He most likely parties, probably has to have a lot of patience with a wife that killed a kid and too that off with severe red skin. He looks like a tomato in some shots. Some yellow makeup could fix that

Wow, I think he is incredibly hot. He's aging very well!!! In my humble option of course

I first saw him in X-Men: he looked older than his age back then.

He had a prescription pill addiction when he was on Grey's and exited that show because of it, and he aged really horridly on the show. That's probably it.

Both he & PD dyed their hair while in GA

I think he's still handsome. His hair greyed early, and he's put on some muscle mass for his role as Tom Chandler.
Personally, I think he looks better w/out facial hair. His IMDb profile photo is not his best look.

I2000 FIGURED IT OUT!!!!!!! I went and looked back at older pictures of himhe needs the facial hair to be panty dropping hot. Throw away that razor Eric!!!!!

I came here to find out the same thing. Saw him on a preview for Last Ship. He's still good looking, but not panty-dropping hot like he used to be. I don't think its age either but I almost didn't recognize him. Curious as to what happened to all that hotness.

It's a possibility that it is just makeup making him look older than he actually is.

seems like the prototypical example of a 45 year old male playing the part as a Commander in the US Navy.
Eric Dane was perfectly cast on the Last Boat

Came here wondering the same thing Couldn't believe that was him in Last Ship previews