...

The Passion of Ayn Rand

The Passion of Ayn Rand

1999

as Nathaniel Branden

5.2
Acting

Author Ayn Rand becomes involved with a much younger and married man, to the dismay of those close to her.

Hi-Life

Hi-Life

1998

as Jimmy

6.7
Acting

Jimmy needs $900 to clear a gambling debt but a series of lies leads to Ray trying to raise the cash from friends who owe him money.

Mr. Jealousy

Mr. Jealousy

1998

as Lester Grimm, aka Vince

5.9
Acting

After his first date at age 15 ended with the girl making out with another man at a party, aspiring writer Lester Grimm has treated all his girlfriend...

Mr. Jealousy

Mr. Jealousy

1998

Executive Producer

5.9
Producing

After his first date at age 15 ended with the girl making out with another man at a party, aspiring writer Lester Grimm has treated all his girlfriend...

Blackout Effect

Blackout Effect

1998

as John Dantley

5.9
Acting

There has been a mid-air collision involving a passenger jet and a cargo flight, killing everyone aboard the two planes. The NTSB investigator in char...

Pitch

Pitch

1997

as Self

6.3
Acting

A Canadian documentary featuring two young filmmakers attending the Toronto Film Festival to pitch a film concept to various celebrities. Their film i...

Anaconda

Anaconda

1997

as Dr. Steven Cale

5.2
Acting

A 'National Geographic' film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who takes them along on his quest to capture the world's largest — and deadlie...

Keys to Tulsa

Keys to Tulsa

1997

as Richter Boudreau

4.7
Acting

Richter Boudreau is on a bad streak: Languishing in the shadow of his celebrity mother, he loses his job as a film critic for the town paper, and now ...

The Rocking Horse Winner

The Rocking Horse Winner

1997

as Uncle Joe

6.3
Acting

A gambler comes to live with his sister and discovers his young nephew can predict the winner of horse races by riding on his rocking horse.

Jerry Maguire

Jerry Maguire

1996

as Ethan Valhere

7.0
Acting

Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plu...

Grace of My Heart

Grace of My Heart

1996

as Howard Cazsatt

6.1
Acting

Philadelphia teenager Edna Buxton wins a talent contest during the early rock 'n' roll era, changes her name to Denise Waverly and moves to New York C...

2 Days in the Valley

2 Days in the Valley

1996

as Wes Taylor

6.2
Acting

In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men sets into motion a chain of events that...

Inside

Inside

1996

as Marty

4.6
Acting

A South African political prisoner is tortured to obtain information on apartheid conspirators. Ten years later, the head officer in charge of the que...

Don't Look Back

Don't Look Back

1996

as Jesse

4.6
Acting

Los Angeles heroin addict Jesse endangers the lives of his childhood friends after he discovers a briefcase full of money from a drug deal gone bad, a...

Kicking and Screaming

Kicking and Screaming

1995

as Chet

6.2
Acting

After college graduation, Grover's girlfriend Jane tells him she's moving to Prague to study writing. Grover declines to accompany her, deciding inste...

The Prophecy

The Prophecy

1995

as Simon

6.5
Acting

The angel Gabriel comes to Earth to collect a soul which will end the stalemated war in Heaven, and only a former priest and a little girl can stop hi...

Fluke

Fluke

1995

as Jeff Newman

7.1
Acting

Workaholic Thomas Johnson dies in an auto accident and reincarnates as a dog. Remembering some of his previous being, he returns to his wife and son t...

Rob Roy

Rob Roy

1995

as Alan MacDonald

6.7
Acting

In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy ...

Little Women

Little Women

1994

as John Brooke

7.3
Acting

With their father away as a chaplain in the Civil War, Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy grow up with their mother in somewhat reduced circumstances. They are a c...

Sleep with Me

Sleep with Me

1994

as Joseph

5.8
Acting

Six different writers wrote a scene each of this romantic comedy featuring the marriage and turbulent relationship of Joseph and Sarah, with Joseph's ...

