Kaj appears in Boston Public!!
KTVU (FOX) - Mon May 07 8:00 PM
Series/Drama, 60 Mins.
"Chapter Twenty", Episode #120.
The daughter of Harper's new girlfriend becomes rebellious at school, causing complications
for Harper; Marilyn gets involved when she suspects a student is being physically abused at
home.
Cast: Jessalyn Gilsig, Chi McBride, Fyvush Finkel, Anthony Heald, Joey Slotnick, Thomas McCarthy, Sharon Leal, Nicky Katt, Loretta Devine, Rashida Jones, Kathy Baker, Scott Vickaryous, Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Antwon Tanner, Vanessa Bell Calloway. Producer(s): David E. Kelley.
Original Airdate: May 7, 2001.
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Marylin offers help to Jeremy (Kaj-Erik Erikson, right), a student who is struggling with his homelife on the "Chapter 20" episode of Boston Public. |
Marylin confronts the mother (guest star Kathy Baker, left) of a student who is struggling with his homelife on the "Chapter 20" episode of Boston Public. |
Kaj appeared in So Weird in the episode The Great Incanto. Kaj plays the Great Incanto's apprentice who takes the Incanto's magic bag and pretends to be the Great Incanto. The episode first aired on the Disney Channel on May 4, 2001.
Well, Kaj is turning 23 on February 15th, 2002 and he's part of a new hit TV series. Congratulations Kaj!! Watch for Kaj on Boston Public. He started on the hit series in late April, 2001.
From an article written by Malcolm Parry in the Vancouver Sun (March 27, 2001) -
Eriksen, who got his first TV
speaking part at age six, accepted
the Boston Public gig Monday last,
was in wardrobe Tuesday and on
set Wednesday, shooting an episode
to air in late April.""
KAJ ERIKSEN (say Kie), the city
actor, worked for four seasons on
The Commish series, then Beggars
& Choosers and other shows.
Leaving for Los Angeles in 1998,
he said our teeveebiz "is great for
older people ... but I'm 19, I play
15, and L.A.'s the place with all the
kid parts."
For most of the last two years he has been
busy working on Beggars and Choosers and finished shooting a CBS Movie of
the Week with
Patty Duke in 1999. "It was great! It's about a plane crash in the mountains and it was
hard work climbing around in the snow all the time!!!!" Yayaya! Sounds awesome,
Kaj!!
The title of the movie is Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story
The movie premiered on April 26, 2000 at 9:00 pm (ET/PT) on CBS. Kaj plays Rick Kincaid
a high school
student who is the son of Anne (Patty Duke) and Tom Kincaid (William Devane).
Keep up the awesome work!!
UPDATE -
Kaj wrapped up his 2nd season of Beggars and Choosers
(11/01/00)
Injured when their private plane crashes into a snowy mountain, a
domineering man and his family face an avalanche and
bitter winds. Stars Patty Duke, William Devane and Kaj Erik-Eriksen.
Kaj Eriksen was born February 15, 1979. Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada is his home. Kaj has grown up actin' n' it's the one thing that he really wants to do. During and 1998 interview he said, "I'm 19 now and started when I was six years old, so if my math is correct, that would be 13 years. I started off doing a couple commercials and then I got my first speaking role on some cheesy Canadian series. I'm from Canada, so I'm allowed to say that. :) " *snicker* Kaj's unusual, yet cool name's Danish and is pronounced "Ky". Kaj says it rhymes with "sky".
Kaj's best known for his starrin' role as David Scali on the long running ABC series "The Commish".
In April, 1998 Kaj began a recurrin' role on the awesome, but short-lived ABC show PREY. He also appeared in the Home Improvement episode, The Write Stuff opposite Jonathan Taylor Thomas. It aired March 31, 1998...n' lemme tell ya, it was a COOL episode. He recently finished filmin' a guest lead on Promised Land in Salt Lake City, Utah and an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger in Texas.
Kaj did two online interviews in the spring of 1998...one at Celebrity Sightings on March 26th and one on April 2nd at AOL's Teen People Live. It was cool to read Kaj's answers to questions about his career, his family and his friends - Andrew Keegan happens to be one of 'em. Here are the transcripts from the Celebrity Sightings' and AOL chats if ya'd like to learn a 'lil bit more 'bout Kaj.
In March of 1999, Kaj completed a Movie of the Week for the Fox Family Channel. The movie, titled Heaven's on Fire, aired on Saturday, August 7th, 1999. In this film, Kaj has the lead role as Eric Robert's son. Kaj's hair was dyed blue for the movie!!
Kaj is starring as a series regular on Beggars and Choosers which premiered this fall (1999) on Showtime. Kaj's character is "Carey Malone' in this comedy series.
If you are in Canada, you can catch Kaj in several PSA's helping to prevent suicide.
