Name: Topher Grace

Birth Name: Christopher Paul Grace

Birthdate: July 12, 1978

Birthplace: New York, New York

As it happened, Topher costarred in a high school play with a girl whose parents were producers and asked if they could call him for future work. To his disbelief they did, a year later while he was attending USC and had no real plans for his future. He read for a role in That '70s Show and booked the part of straight-guy Eric Forman on the cult sitcom that lasted seven seasons. Successfully avoiding being pigeonholed as a TV sitcom actor and steering clear of typical teen movie fare, Grace crossed over into movies with widely divergent roles — a druggie in Traffic, a horny college student in the indie P.S. (his first lead), an ambitious ad exec in In Good Company and Eddie/Venom in Spider-Man 3.


1. Other famous faces from his hometown include Kate Bosworth and Chloe Sevigny, who was his babysitter as a kid.
2. He hated the nickname "Chris, so he dropped that part of his name and adopted "Topher."
3. He wore a wig on That '70s Show to make his haircut look more in line with the men's hairstyles of the 1970s.
4. The native New Yorker lives in NYC's West Village.
5. His favorite movie is Star Wars.

"I just want to spend the next couple of years not going too fast, waiting for the right projects. Then, when that career bombs, I can go back and do That '90s Show.
— New York Magazine, Jan. 24, 2005

FILMS

Spider-Man 3 - (2007) - Actor
P.S. - (2004) - Actor
In Good Company - (2004) - Actor
Win a Date With Tad Hamilton! - (2004) - Actor
Ocean's Twelve - (2004) - Cameo
Mona Lisa Smile - (2003) - Actor
That 70s Show - Season Four - (2001-2002) - Actor
That 70s Show - Season Three - (2000-2001) - Actor
Traffic - (2000) - Actor
That 70s Show - Season Two - (1999-2000) - Actor
That 70s Show - Season One - (1998-1999) - Actor