Christopher John "Topher" Grace is an American actor, best known for portraying lead character Eric Forman on the long-running FOX sitcom That '70s Show and villain Eddie Brock, Jr./Venom in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3.
Career[]
Topher's first movie role was a bit part as an overachieving rich prep school teen who introduces his girlfriend to crack cocaine and helps her ruin her life. He did another bit role as a man who's interested in marrying his sweetheart with intentions for her to be a homemaker and mother to his children, echoing a plot he did on That '70's Show in Mona Lisa Smile.
He received particular acclaim and proved himself worthy as a bone-fide leading man and star for doing two of the best films of 2004: P.S. and In Good Company. His roles in lesser films were the role of the sweethearted true-love interest in Win A Date With Tad Hamilton! and a voice-over in the universally hated stinkbomb live-action Pinocchio.
He is currently at work on an autobiographical film co-conceived by himself that owes a lot to his work during his freshman years on That '70's Show. The film takes place in the '80's. He himself will star.
Trivia[]
- Topher Grace made a cameo appearance as himself in Ocean's 11. In the movie, Brad Pitt's character was teaching a group of teen actors, including Topher, to play poker. Topher's line "All reds!" as he laid down a hand of mismatched diamonds and hearts was unscripted.
- He appeared again as himself in Ocean's 12 going through a downward spiral of his teen stardom, long wily hair and a unkempt beard, claiming he left the "'70's Show" to appear in a "Dennis Quaid movie which he phoned in."
- Due to a scheduling conflict with reshoots for Spider-Man 3 he did not appear in Ocean's 13. His planned cameo would've involved him talking to Brad Pitt's character while holding an Asian baby, with neither character mentioning where it came from or acknowledging it at all.[1]
- He appeared as a bearded cameraman following J. Jonah Jameson and TheDailyBugle.net around while filming Spider-Man and several multiversal villains in the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Spider-Man: No Way Home; he is uncredited for his cameo role.
• Shares a birthday with Shanti Govindaraju (Lawyer in Hong Kong).