Topher Grace - wikipedia Topher Grace Topher Grace Grace at the Tribeca premiere of The Giant Mechanical Man in 2012 Christopher John Grace ( 1978 - 07 - 12 ) July 12, 1978 ( age 39 ) New York City, New York, U.S. Occupation Actor Years active 1998 -- present Spouse ( s ) Ashley Hinshaw ( m. 2016 ) Christopher John `` Topher '' Grace ( / ˈtoʊfər / ; born July 12, 1978 ) is an American actor. He is known for playing Eric Forman in the Fox sitcom That ' 70s Show, Eddie Brock / Venom in Sam Raimi 's film Spider - Man 3, Carter Duryea in the film In Good Company, and Edwin in the 2010 film Predators. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Other 5 Filmography 5.1 Film 5.2 Television 5.3 Video games 5.4 Music videos 5.5 Theatre 6 References 7 External links Early life Grace was born in New York City, the son of Pat, an assistant to the schoolmaster of the New Canaan Country School, and John Grace, a Madison Avenue executive. He has a sister, Jenny. Grace grew up in Darien, Connecticut, where actress Kate Bosworth was a middle - school friend ; and actress Chloë Sevigny -- who later appeared with him in high school stage plays -- was sometimes his babysitter. Career Grace was cast as Eric Forman on Fox 's That ' 70s Show, which debuted in 1998. He played the role until season 7. His character was written out and replaced with a new character named Randy Pearson ( Josh Meyers ). Grace made a brief guest appearance in the final episode. Grace plays a prep school student who uses marijuana and introduces his girlfriend to freebasing in director Steven Soderbergh 's 2000 film Traffic, as well as having uncredited cameos as himself in Soderbergh 's Ocean 's Eleven and its 2004 sequel, Ocean 's Twelve. `` The joke is that you 're supposed to play the worst version of yourself and I do n't think too many people are comfortable with that. I never thought for a second that people were really going to think that 's what I was like. I think that people will know that I was faking it in those movies, '' he told Flaunt magazine in 2007. He planned to cameo in Ocean 's Thirteen. However, due to his role in Spider - Man 3, he had to abandon these plans. As Grace said, `` I was doing reshoots on Spider - Man 3. I was bummed. I actually talked to Steven Soderbergh about that and we had a thing and then I could n't do it. '' He appeared in director Mike Newell 's 2003 film Mona Lisa Smile. Grace at the Spider - Man 3 premiere, April 2007 In 2004, Grace played the leading roles in Win a Date with Tad Hamilton ! and In Good Company. That same year, he starred in P.S., which received only a limited theatrical release. Grace won the National Board of Review 's 2004 award for Breakthrough Performance Actor for his work in In Good Company and P.S. On January 15, 2005, Grace hosted Saturday Night Live. 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. In 2009, Grace became the subject of a recurring column on the entertainment / pop culture site Videogum, entitled `` What 's Up With Topher Grace ? ''. In 2010, Grace appeared in the ensemble comedy Valentine 's Day and played the character of Edwin in Predators, the newest installment of the science fiction franchise. In 2011, Grace appeared in the 1980s retro comedy Take Me Home Tonight. He co-wrote the script and co-produced the film. Grace also starred opposite Richard Gere in the spy thriller The Double. In 2012, Grace starred alongside Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Matthew Gray Gubler in the social film The Beauty Inside, which won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding New Approach to an Original Daytime Program or Series in 2013. The film was directed by Drake Doremus and written by Richard Greenberg. In 2014, Grace starred