Eric Da Re (born March 3, 1965) is an American actor who played Leo Johnson on the TV show Twin Peaks and its prequel film, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. He has worked behind the scenes in several other films by Twin Peaks creator David Lynch. He is the son of the actor Aldo Da Re (stage name Aldo Ray) and the casting director Johanna Ray, a frequent Lynch collaborator.
Biography Da Re was born in Los Angeles, California, United States. He is the son of the actor Aldo Ray (born Aldo Da Re), and is of Italian descent on his father's side. His mother is Johanna Ray, an award-winning casting director (Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Showgirls), who did casting for Twin Peaks.
Da Re's first role was in the TV movie Into the Homeland in 1987, which was directed by Lesli Linka Glatter, who would direct Da Re on Twin Peaks. Da Re appeared in the 1989 slasher film Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! (which also featured his future Twin Peaks co-star Richard Beymer); after a few more roles in TV movies, Da Re landed the role of Leo Johnson in the 1990 cult classic Twin Peaks, created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. Da Re went on to work with Lynch again as a casting assistant for Wild at Heart (1990), as Leo Johnson in the Twin Peaks cinematic prequel, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) and as a property buyer for Lost Highway (1997).
In 1992 he was Bernie in Critters 4. He also had roles in the Paul Verhoeven film Starship Troopers (1997) and in Ted Bundy (2002).
He is sometimes credited as Eric Da Re, Eric DaRae or Eric Dare.
Eric attended Horace Mann elementary and Beverly Hills High School with fellow actor Nicolas Cage.
Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes 1987 Into the Homeland Male Surfer #1 TV movie 1989 Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! Chris (as Eric Da Re) Direct-to-video 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me Leo Johnson 1992 Critters 4 Bernie 1994 Dead Connection Anthony the Bouncer 1995 The Takeover Venoku Direct-to-video 1995 Number One Fan Randall McSwain 1996 The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson Apartment Manager (as Eric da Re) 1997Playing God Digiacomo 1997 Starship Troopers Medic 1997 The Player TV movie 1998 Poodle Springs Guard TV movie 2000 Lured Innocence Bartender (as Eric DaRae) 2001 Delivering Milo Doctor 2002 Ted Bundy Male Partygoer (as Eric Dare)
Television
Year Title Role Notes 1990 The Flash Tyrone Episode: "Pilot" 1990–1991 Twin Peaks Leo Johnson 24 episodes 1993 SeaQuest DSV Maxwell Episode: "To Be or Not to Be" 2000 NieA under 7 Nenji Yoshioka (voice only) 13 episodes 2017 Twin Peaks Leo Johnson Episode: "Part 17" (archive footage)
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