Erik Fellows, a native of Silver Spring, Maryland, grew up as an only child in an Italian-Swedish household. Erik was a vivacious child that was captivated by all forms of athletics. At a young age his passion for basketball stemmed from a devoted ideology of Michael Jordan. His dedication to the sport earned him the position of starting point guard on his Varsity High School basketball team. Erik's dreams of playing professionally overseas were cut short when he suffered a career ending injury. Erik's desire to persevere and make the best of all situations left him with many factors of life to contemplate. At 20 years old, Erik left home to pursue a dream that he had previously felt was second to basketball. Erik relocated to New York City and pledged himself to the acting and modeling industry. Erik was fascinated by the bustling city life and the grueling pace of NYC. He managed to study acting in between modeling auditions and casting calls. He appeared in print work and commercials for numerous different designers, companies and products such as Macy's, Noxzema, Nivea, GQ mag, Cosomo Mag, American Crew, Levis, Lee Jeans etc. In order to truly succeed in the entertainment industry, Erik contemplated moving to Los Angeles. Following the tragic events on September 11th 2001, Erik's sights on Los Angeles were sharpened. The move to Los Angeles proved to be well worth it. Before he knew it, Erik landed huge commercial campaigns for Verizon wireless, Chevy, Miller lite, Gillette, and a world campaign for Pom Wonderful. Along with his print and commercial success he has also graced the screen in many music videos. He has played the love interest to huge stars such as Jennifer Lopez "Me Haces Falta", Katharine McPhee "Love Story", Lindsay Lohan "Rumors" , and Dido "Sand in my Shoes". After establishing himself in the music video industry Erik decided to make major moves in his acting career. Over the years, he has appeared in several TV shows and films including "CSI: NY", "NCIS: Los Angeles", Major recurring "Days of our Lives", and presently a Series Regular on the new Emmy nominated show "The Bay". Erik's past film work include Road to Moloch, Rounds, Mustang Sally's Horror House, Monster Mountain and the indie hit "American Cowslip" that he played along side the Legendary actors Peter Falk, Cloris Leachman, Rip Torn, Diane Ladd, Bruce Dern and Val Kilmer . He just rapped a supernatural thriller film titled "Chimera", which is due out next year and presently attached to 3 more films "Paradi$e", " Dance with a Vampyre" and "Old Macdonald" which are all in pre-production.
