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Christopher Grace (19 July 1978) is an American actor, best known for the role of Eric Forman in the situation comedy That '70s Show.
Grace, raised in Darien, Connecticut, began acting in high school musicals. His breakthrough television role, on That '70s Show
, was also his first. Grace was discovered by the show's creators, whose daughters attended the same school as Grace, when they attended a school production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum where Topher played the leading role of Pseudolus. Grace chose to go by the name Topher in high school, after becoming frustrated with his name being abbreviated as "Chris."
Grace's first professional role was an unexpected success playing Eric Forman on FOX TV's That '70s Show. The show was recently renewed for the 2005-6 calendar year, but Grace chose not to renew his contract and will only make scarce appearances during the 8th season.
While Grace briefly attended college at the University of Southern California, he left during his freshman year to pursue television career. Grace's first small breakthrough role was as the prep school drug addict in director Steven Soderbergh's Traffic (2000) and a small uncredited cameo in Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven (2001) followed.
Grace has recently broken into feature films with bigger roles, first in the Mike Newell directed Mona Lisa Smile (2003) and including a leading role in the Robert Luketic directed Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004) and roles in the Dylan Kidd film, p.s. (2004), another small romp in Soderbergh's follow up to Ocean's 11
, Ocean's 12 (2004), and the Paul Weitz comedy/drama, In Good Company (2004).
Grace's work in p.s.
and In Good Company was recognized by the National Board of Review of Motion Picturesin the category of Breakthrough Performance by an Actor in 2004The ceremony was held in January 2005.
In 2005, Grace had the honor of hosting Saturday Night Live.
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