Eric Martsolf

Eric Martsolf joins the cast of Days as the new "Brady Black," who is returning to Salem to repair relationships with family and friends.

Martsolf graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Penn., with a B.A. in political science with honors, emphasizing mass media politics and constitutional law. When he wasn't studying, he was performing in unlimited capacities - in rock bands, choirs, operas, musicals and barbershop quartets, to mention a few. He put his academic career temporarily on hold and ventured to NYC, where he began a long stretch of musical, acting, modeling, and performance endeavors.

Martsolf has since then had an exciting career in entertainment, including a starring role on the soap opera Passions, where played he played fan favorite Ethan Winthrop. Martsolf is also widely known for his critically-hailed comic portrayal of the Pharaoh" in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, in which he toured nationally for four years.

Martsolf has appeared in over 40 other musicals and plays. Most recently, he starred in the new musical Knight Life as Sir Handsome Plotdevice/Dark Knight, and the new musical adaptation of Garry Marshall's Happy Days in the role of Count Malachi. Last year, he was also in a guest-starring role on NCIS.

Martsolf lives in Los Angeles with his wife and twin boys.