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Soap opera character
Eric Forrester
Date of birth	unknown
Gender	male
Parents	Unknown
Siblings	John Forrester (brother)
Married	Stephanie Douglas (currently married) Brooke Logan (divorced) Stephanie Douglas (divorced) Sheila Carter (divorced) Brooke Logan (divorced) Stephanie Douglas (divorced)
Children	Thorne Forrester Felicia Forrester Kristen Forrester Angela Forrester (Angela deceased) Rick Forrester Bridget Forrester
Romantic entanglements	Beth Logan Taylor Hayes Lauren Fenmore Jackie Marone
Occupation	Designer at Forrester Originals
Portrayer	John McCook

Eric Forrester I is a fictional character on CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. Eric has been played by John McCook since the show's beginning in 1987.

Eric and his on-and-off wife Stephanie (Susan Flannery) are co-founders of LA fashion house Forrester Creations. They have three children,Kristen (Tracy Lindsey Melchior), Thorne (Winsor Harmon), and Felicia (Lesli Kay). Stephanie covered up the truth from Eric about their other daughter, Angela, being alive. Angela was born microcephalic and remained comatose. She was kept a secret to spare Eric the pain who believed she had died at birth. At some point in time, Angela had died at the cause of her condition, and this "Angela" and her doctor were soon exposed for extorting money from Stephanie for Angela's care. It was revealed in 2001 that Ridge (Ronn Moss), who Eric believed to be his son, wasn't biologically his offspring. Eric also has two children, Rick (Kyle Lowder) and Bridget (Ashley Jones), from his first marriage to Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang). He has a brother named John who was never seen on the show, but John's ex-wife Maggie (Barbara Crampton) and their daughter Jessica (Maitland Ward) formerly lived in L.A.

Eric is largely devoted to his family. While Stephanie makes a mark on the family by meddling in her children's lives, Eric takes a calm, comforting approach. However, Eric has been known to sink to acts of crime to protect his family: in 2001, Eric deliberately attempted to run down Deacon Sharpe (Sean Kanan) on the road after learning of his engagement to Bridget (then played by Jennifer Finnigan). Years later, he shot Deacon after finding Bridget in his bed. He is also guilty of, for over forty years, hiding Stephanie's trust document, which named her as sole owner of Forrester creations. Upon learning of her husband's deception, Stephanie took over the company, but soon re-hired Eric as head designer.

Eric's love/hate relationship with his wife, Stephanie, is also a major part of the storyline. Eric and Stephanie have been through two divorces and have split many times over the years, but always seem to come back together. As well as Stephanie and Brooke, Eric has also been married to Sheila Carter (Kimberlin Brown), and had brief flings with Lauren Fenmore (Tracey E. Bregman), and Jackie Marone (Lesley-Anne Down). He has also become somewhat smitten with Stephanie's sister, Pamela Douglas (Alley Mills), when she helped take care of the mansion when Stephanie was visiting their mother, Ann (Betty White).