Eric Dane
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Eric William Dane was an American actor. After multiple television roles in the 1990s and 2000s, including his recurring role as Jason Dean on Charmed, he was cast as Dr. Mark Sloan on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy. He went on to appear in films such as X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), Marley & Me (2008), Valentine's Day (2010), Burlesque (2010), and Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024).
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Eric William Dane (November 9, 1972 – February 19, 2026) was an American television and film actor and producer. Born in San Francisco, he began his professional career in 1991. Dane was a citizen of the United States and spoke English as his native language. He was married to Rebecca Gayheart and had two children.
Dane’s work included the film *Open Water 2*. He was diagnosed with ALS, which was the cause of his death from natural causes in 2026. His career ended in the same year.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Open Water 2
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1972
- Active to
- 2026
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 47,605x
- UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
· 2004 · cited 43,641x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,272x
- The Genome Analysis Toolkit: A MapReduce framework for analyzing next-generation DNA sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 25,511x
- Array programming with NumPy
· 2020 · cited 21,841x
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Key facts
- Born
- Eric William Melvin , ( 1972-11-09 ) November 9, 1972, San Francisco, California, U.S.
- Died
- February 19, 2026 (2026-02-19) (aged 53), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1991–2026
- Spouse
- Rebecca Gayheart ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2004 )
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Eric William Dane (né Melvin; November 9, 1972 – February 19, 2026) was an American actor. After multiple television roles in the 1990s and 2000s, including his recurring role as Jason Dean on Charmed, he was cast as Dr. Mark Sloan on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy (2006–2012; 2021). He went on to appear in films such as X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), Marley & Me (2008), Valentine's Day (2010), Burlesque (2010), and Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024).
Dane also played Captain Tom Chandler in the TNT series The Last Ship (2014–2018), Cal Jacobs in the HBO drama series Euphoria (2019–2026), and FBI Special Agent Nathan Blythe in the Amazon Prime Video crime series Countdown (2025). In 2025, he announced that he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which led to his death in 2026 at the age of 53.
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