in the indie thriller The Calling, alongside Susan Sarandon, and appeared in Christopher Nolan 's sci - fi adventure Interstellar, in a supporting role. In October 2013, Grace joined HBO comedy pilot People In New Jersey with Sarah Silverman, but in January 2014, the pilot was passed on. Grace co-starred in the comedy film American Ultra ( 2015 ), alongside Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart, playing a CIA agent. That same year, he co-starred in Truth, with Robert Redford and Cate Blanchett, and based on the story of CBS 's 60 Minutes report that George W. Bush had received preferential treatment to keep him out of the Vietnam War. Grace played Mike Smith, a researcher on the story. In January 2014, Grace joined the upcoming supernatural - thriller Delirium, which centers on a man recently released from a mental institute who inherits a mansion after his parents die. After a series of disturbing events, he comes to believe it is haunted. Personal life Grace started dating actress Ashley Hinshaw in January 2014, and the two were engaged in January 2015. On May 29, 2016, Grace and Hinshaw married near Santa Barbara, California. On August 1, 2017, Hinshaw confirmed that she and Grace are expecting their first child. Other Grace is a supporter of FINCA International, a microfinance organization. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2000 Traffic Seth Abrahams Young Hollywood Award for Breakthrough Performance -- Male Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Ocean 's Eleven Himself Uncredited 2002 Pinocchio Leonardo ( voice ) 2003 Mona Lisa Smile Tommy Donegal Win a Date with Tad Hamilton ! Pete Monash Nominated -- Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor -- Comedy Nominated -- Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Hissy Fit Nominated -- Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Liplock ( shared w / Kate Bosworth ) P.S. F. Scott Feinstadt National Board of Review of Motion Pictures for Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actor New York Film Critics Online Award for Best Breakthrough Nominated -- International Online Cinema Award for Best Breakthrough Ocean 's Twelve Himself Uncredited In Good Company Carter Duryea National Board of Review of Motion Pictures for Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actor New York Film Critics Online Award for Best Breakthrough Nominated -- International Online Cinema Award for Best Breakthrough 2007 Spider - Man 3 Eddie Brock / Venom Nominated -- Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Rumble ( with Tobey Maguire, James Franco and Thomas Haden Church ) Nominated -- Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain Nominated -- MTV Movie Award for Best Villain 2008 Personal Effects Clay ( voice ) Uncredited Valentine 's Day Jason Morris Death Bed Subtext Ben Short film Predators Edwin 2011 Take Me Home Tonight Matt Franklin Also writer and executive producer 2011 The Double Ben Geary 2012 The Giant Mechanical Man Doug 2013 The Big Wedding Jared Griffin 2014 Don Peyote Glavin Culpepper 2014 The Calling Ben Wingate 2014 Playing It Cool Scott 2014 Interstellar Getty 2015 American Ultra Agent Adrian Yates 2015 Truth Mike Smith 2017 War Machine Matt Little 2017 Opening Night Nick 2017 Delirium Completed 2018 Under the Silver Lake Completed 2018 Mississippi Requiem Post-production Television Year Title Role Notes 1998 -- 2006 That ' 70s Show Eric Forman Series regular, 179 episodes Main cast ( Seasons 1 - 7 ) Special guest cast ( Season 8 ) Nominated -- Teen Choice Award for TV Breakout Performance ( 1999 ) Nominated -- Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor ( 2000 -- 2001 ) Nominated -- Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor