Eric Swartz began his acting career in Burlingame, California at the age of ten in the Lincoln Playhouse stage production of The Valiant Villain (as Handsome Herbert Flerbert), and performed his first voice impression in the stage production of Rumpelstiltskin the following year. Eric continued his interest in acting by producing and appearing in a number of talent shows, and performing in high school class productions of The Glass Menagerie, The Skin of Our Teeth, and You Can't Take It With You. During this period, Eric played steel guitar in a local Bay Area band called The High Five and also competed in numerous local, state, and national tennis tournaments. While a student at U.C. Berkeley, Eric played briefly on its junior varsity tennis team, worked as a DJ at Radio KALX, and pursued his passionate interest in film studies.

In graduate school, Eric co-wrote and co-directed a documentary short entitled Goodwill Collection, which won honorable mention at the 7th Annual Film Festival for the Exceptional Individual at USC and was selected for viewing at an annual meeting of The National Association on Mental Deficiency. Eric also worked as Film Series Chair for R. Buckminster Fuller's World Game Workshop in Philadelphia and taught undergraduate classes in film theory and history for an entire academic year at the University of Pennsylvania.

After studying acting with Ed Hooks, Eric went on to appear in a variety of stage and television productions, independent films, and corporate videos throughout the Bay Area. His favorite stage role was that of Don in "Universal Language," one of the playlets in David Ives's acclaimed work, All in the Timing. In 2003, Eric was nominated for a Hillbarn Theatre Subscriber's Choice Award for his role as Frank Gilbreth, Jr. in Cheaper by the Dozen.

For two seasons, Eric appeared in several episodes of Man, Moment, Machine on the History Channel and had the rare opportunity to play several high-ranking generals, including General Leslie R. Groves in "Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb." He has also lent his warm and resonant baritone voice to more than 100 Web videos and Flash presentations in a medley of narrator, spokesman, and character roles.

In a much lighter vein, Eric played the role of CEO Bill Stone in the 2008 horror-schlock cult classic, Birdemic: Shock and Terror, produced by Moviehead Pictures and distributed by Severin Films. He also reprised his role in the sequel, Birdemic: The Resurrection, which will be released in the fall of 2012.

Known for his uncanny ability to mimic and impersonate, Eric enjoys perfecting and expanding his repertoire of regional and national dialects. He is a former member of the International Association of Business Communicators and co-founder of the Burlingame Center for the Arts.