Eric Steinberg: From MoCo SMOB to Young & The Restless and Pretty Little Liars

Eric Steinberg was born in the DMV to a Korean mother and a mixed European father, according to Wikipedia. He was the 1986-1987 Student Member of the Board (SMOB) on the Montgomery County Board of Education as a senior at Walt Whitman High School that year and has gone on to have a stellar career in show business.

After graduating from Whitman in Bethesda, he went on to attend the University of Vermont and the University of Kent in England prior to receiving an acting fellowship at the University of California at Irvine.

Steinberg had his first minor role with major visibility as Mr. Ho on the 90s FOX sitcom Martin, which starred Prince George’s County native Martin Lawrence. Other television credits include JAG, NCIS, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Star Trek: Voyager, CSI: Miami, Without a Trace, and Zeke and Luther.

Some of his most memorable roles include playing Ji Min Kim in The Young and the Restless and Netan in Stargate: SG-1 from 2006 to 2007. Perhaps his most well-known role, was as Wayne Fields (the father of main character Emily Fields played by Shay Mitchell) on Pretty Little Liars. He also voiced Lord Shimura in the hit video game Ghost of Tsushima.

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