Eric William Dane was born in 1972, in San Francisco, California. He is the older of two brothers. His father is an architect and interior designer based in San Francisco.

Dane acted as a recurring guest star on the television series Charmed. He appeared in seasons five and six as Phoebe Halliwell's year-long boyfriend Jason Dean. He also appeared in the 2000 film The Basket, a movie about a small town near Spokane, Washington during World War I.

Dane played the character of Multiple Man (Jamie Madrox) in the 2006 film X-Men: The Last Stand. In the same year he played Dr. Mark Sloan ("McSteamy"), a plastic surgeon on Grey's Anatomy.

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