Eric Balfour

Eric Balfour is an American actor born in Los Angeles, California on April 24th, 1977. His role in a horror feature was playing high school student Jesse McNally in the pilot episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer titled "Welcome to the Hellmouth". He reprised the role for the second episode "The Harvest" in which the character was turned into a vampire then killed off. In 2003, he played the role of Kember in the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Balfour's character was one of the first victims of the cannibal known as Leatherface. In 2009, he appeared in the "Echoes" episode of Fear Itself. That same year he played Professor Jack Randall in the television movie Rise of the Gargoyles. In 2010, he played Trace McGraw in the sci-fi/horror film Dinoshark. Other acting credits include episodes of Six Feet Under, The O.C., Conviction and 24.

Notes & Trivia

 * Buffy the Vampire Slayer series creator Joss Whedon was originally going to cast Eric Balfour in the opening credits of the show, with the knowledge that he would be killed off in the second episode. He wanted to do so as a means of shocking the viewers. The studio rejected the idea due to budget restraints, but Whedon later revisited the concept in season six when he placed Amber Benson (who played Tara Maclay) in the opening credits. Benson's character was killed off a few episodes later.