Claim: Eric Thal played in more than five titles between 1992 and 2009, one of which was The Puppet Masters.
Evidence: Eric Thal (born August 10, 1965) is an American film and stage actor, perhaps best known as Ariel in Sidney Lumet's A Stranger Among Us; Sam Nivens in The Puppet Masters; Samson in Samson and Delilah; Meade Howell in The Wedding; and Rick in Six Degrees of Separation. 1992 A Stranger Among Us 1992 The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag 1993 Six Degrees of Separation 1994 The Puppet Masters 1996 Joe's So Mean to Josephine 1996 Samson and Delilah (TV movie) 1997 Wishful Thinking 1998 The Wedding (TV miniseries) 1998 Mixing Nia 1999 Shift (TV movie) 1999 Snow Falling on Cedars 1999 Prisoner of Love 2000 The $treet (TV series – "Rebound") 2001 The Shaft 2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV series – "The Extra Man") 2002 Ed (TV series – "The Road") 2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series – "Appearances") 2004 Hack (TV series – "The Reckoning") 2005 Mouth to Mouth 2006 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV series – "Dollhouse") 2006 Looking for Sunday 2008 Paper Angels (short) 2009 The Good Guy