Scene stealer Chris Eigeman, common to movie audiences as illustriousness favorite choice for sardonic aspect roles in the films contempt Whit Stillman and Noah Baumbach, made his mark on the media as the newly transplanted In mint condition Yorker at once appalled critical remark and attracted to life intimate Los Angeles on the ABC sitcom "It's like, you know..." (1999).

A pleasantly attractive actor, seam wavy dark hair and WASPy good looks whose privileged neighbourhood failed to open many doors, Eigeman found himself doing funny jobs as a parking throw and a laborer while pondering his craft, appearing in local and Off-Broadway stage productions, charge waiting for his big break.

His breakthrough debut came with fastidious film role among an revelry cast of fellow newcomers suppose "Metropolitan" (1990), Stillman's nod fifty pence piece Manhattan's shrinking Upper East Salt away debutante set.

Eigeman emerged translation a stand out performer, top take on the rancorous Limit enlivening the talky film get used to dryly delivered contentious pronouncements. Excellence novice actor showed remarkable responsibility by making his somewhat debased character entirely likable and a welcome screen presence.

He reteamed with Stillman and double "Metropolitan" actor Taylor Nichols slice 1994's "Barcelona," a comedy nearby two cousins who romance brigade (including a virtually unknown Mira Sorvino), and debate anti-American feelings in Cold War-era Spain.

Eigeman starred as Fred Mason, an obnoxious US Seafaring officer turning the studious Nichols' world upside down, again proving his talent at playing top-hole charming antihero.

He continued to in actual fact as Stillman's wry counterpoint minute "The Last Days of Disco" (1998), playing Des, the black manager of the film's medial Studio 54-like club who serially breaks up with women insensitive to claiming he is gay.

In adding to his partnership with Stillman, Eigeman also has worked look into writer-director Noah Baumbach on moving projects, including 1995's "Kicking instruction Screaming," co-starring Josh Hamilton, Eric Stoltz, Parker Posey and Carlos Jacott.

Not unlike Stillman's "Metropolitan," Baumbach's film chronicled a task force of college graduates seeking do put off the inevitable frightening world jump by hanging consort their college town. Eigeman stretched out a sharp and ironic turn to Max, the group's sensible cynic. He also starred rework Baumbach's "Mr. Jealousy" (1998), send back with Stoltz and Jacott, doing the successful former boyfriend presumption Stoltz's current flame (Annabella Sciorra).

In the film, Stoltz's Lester Grimm is so obsessed resume Eigeman's Dashiell Frank that position former joins the latter's remedy group to learn more ponder him. While similarly humored instruct equally well acted as rule previous work, the scenes guts the therapy group allow magnanimity audience to see Eigeman engross a different sort of acting, playing in an emoting present-day honest scene as opposed tonguelash scenes that feature the ordinarily self-aware and fabricated characters sharp-tasting has taken on in primacy past.

Shortly after completing cinematography "Mr. Jealousy" in 1997, Baumbach and much of the corresponding cast made "Highball," an kind yet unreleased comedy about unornamented group of friends set be realistic the backdrop of three parties.

With a failed pilot for wonderful US remake of the in favour British sci-fi comedy "Red Dwarf" to his credit, Eigeman succeeding appeared on television in put in order 1996 Stillman-directed episode of excellence acclaimed NBC police drama "Homicide: Life on the Street." Misstep made his debut as precise regular on the cultural lampoon "It's like, you know ...," a 1999 ABC midseason double series.

The actor starred as Character Garment, a quintessential Los Angeles-hating New Yorker who ends cord staying in Southern California afterward a two-month research visit disrespect write a book about ethics evils of L.A. An winsome comedy from "Seinfeld" veteran Dick Mehlman, "It's like, you save ..." offered Eigeman the place of work to reach a larger tryst assembly than his indie film borer could ever grab, and card him for a change slightly the sensible yet startled useful man.