Comedy ( 2002 -- 2004 ) Nominated -- Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series - Leading Young Actor ( 1999 ) Nominated -- Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series Young Ensemble ( 1999 ) 2002 What 's New, Scooby - Doo ? Guard 1 ( voice ) Episode : `` Space Ape at the Cape '' 2003 King of the Hill Chris ( voice ) Episode : `` Megalo Dale '' 2005 Saturday Night Live Host Episode : `` Topher Grace / The Killers '' 2005 Stella Older Kevin Episode : `` Paper Route '' 2005 Robot Chicken Eric Forman ( voice ) Episode : `` Gold Dust Gasoline '' 2008 The Simpsons Donny ( voice ) Episode : `` The Debarted '' 2011 Too Big to Fail Jim Wilkinson Television film 2012 Comedy Bang ! Bang ! Cameraman Episode : `` Seth Rogen Wears a Plaid Shirt & Brown Pants '' 2012 The Beauty Inside Alex 6 episodes ; Daytime Emmy New Approaches Original Daytime Program or Series 2013 People in New Jersey Carl Levin Unsold pilot 2015 The Muppets Himself Episode : `` Pilot '' 2015 Drunk History Milton Bradley Episode : `` Games '' 2016 TripTank Leonard ( voice ) Episode : `` Sick Day '' 2017 Workaholics Noel Episode : `` Weed the People '' Video games Year Title Role 2007 Spider - Man 3 Eddie Brock / Venom ( voice ) Music videos Year Title Role Notes 1999 Cheap Trick -- In The Street Eric Forman With cast of That ' 70s Show 2011 Atomic Tom -- `` Do n't You Want Me Baby '' As himself With cast of Take Me Home Tonight Theatre Year Title Role Notes 2012 Lonely, I 'm Not Porter Second Stage Theatre References Jump up ^ `` Topher Grace ''. New Hampshire Union Leader. February 22, 2013. Jump up ^ Brunner, Borgna ( 2005 ). Time Almanac 2006 : With Information Please. Time Inc. p. 295. ISBN 1 - 932994 - 41 - 6. Jump up ^ `` Topher Grace Profile ''. E !. Retrieved October 10, 2007. Jump up ^ `` About ''. Yahoo !. Retrieved September 9, 2015. ^ Jump up to : Hill, Logan ( May 24, 2005 ). `` Deadpan Alley ''. New York. Retrieved December 27, 2010. ^ Jump up to : Keck, William ( December 21, 2004 ). `` The personification of Grace ''. USA Today. Archived from the original on January 19, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2010. Jump up ^ `` Ashton Kutcher and Topher Grace to Return to That ' 70s Show ? ''. Hollywood.com. Retrieved May 13, 2015. Jump up ^ `` 10 Sitcoms that Lost Their Lead Actors and Kept Going ''. Splitsider. Retrieved May 13, 2015. Jump up ^ Topel, Fred ( April 22, 2007 ). `` No Topher Grace Cameo in `` Oceans 13 ''. Rotten Tomatoes ; accessed September 26, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Topher Grace ''. TV Guide. Retrieved May 13, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Topher Grace profile ''. The SNL Archives. Retrieved December 27, 2010. Jump up ^ Rebecca Murray. `` Topher Grace Talks About Venom and Spiderman 3 ''. About.com Entertainment. Retrieved May 13, 2015. Jump up ^ `` What 's Up With Topher Grace ? '', Videogum ; retrieved April 15, 2013. Jump up ^ `` The Mystery of What the Hell Topher Grace Is Doing in Predators Deepens ''. Topless Robot. Retrieved May 13, 2015. Jump up ^ Faris, Fogler `` Kids '' again in comedy film, Reuters, February 8, 2007. Jump up ^ Browne, Niall ( 2011 ). `` Richard Gere & Topher Grace See ' Double ' '', Screen Rant ; accessed September 26, 2017. Jump up ^ `` A shape - shifting lead played by fans shows inner beauty ''. Creativity Online. July 24, 2012. Retrieved 2017 - 06 - 25. Jump up ^ Venable, Nick. `` Susan Sarandon and Topher Grace Join Indie Thriller The Calling ''. cinemablend.com. Retrieved May 13, 2015. Jump up ^ Fleming Jr., Mike. `` Topher Grace In ' Interstellar ' -- Supporting Role In Chris Nolan Movie ''. Deadline. Retrieved May 13, 2015. Jump up ^ Andreeva, Nellie. `` Topher Grace & Sarah