Topher Grace Biography
Topher Grace is an American actor who played the role of Eric Forman in That ’70s Show from 1998 to 2005 and Eddie Brock/Venom in Spider-Man 3 in 2007. Additionally, he starred in films like Traffic in 2000, Mona Lisa Smile, Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! in 2004, In Good Company in 2004, and Valentine’s Day in 2010.
Grace played supporting roles in the films Interstellar in 2014 and BlacKkKlansman in 2018. He starred in the lead role in ABC’S Home Economics from 2021 to 2023.
Topher Grace Age
Grace was born Christopher John Grace on July 12, 1978, in New York City, New York, U.S.A. He is 46 years old as of 2024. Grace celebrates his birthday on July 12th. Grace changed his name from Chris to Topher by dropping Chris from Christopher for show business since he didn’t like being called Chris when was a child.
Topher Grace Height
Grace stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 9 inches.
Topher Grace Family
Grace was born to Pat and John Grace in New York City. Pat worked as an assistant to the schoolmaster of the New Canaan Country School while John worked as a Madison Avenue executive.
Muriel Cecile Hess, his paternal grandmother was a New Yorker from an upper-class German-Jewish family while his mother has Irish roots. His paternal grandfather, Walter Kenneth Grace, came from Oklahoma.
Grace grew up in Darien, Connecticut alongside his sister, Jenny. He met Kate Bosworth in Darien and was friends with her in middle school. At times, Chloë Sevigny, who he later starred with in high school stage plays, babysit him and his sister.
Topher Grace Wife
Grace married Ashley Hinshaw on May 29, 2016, near Santa Barbara, California. He proposed to her in January 2015 after being in a relationship that began in January 2014. The pair has two children. He supports a microfinance organization named FINCA International.
On August 1, 2017, Hinshaw shared that they were expecting their first child. Mabel Jane Grace, their daughter was born in November 2017 and is 7 years old as of 2024. She shared that they were expecting their second child on January 5, 2020. On September 30, 2022, she shared that they were expecting their third child on The Kelly Clarkson Show
Ashley was born on December 11, 1988, and is 35 years old as of 2024. She is a former actress famous for starring in the leading role in About Cherry in 2012 and her role in Crackle’s StartUp in 2016. Additionally, she works as a professor at the Department of Child & Adolescent Development at California State University, Northridge. When she was 19, she was raped by Sebal at his Tribeca studio.
Topher Grace Net Worth
Grace has an estimated net worth of between $10 Million-$20 Million which he has earned through his successful career as an actor.
Topher Grace Education
Grace studied at the Brewster Academy, a boarding school in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. He also studied at the University of Southern California for one year.
Topher Grace That ’70s Show
Grace played the role of Eric Forman in That ’70s Show from 1998 to 2005. Eric is a sarcastic wit and nerdy son of the strict Red Forman and more liberal mother, Kitty Forman.
In the show, he handles family matters, romantic relationships, particularly with his girlfriend Donna Pinciotti(portrayed by Laura Prepon), and friendships in the fictional town of Point Place, Wisconsin.
Grace was a regular cast member until the show’s 7th season when his character was replaced with a new character named Randy Pearson. During the show’s final episode, he made a short guest appearance.
His performance in the series won him 5 nominations at the Teen Choice Awards in 1999 and from 2000 to 2004. He also won 2 nominations at the Young Artist Awards in 1999 for Breakthrough Performance in a Television Series – Leading Young Actor and Best Performance in a Television Series – Young Ensemble.
Topher Grace Spiderman
Grace played the role of Eddie Brock/Venom in Spider-Man 3 in 2007. Eddie is Peter Parker’s a rival photographer at the Daily Bugle. He is dismissed from his job after Peter exposes him for submitting a fake photo that incriminates Spider-Man. As a result, Peter is promoted to staff photographer and Brock tries to take vengeance on him when he becomes a symbiote with an extraterrestrial symbiote named Venom.
In preparation for his role, Grace worked out for 6 months and gained 25 pounds of muscle. He didn’t like his costume since it had to be constantly coated to achieve a liquid-like appearance and feel. He took an hour to put on the suit and prosthetics took four hours to apply. Moreover, he wore fangs that injured his gums.
