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| Fitzhugh Williams |
Posted - June 12 2015 : 08:47:04 AM
I saw Eric Schweig on an episode of Elementary last night. Not sure I would have recognized him without seeing his name on the credits. He looks sort of like a Native Steven Seagal.
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| 3 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Fitzhugh Williams |
Posted - June 13 2015 : 5:46:47 PM
I wish I had been at the Gatherings when he was there. And when Wes Studi was there. But that was before my time. |
| richfed |
Posted - June 13 2015 : 12:02:52 PM
I saw that episode a few months ago, Fitz. Was surprised to see him, but I did recognize him. Was good to "see" him again! |
| Monadnock Guide |
Posted - June 12 2015 : 09:28:20 AM
Schweig was born in Inuvik, Northwest Territories. He is of mixed race (Inuvialuk, Chippewa, Dene, German, Portuguese). He is the oldest of seven children, who were all adopted out as part of the Canadian government's failed attempt at assimilating Inuit and First Nations children into Caucasian society. Schweig's biological mother died of alcoholism in 1989. He never met her. "She didn’t drink a drop of alcohol until we were taken away," says Schweig. "We were part of the whole assimilation program—forcibly taken away, although my adoptive parents told me I wasn't."[2] Schweig was adopted at birth by an English speaking German-French family.[3] He spent his childhood in Inuvik until he was six, when his family moved to Bermuda. They later moved back to Canada.
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Eric ran away to Toronto, Ontario, where he supported himself by framing houses. In 1985, he was part of the cast of The Cradle Will Fall, an experimental adaptation of Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening produced by Theatre of Change at the Actor's Lab; this was his first experience as an actor. In 1987, at twenty years old, he was approached by a producer who suggested he audition for a role in the movie called The Shaman's Source (1990). With little formal education or experience he won the role. The film launched his career in the film industry. |
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