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Erik Stolhanske

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Producer, Screenwriter, Actor
Born:
August 23, 1968
Biography:As one of the five principal members of the famed Broken Lizard sketch comedy troupe -- those bad boys responsible for Puddle Cruiser (1996), Super Troopers (2001), Club Dread (2003), and Beerfest (2006) -- Erik Stolhanske is perhaps most notorious as the Lizardian who sodomized an irate grizzly bear onscreen, in Super Troopers. It was actually an artificial bear masquerading as a live specimen, but no matter: that moment of below-the-belt schtick grabbed the audience's attention with both hands and gave Stolhanske an immortal piece of cinematic history as one of the only mainstream actors gutsy enough to go to such lengths for a laugh. Stolhanske was born four months after his fellow Lizardian (and frequent screen director) Jay Chandrasekhar, on August 23, 1968, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After high school graduation, he attended Colgate University, where he met Chandrasekhar, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter... Full Biography
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Erik Stolhanske as Sam of the Fun Police brigade
Left to Right: Kevin Heffernan, Jordan Ladd, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Bill Paxton, Brittany Daniel,...
Left to Right: Brittany Daniel, Bill Paxton, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Lindsay Price, Paul...
Erik Stolhanske
Left to Right: Erik Stolhanske and Steve Lemme
Erik Stolhanske, Steve Lemme, Kevin Heffernan, Jay Chandrasekhar and Paul Soter in "Beerfest"
Paul Soter, Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme and Erik Stolhanske in "Beerfest"
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