Topher Grace Black Mirror
In 2019, Grace starred as Billy Bauer in the 2nd episode of Black Mirror SN 5 titled Smithereens.” Billy is the CEO of a large social media company named Smithereen. Chris Gillhaney(played by Andrew Scott) kidnaps a Smithereen intern(played by Damson Idris) in an effort to speak with Billy, whom he believes is responsible for his wife’s death due to his app’s addictive nature.
Topher Grace That ’90s Show
An April 30, 2022, announcement revealed that Grace would guest star in That ’90s Show. The show follows Leia Forman, the teenage daughter of Eric Forman and Donna Pinciotti as she bonds with other teens in the summer of 1995 at her grandparents’ place Red and Kitty in Point Place, Wisconsin
Topher Grace Editing/Star Wars Edits
For a long time, Grace has been interested in creating fan edits of famous films, especially those involving Star Wars. He commented that this is a way of relaxation for him. His edits were distributed on his now-unused-pop-culture website, Cereal Prize.
In 2012, Grace edited the Star Wars prequel trilogy into a film of 85 minutes, naming it Star Wars: Episode III.5: The Editor Strikes Back. His edit used original footage, a portion from Anthony Daniels’ audiobook recordings, and music from the Clone Wars series.
Topher Grace Career
Grace secured the role of Eric Dorman on FOX’s That ’70s Show, debuting in 1998. He worked as a regular cast member until the show’s 7th season when his character was replaced with a new character named Randy Pearson. During the show’s final episode, he made a short guest appearance.
Graceportrayed a prep school student who initiates his girlfriend to freebasing in Steven Soderbergh’sTraffic. He also had uncredited cameo appearances as himself in Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven and its sequel Ocean’s Twelve in 2004. Despite planning to cameo in Ocean’s Thirteen, he stopped these plans due to his role in Spider-Man 3. In 2003, he starred in Mike Newell’s Mona Lisa Smile.
Grace ad leading roles in Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!, In Good Company, and P.S. in 2004. That same year, he won the National Board of Review’s Breakthrough Performance Actor ward for his roles in In Good Company and P.S. He hosted Saturday Night Live on January 15, 2005.
Grace starred as Eddie Brock/Venom in Spider-Man 3 in 2007. He then starred in Valentine’s Day and Predators in 2010. The following year, he starred in Take Me Home Tonight, which he also co-produced and co-wrote its script. He starred opposite Richard Gere in The Double.
2012 to present;
In 2012, Grace starred with Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Matthew Gray Gubler in The Beauty Inside. The following year, he appeared in HBO’s pilot episode of People in New Jersey. In 2014, he appeared in The Calling opposite Susan Sarandon and in Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar. Next, he starred in American Ultra as a CIA agent. That same year, he portrayed Mike Smith in Truth alongside Robert Redford and Cate Blanchett.
Grace joined the cast of Delirium in January 2018. In August of that same year, he starred as David Duke in BlacKkKlansman. The following year, he starred as Billy Bauer in the 2nd episode of Black Mirror SN 5 titled Smithereens.” In 2020, he starred in ABC’s Home Economics pilot. An April 30, 2022, announcement revealed that he would guest star in That ’90s Show. He will appear in Flight Risk and Huntington.
Edits
For a long time, Grace had an interest in creating fan edits of famous films, especially those involving Star Wars. He commented that this is a way of relaxation for him.
In 2014, he developed a cut of Boogie Nights that was used to recontsruct the character Brock Landers’ fake movie, Angels Live in My Town. He developed an edit of The Hobbit as a way to relax while showing David Duke in Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman in 2018.
In 2019, Grace and editor Jeff Yorkes began a Twitter account for Lou’s Cafe, a pseudonym by which the two credit their work. They got the name from a diner featured in Back to the Future. A year later, they received a commission from Pixar to edit a retrospective for Toy Story 4, titled “Toy Story 4 Ever.” Toy Story 4 Ever was released on Pixar’s YouTube account
Topher Grace Movies and TV Shows
Grace has starred in several movies and TV shows during his career such as;
- Pinocchio
- Personal Effects
- The Giant Mechanical Man
- The Big Wedding
- Don Peyote
- Playing It Cool
- The Institute
- The Beauty Inside
- War Machine
- Opening Night
- Under the Silver Lake
- The Hot Zone
- Breakthrough
- Irresistible
- Heretic
Topher Grace Social Media Platforms
He is active on his social media account and often posts on his Instagram. He has over 540K followers on Instagram.