Eric Christian Olsen rose to fame after joining NCIS Los Angeles. The 44-year-old actor, who has played Marty Deeks on the show for 12 years, has admitted that staying out of character can be difficult.

In addition to being a star on NCIS: Los Angeles, Olsen and his wife, Sarah Wright, have three children.

Though he may not appear to be the fittest or most trained man on the planet, recent images of him taken while walking reveals a quite different picture.

Eric Christian Olsen was born in Eugene, Oregon, on May 31, 1977. Eric’s father, an English professor, used to tell him stories as a child, who began his interest in storytelling.

Eric was reared in Bettendorf, Iowa, despite being born in Oregon. He grew up enjoying sports and was a member of the community hockey team as a youngster.

Eric also took part in several school plays. According to his mother, Jeanne, even though he wasn’t much of a problem, he was skilled at getting out of things he didn’t want to do.

“If he didn’t like something, like a class or a lesson, he worked out how to convince the teacher to say, ‘I think you should pull him out of this,’” explains the teacher.

Olsen placed a high value on music. In fourth grade, he appeared on stage in a school musical. His mother, Jeanne, had no idea her son could sing. Thus it was a completely unexpected experience for his parents.

Eric was one-of-a-kind, just as his mother had insisted. After graduating high school, he relocated to Los Angeles to pursue another interest.

Surprisingly, he didn’t do any acting in his dream. Olsen instead enrolled at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, in 1998 on a 75% scholarship. Naturally, he had to figure out how to pay for the other 25%, which is when the idea of creating commercials struck him.

Olsen was cast in various minor television and film parts soon after securing smaller advertisements. In 1999 and 2000, these featured 22 Get Real episodes and one ER episode. Eric made it huge the next year when he appeared in the iconic film Pearl Harbor.

At the time, Olsen was 19 years old and had only $300 in his pocket. It’s typical for actors to get residual checks, payments made after a movie is sold on DVD or shown on another platform. Of course, Pearl Harbor was a big success, temporarily making Olsen’s life easier.

Suddenly, Eric felt more at ease about contributing to his education. As a result, he fell in love with acting while attending Pepperdine University. His graduation came in 2007. Eric is convinced that a good education is crucial, even for aspiring performers.

In the television series NCIS Los Angeles in 2010, Eric was given the role of Marty Deeks. When the original NCIS series, starring Mark Harmon, had been on television for seven years, the creators felt it was time to expand to other areas.

In nearly an instant, Eric, Chris O’Donnell, Linda Hunt, and LL Cool J all rose to enormous stardom. The actor, originally from Oregon, has so far featured in 265 episodes of the popular program.

Olsen attended culinary school while still attending college, as was previously indicated. He was an actor by day and a Le Cordon Bleu aspirant chef by night when NCIS Los Angeles initially aired.

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Eric’s net worth is about $13 million.

One of the most important things for any actor to master is entering a character. Because of this, some actors go to extraordinary lengths to help with the process, even “becoming” their characters months before the filming begins.

The hardest part for Eric, who has played a cop on NCIS Los Angeles for many years, was breaking character.

According to Eric, it was almost like he turned into a police officer, and it became clear in one circumstance when his preparation for the program came in handy in real life.

“I’m driving on the ten freeway. I’m in the far left lane, and this black, windowless van blows by me on the corner in the side lane and hits the Porsche in front of me, knocking off their mirror. I could hear the woman scream from my car.”

Eric has achieved tremendous success due to his appearances on NCIS Los Angeles. It also turns out that his job on the popular program has evolved into something of a family business.

He appears on film as Marty Deeks and is married to Daniela Ruah’s character Kensi Blye. Despite their on-screen relationship, Ruah and David Olsen are in-laws because Ruah is David’s wife.

In an on-screen relationship, there will be kissing. Daniela admitted that it can get uncomfortable, as she’s dating his brother in the series.

Olsen and Ruah, both professional actors, don’t mind having a romantic relationship on screen.

Even though it’s part of their profession, one may imagine that David would feel awkward about his brother kissing his wife. In actuality, though, he’s sympathetic.

In 2006, he met Sarah Wright, his future wife, while working on the comedy The Loop. Sarah is a skilled actress who has played several roles in movies and TV shows.

Eric admitted that he first believed she was selected for the role, not for her talent but for her “very stunning” looks.

The pair married in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in 2012. They gave birth to their son Wyatt a year later. After that, in 2016, Sarah and Eric had a daughter named Esme.

The couple announced the birth of their third child, a girl named Winter Story, in September 2020.

“One of the benefits of heavy workouts during the pandemic is that you have the strength to huck your children higher into the sky…

And that’s the end goal of conscientious parenting, is it not?” Olsen posted on Instagram, alongside a picture of him and his daughter Esme.

On NCIS Los Angeles, Eric Christian Olsen has won over the audience’s affection. I hope he continues to perform in the series for a long time. His family is absolutely the finest, and we wish them the best in the future.

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