Eric Reinholt

Eric Karl Reinholt, Sr. was born to Peter Herbert Reinholt (ATCS USN Ret.) and Mae Minnette Reinholt (Stubbs). After honorably serving in the United States Navy, he worked in radio for over a decade before transitioning to TV News, theater and film. He began his work in broadcasting as a disc jockey at KVTT in the Dallas/Ft worth Metroplex and as a producer for syndicated radio host Tom Dooley. In 1990, he moved to Pennsylvania to become the Program and Music Director of radio station WGRC; during his tenure, WGRC rose to #3 in the market. He transitioned into television by working as a video editor for KENS-TV in San Antonio; while there, Chief Meteorologist Albert Flores took him under his wing. Within a year, Eric was working as the weekend weathercaster and weekday reporter for WCJB-TV in Gainesville, Florida. After receiving his certification in broadcast meteorology, he moved on to become Chief Meteorologist at KRBC-TV in Abilene and later the morning Meteorologist at KTSM-TV in El Paso. He caught the acting bug at the Point Theater in Ingram, TX when cast as David Benjamin in Neil Simon's God's Favorite (directed by James Howard Weisman). Shortly thereafter, he relocated to Los Angeles to study acting at the Baron Brown Studio, the Larry Moss Studio, with Brian Reese of the Brian Reese Acting Studios, Will Wallace of the WWAC, and Kevin McCorkle. As an actor, Eric is best known for his work as Doctor Kowolski in The Emeryville Experiments (2016), as Andrei Kirillov in Organizatsiya (2016), as Mr. Lynch, opposite Sal Landi, in Divorce Texas Style (2016), and as Stallman opposite Jake Busey in the movie Cross (2011). His directorial debut, Solar Alterations (2016) (TV), won a Bronze REMI Award at the prestigious Houston International Film Festival (a.k.a. WorldFest Houston). On October 1, 2020, he released the science fiction thriller, Trip of a Lifetime, through Starnes Books LLC.