Eric Szmanda

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Eric Szmanda
Image:Sanders 43570.jpg <tr><td style="text-align:left;">Birth name</td><td>Eric Kyle Szmanda</td></tr>
Born	July 24 1975 (age 34) Milwaukee, Wisconsin Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Notable roles	Greg Sanders in CSI:Crime Scene Investigation

Eric Szmanda (born July 24, 1975 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American actor, best known for playing Marilyn Manson-fanatic/forensic geek Greg Sanders on the popular crime drama television series CSI.

Szmanda grew up in the small town of Mukwonago, Wisconsin, with his two brothers, Rob and Brett, where he graduated from high school in 1993. Eric's great-uncle, Ray Szmanda, is a local radio personality in Wisconsin and a regional television ad figure known unofficially as "The Menards Guy".

He also attended Carroll College in Wisconsin. Once in college he received the role of "Lysander" in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. After college, Szmanda moved to Los Angeles and was cast for a guest role on the drama The Division and starred in the television series The Net on USA Network.

Eric is a good friend of Marilyn Manson, and appeared in his music video "(s)AINT." Szmanda was also one of the 60 guests when Manson married Dita von Teese in Ireland.