Silverman Topline HBO Comedy Pilot ' People In New Jersey ' ''. Deadline. Retrieved 13 May 2015. Jump up ^ Kiefer, Halle. `` HBO Passes on People in New Jersey ''. Vulture. Retrieved May 13, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Topher Grace Joins ' American Ultra ' ''. Deadline. Retrieved May 13, 2015. Jump up ^ Busch, Anita. `` Topher Grace Cast In ' Truth ' Movie About Dan Rather - George W Bush Scandal ''. Deadline. Retrieved May 13, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Topher Grace to Star in Supernatural Thriller ' Home ' for Blumhouse ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 13, 2015. Jump up ^ McRady, Rachel ( January 11, 2015 ). `` Topher Grace Engaged to Actress Ashley Hinshaw : See Her Ring ! ''. Us Weekly. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2016. Jump up ^ Leonard, Elizabeth ; Quinn, Dave ( May 30, 2016 ). `` That ' 70s Show Star Topher Grace Ties the Knot with Ashley Hinshaw ''. People. Archived from the original on May 31, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2016. Jump up ^ Rodriguez, Karla ( August 1, 2017 ). `` Ashley Hinshaw Confirms She Is Expecting First Child With Husband Topher Grace ''. Us Weekly. Archived from the original on August 12, 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2017. Jump up ^ Topher Grace about FINCA on Jimmy Fallon, finca.org, March 20, 2011. Jump up ^ `` ' Lonely, I 'm Not ', With Topher Grace as a Post-Meltdown Corporate Star, Opens in NYC ''. Yahoo News. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2015. External links Topher Grace on IMDb IGN Films interview ( December 22, 2004 ) About.com interview ( January 2004 ) Awards for Topher Grace National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance Alicia Silverstone ( 1995 ) Renée Zellweger ( 1996 ) Bai Ling ( 1997 ) Billy Crudup / Angelina Jolie ( 1998 ) Hilary Swank / Wes Bentley ( 1999 ) Jamie Bell / Michelle Rodriguez ( 2000 ) Hayden Christensen / Naomi Watts ( 2001 ) Maggie Gyllenhaal / Derek Luke ( 2002 ) Charlize Theron / Paul Giamatti ( 2003 ) Emmy Rossum / Topher Grace ( 2004 ) Q'orianka Kilcher / Terrence Howard ( 2005 ) Jennifer Hudson / Rinko Kikuchi / Ryan Gosling ( 2006 ) Ellen Page / Emile Hirsch ( 2007 ) Viola Davis / Dev Patel ( 2008 ) Gabourey Sidibe / Jeremy Renner ( 2009 ) Jennifer Lawrence ( 2010 ) Rooney Mara / Felicity Jones ( 2011 ) Quvenzhané Wallis / Tom Holland ( 2012 ) Adèle Exarchopoulos / Michael B. Jordan ( 2013 ) Jack O'Connell ( 2014 ) Abraham Attah / Jacob Tremblay ( 2015 ) Lucas Hedges / Royalty Hightower ( 2016 ) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture ( 1995 -- 2000 ) 1995 Apollo 13 Kevin Bacon, Tom Hanks, Ed Harris, Bill Paxton, Kathleen Quinlan, Gary Sinise The Birdcage Hank Azaria, Christine Baranski, Dan Futterman, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Dianne Wiest, Robin Williams The Full Monty Mark Addy, Paul Barber, Robert Carlyle, Deirdre Costello, Steve Huison, Bruce Jones, Lesley Sharp, William Snape, Hugo Speer, Tom Wilkinson, Emily Woof 1998 Shakespeare in Love Ben Affleck, Simon Callow, Jim Carter, Martin Clunes, Judi Dench, Joseph Fiennes, Colin Firth, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush, Antony Sher, Imelda Staunton 1999 American Beauty Annette Bening, Wes Bentley, Thora Birch, Chris Cooper, Peter Gallagher, Allison Janney, Kevin Spacey, Mena Suvari 2000 Traffic Steven Bauer, Benjamin Bratt, James Brolin, Don Cheadle, Erika Christensen, Clifton Collins Jr., Benicio del Toro, Michael Douglas, Miguel Ferrer, Albert Finney, Topher Grace, Luis Guzmán, Amy Irving, Tomas Milian, D.W. 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Question: who played eric forman on the 70 show
Answer: Christopher John "Topher" Grace