Eric Szmanda

I'll always think of Eric Szmanda as Greg Sanders, the lab rat who slowly grew into a field CSI over the years. What made his performance stick was the way he layered comic energy and genuine nerdy enthusiasm onto a procedural that could otherwise feel clinical. Watching Greg go from goofy DNA tech to a confident investigator was one of the quiet pleasures of the original CSI run, and Szmanda gave him a likability that anchored a lot of episodes. He never chased the spotlight, but he was a reliable, charismatic ensemble player who made the team feel real.

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Eric Szmanda (born July 24, 1975) is an American actor from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is best known for his long-running role as forensic technician Greg Sanders on the CBS crime drama series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Over the course of the series he became one of its central recurring characters, appearing across most of its seasons.

Name (English)

Eric Szmanda

Name (Japanese)

エリック・スマンダ

Reading

えりっく・すまんだ

Born

July 24, 1975 (age 51)

Origin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Occupation

Actor / Television actor / Model / Film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rabbit

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Szmanda
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126401

Tags

• From Wisconsin
• Actor
• Television actor
• Model

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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