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You can`t please everyone, but do the work that you`re proud of and hope that people understand it when they see it.
~ Ed Quinn ~ |
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 Ed Quinn mini-bio: Ed Quinn was born in Berkeley, California, where he attended St. Mary’s High School and went on to earn a bachelor's degree in history from the University of California, Berkeley in 1991. After graduating, he worked as a model in Paris, Barcelona, and Milan, landing parts in more than 35 international television commercials. When he returned to the United States, Quinn landed the starring role of Finn in The WB summer series Young Americans. From 2006 through 2008, he was a regular cast member in the Sci Fi Channel series Eureka.
Before acting, music was Quinn's main pursuit. He studied with world-renowned guitar legend Joe Satriani and played in the Los Angeles-based bands Mad Theory and Scattergood, which led to a recording contract. He handled lead/rhythm guitar and vocals for the band ScatterGood, which has taken a hiatus. Ed Quinn recently did his first solo demo CD, entitled Quinn, with three songs produced by his friend Chris Lloyd: "Because of You," "Cause I Do" and "We Had It Made." |
| When asked if he sometimes go on the internet to check what people say about him?
I go all the time. The fact is some people who are going to really like you, whatever you do good work or not, there’s a lot of people who are going to really hate you whether you deserve it or not, but I think when you read what people have to say you kind of get a feeling of if your work is having an impact, if it’s touching  people a certain way, if people are having a response, especially on a show like Eureka.
My character’s main objective is to create tension and conflict. Some people love that and think it’s really funny, some people don’t like it because they don’t like tension and they want the show very copasetic. It’s fun to see the audience’s response. You never take it personally and you gotta realize it is what it is. You can’t take it personally—the good or the bad, but you can learn a lot and that’s what I really like to do. I just read some of the chatrooms here and there and just learn a bit from people’s responses. | VITAL STATS | | Ed Quinn Information: | | Birth Name | Arthur Edward Quinn | | Eye color: |
| | Height: | 6' 4" (193 cm) | | Nickname(s): |
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| | Education: | Graduated from Saint Mary's High School in Berkley California, before attending the University of California, Berkely where he earned a Bachelor's degree in history. | | Family: |
| | Resides in: | San Francisco's South Bay | | Religious affiliations: |
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| | Personal interests/hobbies: | Surfing, soccer, rugby, and football
Loves big epic war films, westerns, and comedy movies.
Also an enthusiastic fan of the new Battlestar Galactica series.Enjoys poetry. His favorite poet is Constantine P. Cavafy. | | Charities/Causes |
| | Claim to Fame | Played Dr. Nathan Stark on
I always just like to let the fans know how much we appreciate their support on Eureka. The fact is you do this for an audience and they always need to know how much they are appreciated. Not just their viewers, the viewing of the product, but their feedback especially with the internet that’s so amazing with all the websites and chatrooms and stuff. People can respond to what they like and what they don’t like about a certain project. And as filmmakers we can read that and learn from it and so I’d like to make sure the audience knows how much we appreciate that. -Ed Quinn
September 2008 |
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