FrameThrower · Actors · Eric Dane
Eric Dane
3 films · 486 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2022–2024
Born 9 November 1972 · San Francisco, California, USA · died 19 February 2026
Eric William Dane was an American actor. After multiple television roles in the 1990s and 2000s, including his recurring role as Jason Dean on Charmed, one of his most notable roles was as Dr. Mark Sloan 'Dr. McSteamy' on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy (2006–2012; 2021).
He also played Captain Tom Chandler in the TNT series The Last Ship (2014–2018), Cal Jacobs in the HBO drama series Euphoria (2019–2026), and FBI Special Agent Nathan Blythe in the Amazon Prime Video crime series Countdown (2025).
He appeared in films such as X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), Marley & Me (2008), Valentine's Day (2010), Burlesque (2010), and Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024).
In April 2025, he announced that…
How their films are shot
Measured across 486 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Eric takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 44% of their frames are night, 44% natural — the look of the work Eric takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 486 frames from Eric Dane's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.