THIS Hollywood hot shot has stunned fans with his vastly different appearance – after finding fame in the 1980s.
The Californian actor – who was once nominated for a Golden Globe – rocked a casual look as he stepped out in New York.
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Wearing a cute Peanuts T-shirt, cap and jeans, Eric Stoltz looked carefree and content as he strolled through Manhattan’s West Village.
The 80s star accessorised with a rucksack, trainers and dark shades.
Eric had originally been cast to play the lead role of Marty McFly in 1985’s Back To The Future, but was replaced after five weeks by Michael J. Fox.
Director Robert Zemeckis came to realise that Stoltz’s serious method acting style wasn’t a good fit for the movie’s comedic tone.
Zemeckis explained of the hard decision to axe him: “He’s a magnificent actor, but his comedy sensibilities were very different from what I had written with Bob Gale.
“And he and I were just never able to make that work.”
Director Zemeckis claimed Stoltz would insist on being called his character’s name, Marty, rather than his own.”
Zemeckis claimed: “We almost always called him Marty. We thought it was silly, but we figured if it helped him do his job, it was harmless.
“There were a few people on the crew who’d worked on Mask and they called him Rocky, the name of his character in that film.”
Spielberg added: “He was absolutely correct so I had to make this horrific decision which was heartbreaking for everybody.”
Eric received a Golden Globe Nomination for Best Supporting Actor in the 1985 film Mask in which he starred alongside Cher and played the True Life story of Roy L. “Rocky” Dennis – a teen with a major skull deformity.
In 1994, he played drug dealer Lance in Quentin Tarantino’s classic Pulp Fiction.
He also starred as Keith Nelson in 1987’s Some Kind of Wonderful and as Ethan Valhere in Jerry Maguire (1996).
Plus small roles in The Butterfly Effect and Grey’s Anatomy.
The talented star dated Single White Female’s Bridget Fonda and As Good As It Gets Helen Hunt. He is now married to Bernadette Moley.
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