---
name: "Eric Scanlan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/eric-scanlan"
fi1m_id: "eric-scanlan"
imdb_id: "nm9816260"
tmdb_id: 2469823
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T14:22:36.054616+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."
---

# Eric Scanlan

## Identity

Eric Scanlan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/eric-scanlan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** eric-scanlan
- **IMDb ID:** nm9816260
- **TMDB ID:** 2469823
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9816260/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2469823

Actor. Born in Los Angeles.

## Details

- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9816260/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2469823

## Biography

Eric Scanlan is an American actor of Samoan and Filipino descent. He is a SAG-AFTRA member based in Los Angeles.

Raised in Los Angeles and Hawaii, Scanlan attended Duke University on a football scholarship. After a career in medical sales and community activism, he began acting in 2018 with a lead role in the short film *Carson*. He subsequently appeared in a recurring guest-starring role as Natano Reigns in four episodes of the television series *Hawaii Five-0* (2019).

Scanlan has had roles in *Station 19* (2021) as Larry, *9-1-1: Lone Star* (2022) as a referee, *Obi-Wan Kenobi* (2022), and the short film *Fili* (2023) as Vaea. He is cast as Tulafale in the film *Moana* (2026).

*Sources: imdb.com, ericscanlan.com, samoaobserver.ws.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Moana* (2026), Fi1m 50, as Tulafale — [page](https://film.one/film/moana-2026.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *Moana* (2026), as Tulafale — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/moana-2026.md)
- *Fili* (2023), as Vaea
- *Station 19* (2018), series, as Larry
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), series, as Natano Reigns — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md)

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