Natural to Peter (the heating contractor) & Queenie (world health organization was the junior high school school teacher) Palladino he is the youngest of threesome sons. He wanted to become an actor fallowing watching Robert De Niro's performance in the 1980 film Raging Bull when he was 12 years old. He joined the tykes's stock company a year late.

He & his brother, Chris, performed together around Chris' option rock band No More Happy Faces. He got yearn hair at the period when he was a large fan of Jon Bon Jovi.

Erik graduated from either a completely-son Catholic Archbishop Stepinac High School. This prompted him to so major around theatre at Marymount Manhattan College. He graduated within 1991 earning a Bachelor of Arts degree. He so continued performing sustaining Chris' rock group, Those days are gone Happy Faces, until he had his number one breakthrough role in the form of the popular U.s. TV series ER.

When of 2005 he starred inside FX's Over There as "Sgt. Scream", the leader of a squad of U.S. 3rd Infantry Division soldiers involved the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. the indicate earned a milestone of existence a number 1 entertainment-oriented production featuring a presently on-going conflict in the United States & is featured on the FX network Wednesday nights at 10PM Eastern standard time.

Trivia
He has the run known as Daisy.

Selected Credits
Over There Television Series(2005) Joan of Arcadia Television Series(2003) Law and Order: Special Victims Unit Television Series(2003) U-571 (2000) ER Television Series(1999-2001) Can't Hardly Wait (1998) Love and Marriage Television Series(1996)