Eric Ladin

Eric Ladin was born into a Jewish family in Houston, Texas, and graduated from The Kinkaid School in 1998. He later studied at the USC School of Dramatic Arts.Ladin has guest starred as William Hofstadt on episodes of the AMC show Mad Men and the HBO miniseries Generation Kill as Corporal James Chaffin. He has appeared in the films Toolbox Murders, Cursed and Left in Darkness. He is also the voice of the character Ellis in the critically-acclaimed Left 4 Dead 2, as well as the voice of Cole MacGrath, the lead character of Infamous, in all media beginning with Infamous 2.

Ladin played Jamie Wright for two seasons in AMC's The Killing. He guest starred in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Rhodium Nights". He is the voice of Private Todd Kashima in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare.

He garnered fame for his portrayal of J. Edgar Hoover in HBO's Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning series, Boardwalk Empire.

In 2019 and 2020 Ladin appeared as Gene Kranz on the Apple TV+ series For All Mankind and Chris Kraft on the Disney+ series The Right Stuff, both characters being NASA space flight directors. Ladin also has a recurring role as Los Angeles Times reporter, Scott Anderson, on the Amazon series, Bosch.

In 2020, Ladin starred in the feature psychological thriller film Painter with Betsy Randle.