Topher Grace
Grace at the Spider-Man 3 (2007) premiere
Birth name	Christopher John Grace
Born	July 12, 1978 (1978-07-12) (age 29) New York City, New York, United States
Other name(s)	Topher

Christopher John Grace (born July 12, 1978),^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} better known as Topher Grace, is an American actor best known for playing the lead role of Eric Forman on That '70s Show during the show's first seven seasons, and for appearing as the villain Eddie Brock, Jr./Venom in Spider-Man 3. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 462 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1791 × 2321 pixel, file size: 2. ... Spider-Man 3 is a 2007 American superhero film written and directed by Sam Raimi, with a screenplay by Ivan Raimi and Alvin Sargent. ... is the 193rd day of the year (194th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the state. ... is the 193rd day of the year (194th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the character on the American TV series That 70s Show. For the character on the American TV series House, see Eric Foreman. ... That 70s Show is an American television sitcom that centers on the lives of a group of teenagers living in Point Place, Wisconsin, a fictional suburb of either Kenosha or Green Bay[1] from May 17, 1976 to December 31, 1979. ... Venom (Edward Eddie Charles Brock), is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics supervillain and anti-hero generally credited to David Michelinie and Todd McFarlane. ... Spider-Man 3 is a 2007 American superhero film written and directed by Sam Raimi, with a screenplay by Ivan Raimi and Alvin Sargent. ...

Biography

Early life

Grace was born in New York City, New York^[7][8] to Marina, an office worker and assistant to the schoolmaster of the New Canaan Country School in New Canaan, Connecticut, and John Grace, a business executive. Grace grew up in Brazil then moved to Darien, Connecticut, where he knew actress Kate Bosworth and was sometimes babysat by actress Chloë Sevigny, who also later appeared with him in high school stage plays. He chose to go by the name Topher in high school after becoming frustrated with his full name being abbreviated as Chris. In an interview with New York Magazine, he claimed to be of WASP descent. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the state. ... New Canaan is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Stamford, on the Five Mile River. ... Darien is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ... Kate Bosworth (born January 2, 1983) is an American actress. ... Chloë Stevens Sevigny (born November 18, 1974) is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated American actress. ... This article or section needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, commonly abbreviated to the acronym WASP, is a term which originated in the United States. ...

Grace attended the Fay School in Southborough, Massachusetts, The Neighborhood Playhouse in New York and Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire--where he was noticed by the producer of That '70s Show (whose daughter also attended the school) while playing the leading role of Pseudolus in a local stage production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Started in 1823, Fay School in Southborough, Massachusetts is the oldest junior reform boarding school in the United States. ... Southborough is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. ... The Neighborhood Playhouse is an actor training school in New York City, generally associated with the Meisner technique of Sanford Meisner. ... Brewster Academy (also called BA) is a co-educational independent boarding school located on 80 acres (324,000 m²) in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, USA, two hours north of Boston. ... This article describes the town as a whole. ... That 70s Show is an American television sitcom that centers on the lives of a group of teenagers living in Point Place, Wisconsin, a fictional suburb of either Kenosha or Green Bay[1] from May 17, 1976 to December 31, 1979. ... The main character in Broadways A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Which is based on a number of Plautus plays. ... Hi! Youre car can speak <a href=http://immobilizer. ...

Career

Grace was cast as Eric Forman on Fox's That '70s Show, which debuted in 1998. The sitcom was successful and Grace became well known among television watchers; he played the role until 2005, after which he left to pursue feature film work. The series was renewed for another season despite his absence before its ending in 2006. Grace would make a very brief guest appearance in the last episode. This article is about the character on the American TV series That 70s Show. For the character on the American TV series House, see Eric Foreman. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States. ... The year 1998 in television involved some significant events. ... This article is about a genre of comedy. ... The year 2005 in television involved some significant events. ... The year 2006 in television involved some significant events. ... That 70s Finale is a That 70s Show episode. ...

Grace briefly attended college at the University of Southern California, but left during his freshman year to concentrate on his television work and to pursue a career in film. He played a prep school student who uses cocaine and introduces his girlfriend to heroin in director Steven Soderbergh's 2000 film Traffic, as well as having uncredited cameos as himself in Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven, and it's 2004 sequel, Ocean's Twelve. He planned to cameo in Ocean's Thirteen but due to his filming Spider-Man 3 he had to drop out. He also appeared in director Mike Newell's 2003 film Mona Lisa Smile. The Trojan Shrine, better known as Tommy Trojan located in the center of University of Southern California campus. ... Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb st&#365;d&#275;r&#277;, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ... Steven Andrew Soderbergh (born January 14, 1963 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, and Oscar-winning director. ... The year 2000 in film involved some significant events. ... Traffic is an award-winning 2000 crime/drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh. ... A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television. ... Oceans Eleven is a 2001 remake of the 1960 Rat Pack caper film Oceans Eleven. ... The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. ... Oceans Twelve is a 2004 film that takes place after the events of the 2001 movie Oceans Eleven. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long or excessively detailed compared to the rest of the article. ... Michael Cormac Newell (born March 28, 1942) is an English director and producer of motion pictures for the screen and for television. ... The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. ... Mona Lisa Smile is a 2003 American film that was produced by Revolution Studios and Columbia Pictures, directed by Mike Newell, written by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal, and starring Julia Roberts, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kirsten Dunst, and Julia Stiles. ...

