Topher Grace Biography
Actor (1978-)Topher Grace is an American film and television actor who is best known for his role as Eric Forman in the comedy 'That' 70s Show '. He has also starred in 'Spider-Man 3,' Win a date with Tad Hamilton! ', Interstellar' and 'BlacKkKlansman'.
Who is Topher Grace?
Born in 1978, Topher Grace is an American film and television actor who succeeded in playing the character Eric Forman in the hit comedy That '70s Fox Show from 1998 to 2004. While in the series, Grace also took on supporting roles in great Hollywood films such as Traffic (2000), Ocean's Eleven (2001) and Ocean's Twelve (2004). After playing leading roles in the Roman comedy, Win a date with Tad Hamilton! (2004) and the comedy In Good Company (2004), Grace played Eddie Brock (Venom) in Spider-Man 3 (2007). Other notable films include Interstellar (2014), Truth (2015) and the role of former Klansman David Duke in Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman (2018).
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Topher Grace attends the premiere of Focus Features 'BlackkKlansman' at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater on August 8, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California.
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Height
Grace is 5 feet and 11 inches tall.
Movies and television programs
'That program of the 70'
Grace did not have to suffer through years of trying to "do it" as an actor in Hollywood. In fact, he had practically no experience in acting when he decided to leave the university at the age of 20 to star in the Fox comedy That '70s Show.
In the series, which would eventually become a blessing for the ratings, Grace played the deranged teenager Eric Forman, whose comic depictions of life in Point Place, Wisconsin, would play at home with his colorful friends, played by Ashton Kutcher. Laura Prepon, Mila Kunis and Danny Masterson.
Grace stayed on That '70s Show from 1998 to 2004 and was then replaced by the character Randy Pearson, who was played by Josh Meyers, for the final season.
When asked in 2018 if he was interested in restarting the program, Grace was open to the idea, but expressed doubts about what would happen.
"I would do it for sure because it was a very wonderful moment for us, we were all very close and we had that experience every day," he told The Hollywood Reporter. "It was great to spread it once a week, but, I'm still very good friends with those guys, so the fact that someone pays us to go out together, if someone told you, 'What, if I went back together You did not think it would happen, it would be so difficult to get that crew together, for me, I would do it if nobody saw it, just because it would be great to spend time with them, a week or something A) Yes ".
'Traffic', 'Ocean's Eleven', 'Ocean's Twelve'
Grace also experimented with sharper roles in the cinema. In the year 2000, he assumed a secondary role as boyfriend of the preparatory school, who presents hard drugs to his girlfriend (Erika Christensen) in Traffic by Steven Soderbergh.
Collaborating again with Soderbergh, Grace returned to being lighter with the cameos in the comedies of films He's Eleven (2001) and Ocean's Twelve (2004), in which he interprets. She also had a supporting role in Mona Lisa Smile (2003) and became a leader in comedies. Win a date with Tad Hamilton! (2004), as well as in good company (2004).
'Spider-Man 3', 'Interstellar', 'BlacKkKlansman'
As for Hollywood superhero material, Grace landed the role of Eddie Brock (Venom) in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3 (2007) before moving on to Gary Marshall's rom-com Valentine's Day (2010) and the science film Fiction Predators (2010).
Grace continued to work in a variety of film genres over the years before starring in such notable projects as Interstellar (2014) by Christopher Nolan, Truth (2015), political drama (alongside Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford) and satire War Machine (2017) of Netflix with Brad Pitt. In 2018 he played the infamous white supremacist David Duke in the Spike Lee biopic drama BlacKkKlansman, based on the novel of the same name by former police officer Ron Stallworth.
When asked what inspired him to play the controversial racist, Grace said it was Spike Lee's message about racism, not the real man that made him want to continue with the role.
"I understood the role of [David Duke], I knew that character completely and I thought it was really important," he told Collider. "Something that Spike brought out more, when we went into the rehearsals and production, is the idea that racism in the United States in the 70s was just a goblin, beer belly men." As mentioned in the film David was not only wearing three pieces, but he was a man
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