<P> Balfour was born to a Jewish family in Los Angeles, California, the son of David Balfour, a chiropractor and Sharon (née Salter), who works as a marriage and family counselor . He has a younger sister, Tori . </P> <P> He described his household growing up as "creative," and said that his family would often make trips to the Esalen Institute in Big Sur . </P> <P> Balfour appeared on the kids TV show Kids Incorporated for one season in 1991 . During the early 1990s, he had a variety of minor juvenile roles on such television series as: Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Arresting Behavior, Boy Meets World and Step by Step . In 1997, he appeared in the pilot for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as one of the show's first victims, Jesse McNally . He appeared as a regular cast member in three short - lived TV shows . ABC's Veritas: The Quest was cancelled after four episodes in 2003, NBC's Hawaii was canceled after seven episodes in 2004, UPN's Sex, Love & Secrets was canceled after four episodes . Also in 2005, Balfour starred in the sexually explicit Canadian drama Lie with Me opposite Lauren Lee Smith . In March 2006, Balfour debuted as Brian Peluso on producer Dick Wolf's short - lived NBC crime drama, Conviction, which lasted one season . Balfour was also a guest star on the hit show Dawson's Creek, in the ninth episode of the first season . </P> <P> He starred in the 2003 remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre opposite Jessica Biel . He played a minor character in several episodes of The O.C., as Eddie, Theresa's fiancé, and in the hit HBO show, Six Feet Under, as Claire Fisher's boyfriend, Gabriel Dimas . </P>

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