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Mark Sloan

Mark Sloan

Played by Eric Dane

POSITION:
Attending (Plastics)

STRENGTHS:
Charming; confident; great with his hands

WEAKNESSES:
Women; smug; smarmy

Previous Quote

"What did that guy have? He wasn't much to look at." - Mark Sloan

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  • Alex Karev about Mark:

    "Sloan risked his life to save mine even when I was sleeping with his girl. That's not a guy without a soul."

  • to Mark:

    "It's not 'Little Grey,' it's Lexie, and I'm not going anywhere."

  • Callie Torres to Mark:

    "Sex with you just makes me sad."

  • Callie Torres to Mark:

    "I am not your charity case. I am not your mistress. I am your friend, your equal."

  • Alex Karev about Mark:

    "Maybe he's an ass that stares at boobs but whatever."

  • Arizona Robbins about Mark:

    "What do I care if his abs are where his soul should be?"

  • Callie Torres to Mark:

    "When we were having sex you were thinking about Lexie? Okay, now that's just rude!"

Character Bio

LIKES:
Lexie; saving lives through plastic surgery (it can be done); the "Plastics Posse"

DISLIKES:

Seattle; his "manwhore" moniker

NOTABLE RELATIONSHIPS:
Mark was the catalyst for the end of Derek's marriage to Addison, after Derek caught him sleeping with his wife. Since relocating to Seattle, Mark has slept with many nurses, residents and even attendings – one of which was Callie Torres. He is the biological father of Callie and Arizona's baby – a source of great frustration for Arizona. After Mark ended a relationship with Lexie Grey, he began seeing Dr. Julia Canner of Seattle Presbyterian. Most recently, however, Mark confessed his love to Lexie as she laid dying, trapped beneath the wreckage from the plane crash that eventually took her life.

OTHER:
Nicknamed "McSteamy" by the female interns, Mark's arrival in Seattle caused more than a few upsets among the staff at SGH. He's the kind of guy who women hate falling for, but just can't resist. Oh, and he can even suture his own cut face. Most recently, Mark was in a plane crash that claimed the life of his true love, Lexie Grey, and threatened his own life as he had to undergo an emergency pericardiocentisis—details of which have yet to come to light.

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Actor Bio

Since early 2006, when Eric Dane first appeared on Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Mark "McSteamy" Sloan, fans everywhere have truly become obsessed.

Grey's Anatomy was honored at the 2007 SAG Awards with the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast and at the 2007 Golden Globes, receiving the award for Best Television Series - Drama.

Dane was raised in San Francisco, the older of two brothers whose father was an architect and interior designer and mother a homemaker. While excelling as an athlete in high school, it was there that he was bitten by the acting bug in a production of Arthur Miller's play All My Sons. After moving to Los Angeles in 1993, Dane made his TV debut on The Wonder Years, and proceeded to be cast in guest and recurring roles on Charmed, The American Embassy and, giving precedence to his current role, as a doctor on Gideon's Crossing. He has appeared in several television films including Serving in Silence and the remake of Helter Skelter. He also appeared in A & E's Wedding Wars, opposite John Stamos.

On the big screen, Dane's first major role came in 1999 in the World War I film The Basket, and he was subsequently featured in the comedy Sol Goode. Other film credits include the tongue-in-cheek horror flick Feast and Open Water: Adrift. He made an impression on audiences as Jamie Madrox playing Multiple Man in the summer blockbuster hit X-Men: The Last Stand. Dane can also be seen opposite Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson in the comedy Marley & Me.

Dane currently resides in Los Angeles.