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6	-> ''"Fairytales are only valuable if you see them as metaphor in your life and the world. Slay your own dragons..."''
7	-->-- '''Eion Bailey's [[https://twitter.com/eionbailey/status/514142832261476353 Twitter]]'''
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9	Eion Francis Hamilton Bailey (born June 8 1976 in Santa Monica, California) is an American actor and philanthropist. He made his acting debut in 1997, starring in the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "The Pack". He appeared in bit parts in films such as ''Film/FightClub'' and ''Film/AlmostFamous'', and TV shows like ''Series/DawsonsCreek''. A major career boost came in the form of ''Series/BandOfBrothers'' where he played Private David Kenyon Webster.
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11	If you don't know him from that, other famous roles include Ben Mercer in ''Series/CovertAffairs'', Ray of ''Series/Stalker2014'', Steve Knight on ''Series/RayDonovan'' and August W Booth/Pinocchio on ''Series/OnceUponATime''. He's also responsible for the creation of ''[[http://www.imaginethistv.net/ Imagine This! TV]]'' - a documentary-reality web series.
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13	!Other roles:
14	* ''Series/WithoutATrace'' as Christopher Mayes (1 episode)
15	* ''Series/{{ER}}'' as Jake Scanlon (10 episodes)
16	* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' as Dean Lessing (1 episode)
17	* ''Series/Numb3rs'' as Cam (1 episode)
18	* ''Series/ColdCase'' as Patrick 'The Rifle' Lennox 1963 (1 episode)
19	* ''Series/{{From}}'' as Jim Matthews (10 episodes)
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22	!!Provides examples of:
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24	* ActingInTheDark: He auditioned for August from ''Series/OnceUponATime'' pretty much knowing only what was in the script for his first appearance. He joked that the creators went to great lengths to hide the twist [[spoiler:that he was really Pinocchio]] for as long as they could from him.
25	* TheAce: Plays one in the film ''{{Film/Mindhunters}}''.
26	* CarpetOfVirility: Sports this whenever he has a ShirtlessScene.
27	* CelebrityResemblance: Has said he often gets confused with Creator/PaulRudd and [[Film/TheLostBoys Jason Patric]].
28	* DeadpanSnarker: Tends to play this type of character a lot. In interviews he comes across as TheQuietOne however.
29	* DemotedToExtra: He's a regular in the first seasons of ''Covert Affairs'' and ''Once Upon A Time'' - but only appears as a guest star in subsequent seasons.
30	* GuyOnGuyIsHot: An indie film he did early in his career ''Seven and a Match'' is known primarily for fangirls squeeing over August making out with [[Series/ParksAndRecreation Ben Wyatt]].
31	* HappilyMarried: To Weyni Mengesha, a Canadian director.
32	* HilariousInHindsight: Invoked at a panel. He says that his parents played a joke on him at age eight, where they told him he wasn't a real boy and was actually a robot. [[spoiler: Then he goes onto play a grown-up Pinocchio]].
33	* IWasQuiteAFashionVictim: Frequently jokes that he was a fan of {{Music/NWA}} and dressed accordingly.
34	* InnocentBlueEyes: They help to convey the 'heart of gold' part whenever he portrays a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
35	* LetsGetDangerous: In the ''Band of Brothers'' interviews, he seems like the last person you'd expect to take part in various on-set pranks. Then he confesses to trashing Tom Hardy's hotel room as a joke (he took part in said prank anyway).
36	* NiceGuy: ''Imagine This! TV'' was his own idea and features him and a crew helping with projects in various communities around the world. He also frequently shares his friend's projects and attempts to get fans involved with charity work.
37	* PermaStubble: Tends to sport it in some of his roles. Lampshaded in a ''OUAT'' episode where Regina says of August "you never shaved."
38	* PromotedToOpeningTitles: Midway through Season 1 of ''Series/OnceUponATime''. Dropped from them in Season 2.
39	* SceneryPorn: He often travels to exotic locations and will share plenty of pictures showing off the scenery.* {{Troll}}: Confesses to being this in his youth. He tweeted that he was expelled from school for spray-painting "NWA" on a set of lockers.

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