Born on July 27, 1971 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Eric Martsolf was educated at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania where he graduated with a degree in political science. While not studying, he was involved in various performing arts such as playing in rock bands, choirs, operas and musicals. Martsolf finally decided to pursue an acting career in May 1993 and moved on to play Ethan Winthrop in the Passions in July 2002.
Ethan Winthrop is played by Eric Martsolf on the soap opera Passions. Sam Bennett and Ivy Winthrop were deeply in love back in the 1970s, but Ivy's father, Harrison disapproved of their relationship. He did everything in his power to separate the two, and Ivy ended up marrying Julian Crane. On the night of her wedding, she slept with Sam and conceived Ethan. Ethan grew up as a Crane, thus living a wealthy and comfortable life. Since Ivy favored her son with Sam over her other children with Julian, Ethan's siblings resented him a lot.
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-Once worked at Universal Studios as Spiderman, Green Goblin, Scorpion King, and Elwood Blues
-Bit on the right cheek by a brown recluse spider as a boy scout in 6th grade in the Poconos Mountains
-Loves the music of Barry Manilow and Rick Springfield
-Sang on a hawaiian cruise ship for a year
-Plays drums - well
-Has modeled for over 50 designers, companies, and businesses
-Loves coconut
-Was a radio broadcaster for WDCV 88.3FM
-Was a singer/dancer at Hersheypark, PA for four years
-His wife is a professional dancer
-Father is a lawyer - Mother is a teacher
-First job in Los Angeles - bartender
-Speaks French
-Has been an Assistant Director and a Guest Artist for Children's Theatre Experience.
-Voted favorite actor on Passions for 80 weeks in a row in Soap Opera Digest
-Pre-nominated for Daytime Emmy consideration consecutively in years 2002-2007
-Voted 2006 "ADONIS" winner by SoapHunks.net
-"Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" .... Paul Harris (1 episode, 2008)
... aka NCIS (USA: short title)
... aka NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (USA: new title)
- Collateral Damage (2008) TV episode .... Paul Harris
-"Passions" .... Ethan Winthrop / ... (299 episodes, 2002-2008)
... aka Harmony's Passions (USA)
... aka The Passions Storm (USA: summer title)
- Episode dated 4 August 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Ethan Winthrop
- Episode dated 30 July 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Ethan Winthrop
- Episode dated 29 July 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Ethan Winthrop
- Episode dated 28 July 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Ethan Winthrop
- Episode dated 23 July 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Ethan Winthrop
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-"Passions Live!" (2007) TV series
-Spanish Fly (2003) .... Brick Hauser
-The Cheater (2001/I) .... Brad