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Eric Bogosian (born on April 24, 1953) is an American actor, playwright, performance artist, monologist, and novelist.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 2 Actor 3 Writer 3.1 Feature films 3.2 Solos 3.3 Plays 3.4 Novels 4 Trivia 5 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Bogosian, an Armenian American, was born in Woburn, Massachusetts. After graduating from Oberlin College, he moved to New York to pursue a career in theatre.

[edit] Career

As a performance artist, Bogosian has a very distinctive style. His one-man shows are a minimalist blend of dark comedy, geopolitical commentary, and social realism. When performing on stage, Bogosian generally appears as a series of characters, and uses only a microphone and a folding chair as props.

Bogosian has recently joined the cast of Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Captain Daniel Ross, replacing Jamey Sheridan's character, Captain James Deakins.

Some of his plays have recently been revived on and off-Broadway, with an updated version of his 1994 play SubUrbia at Second Stage Theatre and a new Broadway engagement of his highly successful Talk Radio, to star Liev Schreiber.

[edit] Actor

• Law & Order: Criminal Intent TV series (2006-present)
• Love Monkey TV series (2006)
• Wonderland (2003)
• Ararat (2002)
• Igby Goes Down (2001)
• Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (2001)
• Deconstructing Harry (1997)
• Beavis & Butthead Do America (1996) (Voice)
• Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
• Talk Radio (1988)
• Scrubs: Season Two (2005)

[edit] Writer

[edit] Feature films

• Talk Radio (1988)
• subUrbia (1996)

[edit] Solos

• Men Inside (1981)
• "FunHouse (1983)
• Drinking in America (1986)
• Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll (1990)
• Pounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead (1994)
• Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (2000)

[edit] Plays

• Men in Dark Times
• Scenes from the New World
• Sheer Heaven (1980)
• The New World (1981)
• Talk Radio (1988)
• Notes from the Underground (1993)
• subUrbia (1996)
• Griller (1996)
• Humpty Dumpty (2004)

[edit] Novels

• Mall (2000)
• Wasted Beauty (2005)

[edit] Trivia

His first appearance in a film was as a TV technician in Born in Flames (1983). His only line was, "What the fuck?".

[edit] External links

• Eric Bogosian's homepage
• Eric Bogosian at the Internet Movie Database
• Eric Bogosian's Myspace