Kaj-Erik Eriksen

Kaj-Erik Eriksen

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Born
February 15, 1979
Awards
0 wins, 2 nominations

Kaj-Erik Eriksen (pronounced "kai-erik") began his acting career in Vancouver, British Columbia at the age of six. After only a few jobs as an extra and a couple of small speaking roles, He got his first big break when he landed a part in the independent film "Quarantine." Shortly after, Kaj had his…

Biography

Kaj-Erik Eriksen (pronounced "kai-erik") began his acting career in Vancouver, British Columbia at the age of six. After only a few jobs as an extra and a couple of small speaking roles, He got his first big break when he landed a part in the independent film "Quarantine." Shortly after, Kaj had his first of two guest stars on the TV show "MacGyver," which was his favorite show as a child.

In 1991, after working on a number of movies, and guest starring on various television series, Kaj-Erik booked the role of David Scali, the son of Michael Chiklis' character on the long-running ABC drama "The Commish". The well-respected show catapulted Eriksen into the mainstream American TV world, earning him nominations for a Hollywood Reporter Youth Star Award, a Youth in Film Award, and two YTV Achievement awards.

During The Commish's five year run, Eriksen worked on numerous other projects including the re-make of the classic film "Captains Courageous", and television shows Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990) and Goosebumps (1995).

At seventeen, when "The Commish" had ended, Eriksen moved to Los Angeles and continued his career and school there. Appearing in such shows as "Home improvement" and "Walker Texas Ranger." Kaj-Erik was happy to return to Vancouver in 1999 to shoot two seasons of "Beggars and Choosers", a short-lived series that received critical praise as well as a wonderful cult following.

In 2001 after returning to Los Angeles, Kaj-Erik landed the role of Jeremy Peters on David E. Kelley's "Boston Public". What was supposed to be a four episode arc turned into a recurring role that lasted 2 seasons. It also ended up being one of Eriksen's most recognizable roles to date.

Eriksen returned to Vancouver once again in 2004 to shoot the hit USA Network television series "The 4400", one of his favorite projects to work on to date due the the close "family atmosphere" of the cast and crew.

During Eriksen's 25 years in the business, he has guest starred on many popular TV shows including "Tru Calling", "Stephen King's Dead Zone", "Star Trek: Enterprise", "NCIS", Criminal Minds" and "The Closer."

In 2010, Kaj-Erik starred alongside Richard Thomas in the Hallmark movie "Time After Time."

He resides in Los Angeles.

Actor

All's Fair in Love and MahjongAll's Fair in Love and Mahjong(2026)as Mike
Virgin RiverVirgin River(2019)as Dr. Hayes
The Italians Are ComingThe Italians Are Coming(2025)as The Kid
The IrrationalThe Irrational(2023)as Ray
Blood and Dinosaurs(2016)as Lee

Soundtrack

Short TimeShort Time(1990)

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Jeremy Peters
Tue Oct 23 2001 – Wed Mar 02 2005
#NameScoreYearWinNomKnownWinsNomsVotes
1Boston Public7.5020007.3136681
2Beggars and Choosers5.0019998.001284
3Goosebumps5.0019957.60016874
4MacGyver5.0019857.60445106
5The Commish4.8819917.1012810
6The 44003.7520047.30348461
7Prey3.7519987.500666
8Short Time2.5019906.4002982
988 Minutes2.3820085.90080405
10See No Evil 22.0020144.7008479