Eric Dane starred on seven seasons of Grey's Anatomy before his character, Mark Sloan, was killed in a fatal plane crash. Dane joined the ABC medical drama in 2006's season 2 as plastic surgeon Mark Sloan. "I'm proud of [my career]. All of it got me to where I am today," Dane recalled in a Famous Last Words interview, which premiered on Netflix hours after his death in February 2026. "There was a ton of experience in there. Life experience, personal, professional.