Sleep with Me

Sleep with Me

1994

Producer

5.8
Producing

Six different writers wrote a scene each of this romantic comedy featuring the marriage and turbulent relationship of Joseph and Sarah, with Joseph's ...

Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

1994

as Lance

8.5
Acting

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime cape...

Roommates

Roommates

1994

as Bill Thomas

4.4
Acting

The story of a macho straight and a well-educated gay man who have to share an apartment at a half-way house for aids-patients. Slowly they become fri...

Naked in New York

Naked in New York

1993

as Jake Briggs

4.5
Acting

Naked in New York begins in the car of grown up Jake, he is talking to us about his girlfriend, Joanne, and to whom you can turn to for help while fa...

Killing Zoe

Killing Zoe

1993

as Zed

6.2
Acting

Zed is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric. Eric and his gang have planned to raid the only bank in the...

Bodies, Rest & Motion

Bodies, Rest & Motion

1993

as Sid

5.6
Acting

Rebelling against his dreary life in a small Arizona town, salesman Nick abandons his girlfriend, Beth, and strikes out onto the highway in search of....

Bodies, Rest & Motion

Bodies, Rest & Motion

1993

Producer

5.6
Producing

Rebelling against his dreary life in a small Arizona town, salesman Nick abandons his girlfriend, Beth, and strikes out onto the highway in search of....

Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs

1993

as Fred Turner

7.0
Acting

Two couples find love and comfort in London. A reserved, but lonely aging American female college professor meats a self-confident, married, but disil...

The Heart of Justice

The Heart of Justice

1992

as David Leader

5.5
Acting

David Leader investigates a seemingly senseless murder, and in the course of it is drawn into the labyrinth of a sinisterly unique wealthy family...

Singles

Singles

1992

as The Mime

6.4
Acting

A group of young adults in their twenties, who share an apartment in the city of Seattle, ponder on love and face all the challenges of adulthood.

The Waterdance

The Waterdance

1992

as Joel Garcia

6.1
Acting

Author Joel Garcia breaks his neck while hiking, and finds himself in a rehab center with Raymond, an exaggerating ladies man, and Bloss, a racist bik...

A Woman at War

A Woman at War

1991

as Franz Bueller

4.0
Acting

Helene Moskiewicz, a young Jewish woman living in pre-World War II Belgium, is forced to suffer through German occupation by watching her parents arre...

Money

Money

1991

as Franck Cimballi

4.9
Acting

A young man whose father's fortune was stolen by his closest friends sets out to get revenge in this odyssey through the world's major financial cente...

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers

1991

as Reader

5.7
Acting

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers is a 1991 American short documentary film directed by Bill Couturié. It shows footage from World War I, World...

Memphis Belle

Memphis Belle

1990

as Danny Daly

6.7
Acting

The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bomb...

Sensibility and Sense

Sensibility and Sense

1990

as Younger Edward

Acting

Three friends who bonded over their radical beliefs in the 1930s reunite after becoming estranged over a book one of them wrote.

The Rachel Papers

The Rachel Papers

1989

as Cafe Patron (uncredited)

5.1
Acting

Poised to attend Oxford University, 19-year-old Charles Highway decides it's high time to have a romantic encounter with an older woman. With the help...

Say Anything...

Say Anything...

1989

as Vahlere

7.0
Acting

Lloyd, an eternal optimist, seeks to capture the heart of Diane, an unattainable high school beauty and straight-A student. He surprises just about ev...

Our Town

Our Town

1989

as George Gibbs

9.0
Acting

This classic American play, performed on an almost-bare stage, is about the mundane but rather pleasant lives of the Gibbs family, the Webb family, an...

The Fly II

The Fly II

1989

as Martin Brundle

5.7
Acting

Martin Brundle, born of the human/fly, is adopted by his father's place of employment (Bartok Inc.) while the employees simply wait for his mutant chr...

Haunted Summer

Haunted Summer

1988

as Percy Shelley

5.0
Acting

Authors Lord Byron, Mary Shelley (née Godwin) and Percy Shelley get together for some philosophical discussions, but the situation soon deteriorates i...

