(Born Sept. 30, 1961) Eric Stoltz is an American actor widely considered one of the most prominent and diverse performers in independent film. He has starred in big studio movies such as Mask, Some Kind of Wonderful, Memphis Belle, Rob Roy and Little Women, as well as the indy film favorites The Waterdance, Pulp Fiction, Kicking and Screaming and The House of Mirth. In Pulp Fiction, he played Lance, who refused to help Vincent (John Travolta) with Marsellus Wallace's wife Mia (Uma Thurman) who was about to die unless she received a shot of adrenaline to the heart.