American actor, director, and producer Eric Stoltz has an estimated net worth of $5 million. He was born Eric Cameron Stoltz on September 30, 1961 in Whittier, California, USA, and was raised in both American Samoa and Santa Barbara, California.As a child, he earned money by playing piano for local musical theater productions. He went to the University of Southern California, but decided to drop out after his junior year. In 1981, he moved to New York for his studies.
Stoltz began his professional on-camera career in 1978 when he appeared in the television show James at 15, as well as in the television movie The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank. In 1982, he appeared in the hit film Fast Times at Ridgemonth High.
Since then, he has appeared in a number of successful films and television projects such as Some Kind of Wonderful, Say Anything, Memphis Belle, Bodies, Rest and Motion, Pulp Fiction, Little Women, Rob Roy, Killing Zoe, Kicking and Screaming, and The House of Mirth. He also had recurring roles on television series including Chicago Hope, Once and Again, Will and Grace, The Triangle, Close to Home, Grey’s Anatomy and on Caprica, where he played Daniel Graystone.
Eric Stoltz is best known for playing the role of Rocky Dennis in the biographical drama film Mask, which earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture. He is also a regular director on the television series Glee.