Manifesto

Manifesto

1988

as Christopher

4.0
Acting

In a small European country, the king is scheduled to visit a small, quiet and "safe" village. It turns out that while the village may indeed be small...

Greasy Lake

Greasy Lake

1988

4.0
Acting

A short film from a collection of four Greasy Lake is a part of the Discovery Program: Four Short Stories (Ray's Male Heterosexual Dancehall/Greasy La...

Sister, Sister

Sister, Sister

1987

as Matt Rutledge

4.6
Acting

Sisters Charlotte and Lucy Bonnard live together in the gloomy Louisiana family mansion that they’ve turned into a boarding house. But when a mysterio...

Lionheart

Lionheart

1987

as Robert Nerra

5.5
Acting

A young knight sets out to join King Richards crusaders. Along the way, he encounters The Black Prince who captures children and sells them as slaves ...

Some Kind of Wonderful

Some Kind of Wonderful

1987

as Keith Nelson

6.9
Acting

Keith Nelson, an artsy high school outcast, tries to land a date with popular girl Amanda Jones with some help from his tomboy best friend, Watts. How...

Code Name: Emerald

Code Name: Emerald

1985

as Andy Wheeler

6.5
Acting

In preparation for Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Nazi occupied territory, the 'overlords' were the few Allied agents who knew the details...

Mask

Mask

1985

as Rocky Dennis

7.2
Acting

A boy with a massive facial skull deformity and his biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.

The New Kids

The New Kids

1985

as Mark Warfield

6.2
Acting

A brother and his young sister come to a small town to find out a local gang terrorizes the population.

The Wild Life

The Wild Life

1984

as Bill Conrad

6.1
Acting

Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man David.

Things Are Looking Up

1984

as Neil 'Trout' Troutman

Acting

A group of high-school students deal with everyday life while attending JFK High School in Ventura, California.

Running Hot

Running Hot

1984

as Danny Hicks

5.0
Acting

A teen convicted of murdering his father escapes from authorities and heads for Arizona with a prostitute.

Surf II: The End of the Trilogy

Surf II: The End of the Trilogy

1984

as Chuck

4.8
Acting

Evil Nerd Menlo wants to get revenge on some surfers by selling a bad batch of soda called Buzz Cola which turns people into mutant zombies. Its up to...

Killing Time

1984

as Stop N Start Manager

7.0
Acting

Released as the third part of a video called 'Stephen King's Nightshift Collection'. A cartoonist has trouble getting his stories sold. As he goes off...

A Killer in the Family

A Killer in the Family

1983

as Ricky Tison

6.5
Acting

Three teenage boys break their father out of prison only to discover that he is a murderous sociopath. Based on a true story.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

1982

as Stoner Bud

6.8
Acting

Based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe, Fast Times follows a group of high school students growing up in Southern California. S...

Paper Dolls

Paper Dolls

1982

as Steve

3.7
Acting

Pilot for the TV series introduces the mothers of teenage fashion models who market their daughters for a powerful agent.

The Violation of Sarah McDavid

The Violation of Sarah McDavid

1981

as Pete Brady

3.5
Acting

Sarah McDavid, an idealistic young teacher, takes a job in a rough high school where she is eventually attacked and raped in her classroom after schoo...

The Seekers

The Seekers

1979

as 1st Boy

Acting

This follow-up to "The Bastard" and "The Rebels" continues the account of Philip Kent's life and career from his emigration to colonial Massachusetts ...

The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank

The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank

1978

as Steve Benson

Acting

A comedy-drama about a New York couple who decides to dump the hassle of the big city, pack up the kids and move to what they think is the easy life o...

Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life

Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life

N/A

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

Explores Caton-Jones' rise from his humble roots in the working class mining village of Broxburn, West Lothian to the dizzy heights of Hollywood, wher...

Original Sound

N/A

as Jake Colburn

Acting

A down on his luck aspiring musician gets his big break at the big time when an up and coming singer agrees to collaborate with him after she is caugh...