---
name: "David Eigenberg"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-eigenberg"
fi1m_id: "david-eigenberg"
imdb_id: "nm0251678"
tmdb_id: 27552
wikidata_id: "Q1174314"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 May 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T05:37:42.128791+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# David Eigenberg

## Identity

David Eigenberg

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-eigenberg
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-eigenberg
- **IMDb ID:** nm0251678
- **TMDB ID:** 27552
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1174314
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Eigenberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1174314, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0251678/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27552

Actor. Born 17 May 1964 in Manhasset, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 May 1964, Manhasset, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2003–2010
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 60 (2), 2010s 87 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, Action & Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $419m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Eigenberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1174314, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0251678/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27552

## Biography

David Eigenberg is an American actor. He was born on 17 May 1964 in Manhasset, New York, and grew up in Illinois.

He began his career with stage work in Chicago before making his Broadway debut in the original production of *Six Degrees of Separation* in 1990. Eigenberg is best known for playing Steve Brady, the on-and-off partner of Miranda Hobbes, in the HBO series *Sex and the City* (1998–2004) and its 2008 and 2010 films. He has also portrayed Christopher Herrmann in the NBC series *Chicago Fire* (2012–) and its spin-off *Chicago P.D.* (2014–). Other credits include voice work as Nermal in *Garfield: The Movie* (2004) and guest roles in *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit*, *Criminal Minds* and *NCIS*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, tvinsider.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Justified* (2010), Fi1m 87, as Arnold Pinter — [page](https://film.one/tv/justified.md)
- *Sex and the City* (2008), Fi1m 54, as Steve Brady — [page](https://film.one/film/sex-and-the-city.md)
- *NCIS* (2003), Fi1m 66, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *And Just Like That…* (2021), series, as Steve Brady
- *Killing Eleanor* (2020), as Henry Magnus
- *An Acceptable Loss* (2019), as Drunken Professor
- *Chicago Med* (2015), series, as Christopher Herrmann
- *Chicago P.D.* (2014), series, as Christopher Herrmann
- *Robosapien: Rebooted* (2013), as Allan
- *Liz & Dick* (2012), as Ernest Lehman
- *Chicago Fire* (2012), series, as Christopher Herrmann
- *Five* (2011), as Lenny
- *Sex and the City 2* (2010), as Steve Brady
- *Justified* (2010), series, as Arnold Pinter — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/justified.md)
- *See You in September* (2010), as Max
- *Castle* (2009), series, as Peter Connelly — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/castle.md)
- *Sex and the City* (2008), as Steve Brady — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/sex-and-the-city.md)
- *Private Practice* (2007), series, as Frank
- *Raines* (2007), series, Actor
- *Driftwood* (2006), as Norris
- *Love, Ludlow* (2006), as Reggie
- *Ghost Whisperer* (2005), series, as Hank Dale
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, as Agent Russell Goldman — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)
- *Close to Home* (2005), series, as Greg Paulson
- *Around the Bend* (2004), as John
- *The 4400* (2004), series, as Carl Morrissey
- *Garfield* (2004), as Nermal (voice)
- *The Jury* (2004), series, Actor
- *NCIS* (2003), series, Actor — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *Without a Trace* (2002), series, as Teddy Cota
- *Everwood* (2002), series, as Chris Templeman
- *Monk* (2002), series, as Tim Hayden
- *The Mothman Prophecies* (2002), as Ed Fleischman
- *Sam the Man* (2001), as Man at Book Reading, Art Direction
- *Ed* (2000), series, as Jeff Alexander
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Gavin McGill
- *Madigan Men* (2000), series, Actor
- *The Beat* (2000), series, as Craig Newell
- *Third Watch* (1999), series, as Off. Benny Ross
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Dr. Hal Brightman
- *Judging Amy* (1999), series, as Jerry Lambert
- *Coming Soon* (1999), as Andy
- *The King of Queens* (1998), series, as Jake
- *Sex and the City* (1998), series, as Steve Brady
- *A Perfect Murder* (1998), as Stein
- *Soldier of Fortune, Inc.* (1997), series, as Nick Delvecchio
- *The Practice* (1997), series, as Harvey Welk
- *ER* (1994), series, as Detective Trent Mallory — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Daybreak* (1993), as Bucky
- *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), series, as Alex Robey — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/homicide-life-on-the-street.md)
- *By a Thread* (1992), as Kiri
- *How to Murder a Millionaire* (1990), as Panhandler
- *In the Spirit* (1990), as Handyman #1
- *Rude Awakening* (1989), as Lawrence
- *The Cosby Show* (1984), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![David Eigenberg](https://film.one/media/person/485271/gallery-0322aee60df6.jpg) David Eigenberg — U.S. military or Department of Defense employee, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/David_Eigenberg_%289_July_2005%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![David Eigenberg](https://film.one/media/person/485271/gallery-b539b88f102d.jpg) David Eigenberg — Image via TMDB
- ![David Eigenberg](https://film.one/media/person/485271/gallery-7c75def1145a.jpg) David Eigenberg — Image via TMDB
- ![David Eigenberg](https://film.one/media/person/485271/gallery-e1a8f31d7f40.jpg) David Eigenberg — Image via TMDB

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