Portrait of Eric Close

Acting

Eric Close

Career

Active from 1993 to 2025, busiest in 2019 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
19
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for Nashville
Nashville
GoodWatch score78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 37 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Eric Close Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Uncanny
    1.3, average 2.5
  • Melancholy
    3.6, average 4.7
  • Historical
    1.5, average 2.6
  • Scare
    1.5, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Feel-Good 3
  • Family-Friendly 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Predictable Plot 3
  • Holiday Romance 3
  • Wholesome 3
  • Ensemble Cast 2
  • Gritty Atmosphere 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Uplifting 2
  • Musical Performance 2
  • Heartwarming 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

47
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

5 titles ยท average score 54
All Is Merry & Bright
All Is Merry & Bright (2025)

as Paul Tannen

Average Joe
Average Joe (2024)
GoodWatch score 44

as Joe Kennedy

To Have and to Holiday
To Have and to Holiday (2024)
GoodWatch score 61

as Mark

The Mulligan
The Mulligan (2022)
GoodWatch score 50

as Paul McAllister

Sugar Plum Twist
Sugar Plum Twist (2021)
GoodWatch score 60

Director

2010s

17 titles ยท average score 58
A Christmas Love Story
A Christmas Love Story (2019)
GoodWatch score 61

as Shane

Angel Falls: A Novel Holiday
Angel Falls: A Novel Holiday (2019)
GoodWatch score 62

as Anthony

Christmas at Graceland: Home for the Holidays
Christmas at Graceland: Home for the Holidays (2019)
GoodWatch score 54

Director

Wedding at Graceland
Wedding at Graceland (2019)
GoodWatch score 41

Director

Legal Action
Legal Action (2018)
GoodWatch score 61

as Casey McKay

Christmas at Graceland
Christmas at Graceland (2018)
GoodWatch score 48

Director

Christmas in the Air
Christmas in the Air (2017)
GoodWatch score 49

as Robert Trent

Christmas Crime Story
Christmas Crime Story (2017)
GoodWatch score 40

as Randall Edwards

Nashville
Nashville (2012)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Teddy Conrad

CHAOS
CHAOS (2011)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show ยท as Michael Dorset

American Horror Story
American Horror Story (2011)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Hugo

Unanswered Prayers
Unanswered Prayers (2010)
GoodWatch score 43

as Ben Beck

2000s

8 titles ยท average score 70
Saving Angelo
Saving Angelo (2007)

as Dad

Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds (2005)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show ยท as Spicer

NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323
NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323 (2004)
GoodWatch score 52

as N'Tom Price

Without a Trace
Without a Trace (2002)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Martin Fitzgerald

Kim Possible
Kim Possible (2002)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Crash Cranston (voice)

Taken
Taken (2002)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as John

Follow the Stars Home
Follow the Stars Home (2001)
GoodWatch score 70

as Mark McCune

The Sky is Falling
The Sky is Falling (2001)
GoodWatch score 72

as Mike

1990s

12 titles ยท average score 65
Now and Again
Now and Again (1999)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Michael Wiseman

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Colin Barnes

The Magnificent Seven
The Magnificent Seven (1998)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show ยท as Vin Tanner

Dark Skies
Dark Skies (1996)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as John Loengard

Dark Skies
Dark Skies (1996)

as John Loengard

The Stranger Beside Me
The Stranger Beside Me (1995)
GoodWatch score 64

as Chris Gallagher

McKenna
McKenna (1994)

TV show ยท as Brick McKenna

Hercules and the Lost Kingdom
Hercules and the Lost Kingdom (1994)
GoodWatch score 62

as Telamon

Without Consent
Without Consent (1994)
GoodWatch score 66

as David Mills

Taking Liberty
Taking Liberty (1993)

as Adam

American Me
American Me (1992)
GoodWatch score 71

as Juvie Hall Attacker

Keeping Secrets
Keeping Secrets (1991)

as Young Michael

1980s

4 titles ยท average score 57
Major Dad
Major Dad (1989)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show

MacGyver
MacGyver (1985)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Guard

Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara (1984)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show ยท as Sawyer Walker

1950s

1 title ยท average score 84
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Mark