Eric Charles Wilkinson

Eric Charles Wilkinson - Producer/Writer/Actor - resides in Los Angeles. He grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. He joined the United States Marine Corps just out of high school and served as an Infantryman specializing in combat, rifle marksmanship, anti-tank assault, and demolitions using such explosives as grenades, C4 and TNT. He trained for four years in the Indonesian survival art of Pentjak Silat headed by Pendekar Agung Paul DeThouars, consisting of both hand to hand combat, and blade application. He also trained other under world renown Martial Arts Intructors such as Dan Inosanto and Cass Magda. Wilkinson's acting coaches have included The legendary Jeff Corey (Method and Improvisation), Marjorie Ballentine (Adler Technique), and Karen Adorni (Stanislavsky Method). Incidentally he began training with Ballentine, after learning his favorite actor Gary Oldman had trained with her for character development on several roles. Less than one year later he had the distinct pleasure of meeting Gary Oldman on three different occasions.

Wilkinson had a supporting role in You Always Stalk the Ones You Love (2002) starring James Franco, and Scott Caan. Wilkinson was the Founder/Director of the STG Theater Company in Los Angeles, and is also a Partner at Apothecary Films as well as the Founder of Gateway Entertainment Media which is producing the feature film A Fall from Grace, a dark suspense thriller directed by Jennifer Chambers Lynch set to film on location in St. Louis, Missouri. Starring Forest Whitaker, Vincent D'Onofrio, Benicio Del Toro, and David Lynch.