Eric Mabius was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on April 22nd 1971. Eric began his career in 1995 with Welcome to the Dollhouse, a movie which starred Heather Matarazzo. He was involved with The Crow franchise on more than one occasion: he auditioned for a role as one of Top Dollar's henchmen in the 1993 original Crow and played Alex Corvis in The Crow: Salvation, the third installment. His biggest film role to date is as a cop called Matt Addison in Resident Evil. He was a regular cast member of The L Word in its first season an. As of 2006, he appears in the ABC TV series, Ugly Betty, as Daniel Meade, the fashion magazine editor boss and friend of star America Ferrera's character. Off the success of Ugly Betty, he was named one of the sexiest men alive by People Magazine.