Kaj can be contacted by writing to his agent, Tyman Stewart at:
on Showtime
Kaj stars in Showtimes original
series Beggars and Choosers. In Showtime's newest comedic drama series,
Kaj plays 'Cary Malone', the disenchanted son of Rob Malone: 
"An introverted, sarcastic cynic or typical teenager? You
be the judge. This high school kid is hooked on the internet - especially those
sites where you can download term papers and book reports! He wouldn't be caught
dead watching anything on the LGT, which haunts dad in the demographic analysis
department".
In March of 1998, Kaj was in Utah, tapin' a
cool episode of Promised Land.
The title of the episode is When Darkness Falls. It was a
controversial episode which first aired on April 30th, 1998. Kaj plays the
character Kevin Neary, a troubled student, who does not believe in God and goes
on a killing spree by opening fire in a classroom.
Kaj's starred in
the ABC series PREY. The PREY series premiered on March 26th, 1998 and was a new
show 'bout the next species (1.6) on earth. The new species is tryin' to take
over the humans on earth, showin' the fight for domination. You're all prolly
thinkin', "This sounds a 'lil bit like X-Files"...well, you're rite, cuz
one of the producers of PREY also produced the
X-Files. The character Kaj played was one of the new species, but as Kaj
puts it, "I'm a nice one." Whatta rebel... Kaj was in the 9th episode which
aired on Thursday, June 11, 1998 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET). Here's a summary of the
episodes with Kaj.
#10 Sleeper #9 Collaboration
Production Code:
#467059
Airdate: Thursday, June 11 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET)
writers:
Laurence Andries & Chris Levinson
director: Ian Toynton
Guest cast: Attractive Woman...Alexandra Hedison
Dr. Ian Copeland...Sam
Anderson
Shane..............Kaj-Erik Eriksen
Sandra Cook........Christine Rose 
Production Code: #467060
writer: Donald Marcus
director: Vern Gillum
Episode synopsis: The Dominants cook up a plan to unleash the
Spanish Influenza Virus of 1918 on the human populace. Despite all their genius
at genetic engineering, there is one 'bug' they didn't count on: The virus
kills them just as easily as it kills humans. This leads to an uneasy truce as
the two sides fight side by side in a race against the clock to contain the
deadly virus before it wipes out both species. (Synopsis written by
preyfan@aol.com).
Guest cast: Dr. Ian Copeland...Sam Anderson
Shane..............Kaj-Erik Eriksen
Karl
Hunter........Dorian Gregory
Bryce Hunt.........Dennis Bailey
Dr.
Kristin Hale...TBA
Kaj appeared as the character Billy, in the episode titled "Welcome to Camp Nightmare".
Kaj Eriksen stars in Captain Courageous, along with Robert Urich and Kenny Vadar. Kaj's character is Dan Troop.
There's a great review of Captains Courageous by Lorna Lyons at www.99lives.com/movies/captains.htm. Check it out.
The movie is based on Nobel Prize-winner Rudyard Kipling's story. Lyons writes,
Kaj's best known for his starrin' role as David Scali on the long running ABC series "The Commish".
In The Odyssey (1992) Kaj-Erik Ericksen
starred as "Galileo" in the episode titled Galileo and the Gypsies.
Kaj Eriksen stars in Quarantine, along with Beatrice Boepple and Garwin Sanford.
Kaj Eriksen starred in The Outsiders episode of MacGuyver. In this episode a construction company tries to put a road on land owned by the Amish who do not want their home bulldozed.
Kaj Eriksen's movie credits include:
Showtime's KURT
VONNEGUT'S THEATRE Poltergeist: The
Legacy - Episode 9 "The Substitute" where Kaj played "Joseph" in 1997.
Captain
Courageous where he played "Dan Troop" in 1996. Born Too Soon
where he played "Ethan" in 1993. Liar, Liar
(the TV version) where he played "Jonah" in 1993. Miles from
Nowhere where he played "Patrick Reilly" in 1992. The Commish
where he played "David Scali" in 1991. Short Time
where he played "Dougie Simpson" in 1990. Quarantine in
1989.
Some of the other places you may have seen Kaj include:
Walker,
Texas Ranger where he played Ted McGee in the episode "In God's Hands" in
1998.
Home
Improvement where he played Brian in the episode "The Write Stuff" in 1998.
Are You
Afraid of the Dark? where he played "Zeke" in the episode titled "Tale of the
Dead Man's Float" in 1995.
Goosebumps.
- "Welcome to Camp Nightmare" - as Billy
The Odyssey
where he played "Galileo" in the episode titled "Galileo and the Gypsies" in
1992. MacGuyver
where he played "Tommy Wiley" in the episode titled "The Visitor" in 1990.
MacGuyver
where he played "Jacob" in the episode titled "The Outsiders" in 1988.
