Eric Ladin (Born February 16, 1978) is an American actor.
Early life and education
Eric Ladin was born into a
Jewish
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family in
Houston, Texas
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, and graduated from
The Kinkaid School in 1998. He later studied at the
USC School of Dramatic Arts.
Career
Ladin has guest-starred as
William Hofstadt on episodes of the
AMC
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show ''
Mad Men
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'' and the
HBO
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miniseries ''
Generation Kill'' as Corporal James Chaffin. He has appeared in the films ''
Toolbox Murders'', ''
Cursed'' and ''
Left in Darkness''. He is also the voice of the character Ellis in ''
Left 4 Dead 2'', as well as the voice of Cole MacGrath, the lead character of ''
Infamous'', in all media beginning with ''
Infamous 2''.
Ladin played Jamie Wright for two seasons in AMC's ''
The Killing''.
He guest-starred in the ''
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' episode "
Rhodium Nights".
He is the voice of Private Todd Kashima in ''
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare''.
He played
J. Edgar Hoover
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in
HBO
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's series ''
Boardwalk Empire''.
In 2019 and 2020 Ladin appeared as
Gene Kranz on the
Apple TV+
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series ''
For All Mankind'' and
Chris Kraft on the
Disney+
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series ''
The Right Stuff'', both characters being NASA space
flight directors. Ladin has a recurring role as Los Angeles Times reporter Scott Anderson on the Amazon series ''Bosch''.
In 2020, Ladin starred in the feature
psychological thriller
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film
''Painter'' with
Betsy Randle.
Personal life
Ladin is married to
fashion design
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er and stylist Katy Ladin.
The couple have two sons.
Filmography
Films
Television
Video games
References
External links
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21st-century American Jews
21st-century American male actors
American male television actors
American male video game actors
American male voice actors
Living people
American male film actors
Jewish American male actors
Male actors from Houston
The Kinkaid School alumni
USC School of Dramatic Arts alumni
1978 births