Eric Harry Timothy Mabius is an American actor, known for his work as Daniel Meade on the ABC comedydrama series Ugly Betty. He also worked on the Showtime series The L Word and in the films Cruel Intentions, The Crow Salvation, and Resident Evil.
Mabius was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the son of Elizabeth and Craig Mabius. His father worked as a historian preserving the Historic Allaire Village. He has a brother, Craig. Mabius is Roman Catholic. His mother is of Polish descent, while his father has Austrian and Irish ancestry. After attending Amherst Regional High School, in Amherst, Massachusetts, where he was voted Most Dramatic Boy as a senior, he enrolled in Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, where he pursued studies in film.
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