In 2004, Grace had the starring role in two major feature films; he played the leading roles in the Robert Luketic-directed Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! and the Paul Weitz dramedy, In Good Company, in which he played an ambitious but troubled corporate executive. That same year, Grace also starred in the film P.S., which received only a limited theatrical release. Grace's work in P.S. and In Good Company was recognized by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures in the category of "Breakthrough Performance by an Actor". In 2005, Grace hosted Saturday Night Live. Robert Luketic (Croatian: Luketić) is an Australian film director. ... Promotional poster for Win A Date With Tad Hamilton! Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! is a 2004 romantic comedy film, directed by Robert Luketic and starring Kate Bosworth, Topher Grace and more. ... Paul Weitz (born 1966 in New York, New York) is a film director and screenwriter. ... Dramedy, a portmanteau of drama and comedy, is a genre of movies and television in which the lines between these very different genres were blurred. ... In Good Company is a 2004 film written and directed by Paul Weitz, the co-director of About a Boy. ... Promotional poster for This article is about the film. ... The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures was founded in 1909 in New York City, just 13 years after the birth of cinema, to protest New York City Mayor George McClennans revocation of moving-picture exhibition licenses on Christmas Eve 1908. ... The year 2005 in television involved some significant events. ... This article is about the American television series. ...

In 2007, Grace portrayed Eddie Brock / Venom in Spider-Man 3, directed by Sam Raimi. Grace himself was a fan of the comics, and read the Venom stories as a kid. Grace is set to appear in the 1980s retro comedy Kids in America.^[9] Grace co-wrote the script and will be co-producing the film. In addition, he will soon star in The Crusaders, a drama about the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, playing real-life civil rights lawyer Jack Greenberg, opposite Terrence Howard, who will play Thurgood Marshall.^[10] 2007 has been referred to, by film and media critics, as the year of the threequels, a nickname referring to the large amount of third installment films released this year, including Spider-Man 3, Shrek the Third, Oceans Thirteen, Resident Evil: Extinction, The Bourne Ultimatum, Pirates of the Caribbean... Venom (Edward Eddie Charles Brock), is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics supervillain and anti-hero generally credited to David Michelinie and Todd McFarlane. ... Spider-Man 3 is a 2007 American superhero film written and directed by Sam Raimi, with a screenplay by Ivan Raimi and Alvin Sargent. ... For the American opera singer, see Samuel Ramey. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... Kids in America is a 2007 American retro comedy film, written by the writers of That 70s Show, to be directed by Michael Dowse and starring an ensemble cast including Topher Grace, Anna Faris and Dan Fogler. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Holding Segregation of students in public schools violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, because separate facilities are inherently unequal. ... Jack Greenberg (born 1924) is an American attorney and legal scholar. ... Terrence Dashon Howard (born March 11, 1969) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actor. ... Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American jurist and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. ...

Personal life

From 1999-2001, Grace "casually dated" actress Anne Hathaway, and dated actress Ginnifer Goodwin in 2002. Grace recommended Goodwin for the part of Cathy in Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! after they had broken up. He also dated model Ivanka Trump in 2006^[11], and in early 2007 he briefly dated actress Emmy Rossum. He is currently dating his Kids in America co-star, Teresa Palmer.^[12] This article is about the actress. ... Ginnifer Goodwin Ginnifer Goodwin (born May 22, 1978) is an American actress. ... Promotional poster for Win A Date With Tad Hamilton! Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! is a 2004 romantic comedy film, directed by Robert Luketic and starring Kate Bosworth, Topher Grace and more. ... Ivanka Marie Trump (born October 30, 1981 in New York City, New York) is an American fashion model and businesswoman, best known as the daughter of Ivana Trump and Donald Trump and is currently vice president of Real Estate Development and Acquisitions at the Trump Organization. ... Emmanuelle Grey Emmy Rossum (born September 12, 1986) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actress and singer. ... Kids in America is a 1981 song performed by Kim Wilde. ... Teresa Edwina Palmer (born February 26, 1986) is an Australian actress born in Adelaide, South Australia. ...

Filmography

Awards and Nominations

National Board of Review, USA

• Won: Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actor, In Good Company (2004)

Screen Actors Guild Award
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• Won: Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture, Traffic (Shared with cast, 2001)

Teen Choice Awards
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• Nominated: Choice Movie: Rumble, Spider-Man 3 (Shared with Tobey Maguire, James Franco, and Thomas Haden Church, 2007)
• Nominated: Choice Movie: Villain, Spider-Man 3 (2007)
• Nominated: Choice Movie Actor - Comedy, Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004)
• Nominated: Choice Movie Hissy Fit, Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004)
• Nominated: Choice Movie Liplock, Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (Shared with Kate Bosworth, 2004)
• Nominated: Choice TV Actor - Comedy, That '70s Show (2004)
• Nominated: Choice TV Actor - Comedy, That '70s Show (2003)
• Nominated: Choice TV Actor - Comedy, That '70s Show (2002)
• Nominated: Choice TV Actor - Comedy, That '70s Show (2001)
• Nominated: Choice TV Actor - Comedy, That '70s Show (2000)
• Nominated: Choice TV Actor - Comedy, That '70s Show (1999)

Young Artist Awards
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• Nominated: Best Performance in a TV Series - Young Ensemble, That '70s Show (Shared with cast, 1999)

Young Hollywood Awards

• Breakthrough Performance - Male, Traffic (2001)

References

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External links

• Topher Grace at the Internet Movie Database
• IGN Films interview (December 22, 2004)
• About.com interview (January, 2004)