Erik had a key voice role in
the 1995 film Toy Story. He did the voice of Sid, who lived
next door to Andy and his toys. Sid was the villain of the
film, trying to destroy everything in sight.
An early headshot of Erik's,
which was always sent out with his resume
attached.
Erik appeared on ER in 1995 in
the award winning episode, "Hell and High Water." In these
scenes, Erik's character was trapped behind a gate, with
water rushing up behind him. Doug {George Clooney} was
trying to keep him calm while he figured out how to open the
gate.
Doug finally got Ben {Erik}
unstuck, but he had lost consciousness. Doug carried him to
the side of the river bank, where he started CPR. He
couldn't get Ben's airway open so he asked a bystanding cop
if he had a pen. Doug cut Ben's throat to make a airway and
inserted the pen case to hold it open. Once he got him
breathing, he carried him to the waiting
ambulance.
When he heard the ambulance
driver say they were taking him to a hospital with out a
trauma center, Doug turned and asked the news reporter to
ask the pilot for the ETA for Cook County Hospital, where
Doug works in the ER. Doug figured it wouldn't hurt to fly
him there, since either way he might die. He knew he had a
better chance at County.
It took everything Doug had to
keep Ben alive. He was getting worse by the minute. When
they got to County he wasn't breathing on his
own.
Ben's rescue ended up on the
news immediately and Doug became a hero as he brought Ben
into the ER. Doug had done lots of questionable things to
save Ben, but because Ben lived, Doug was not sued for using
a news chopper as a flight for life.
Erik appeared as Billy Jackson
in Christmas Every Day during the 1996 holiday
season. Billy re-lived Christmas day over and over again,
much like Bill Murray's character in the film Groundhog
Day. {photo
on right courtesy tigerbeat.com}
Good thing Billy learned from
his mistakes. He finally stopped getting beaten
up.
In 1996, Erik starred in yet
another TV movie. This one, Stranger to Love, starred
Beau Bridges and Pam Dawber. Alan (Beau Bridges) lost his
memory. He has two sons and a wife, but he doesn't know it.
He ends up in a restautant and he begs the owner to give him
a job. The owner is Justin's (Erik) mother.
Justin and his little brother,
Danny (Michael Scruggs) came into the kitchen and Justin
asked Alan to make him a sandwich. He didn't say please and
it sounded like an order to Alan, so he said he wouldn't do
it. Justin told him that his mom owned the restaurant and he
could get him fired. Alan convinced him to ask
politely.
Jimmy the chef in the
restaurant quit his job, so Alan took over. Justin and Danny
were his helpers. Alan gave the kids tips in
cooking.
Day to day their mom became
closer to Alan and the kids, who didn't have a father figure
at home, got attached to Alan. Eventually, his real life
family found him and after bringing up memories and showing
him pictures of his kids he remembered it all and he had to
leave Justin and his family. Justin and his brother cried
but Alan said they could call him and he promised to stay in
touch.
Erik performed more voice
roles for Disney in the 1997 movie,
Hercules.
Erik and his on screen little
brother Cameron Finley from Leave it to Beaver.
Cameron played Beaver, Erik played Wally Cleaver.
Erik and the cast of Leave
it to Beaver. . This was supposed to be a huge hit, but
it bombed within the first week on the big screen.
Christopher McDonald played Ward Cleaver and Janine Turner
was June
Erik and his co-star, Erika
Christensen, who played Karen in Leave it to
Beaver.
When Erik appeared in a
magazine at age 14, he was still labeled as a newcomer. He
didn't keep that label for long. He's now very well
known.
Erik appeared on the TV show,
Meego in 1997. He was originally cast in the pilot as
Trip Parker, but the role was recast before the show went
into production. His costar was Bronson Pinchot, who played
his alien nanny.
Erik, whose nickname is "The
Bear" is quite a teen heartthrob these days. He can be found
in almost any "Teen Magazine", such as "The Big Bopper",
"The Bop", "Teen Beat", "16", "All Stars" and many more.
Just a few more pics to show
how handsome Erik has gotten. He has really grown up since
being on DAYS. Can you see this young man throwing a fit,
like his character, Nikki often did?
