Erik Kilpatrick is an American actor who is best known for playing Curtis Jackson on the CBS television series The White Shadow. He is the son of the late Lincoln Kilpatrick. Erik and his father co-starred in "Here's Mud in Your Eye", an episode from the first season of The White Shadow. Kilpatrick has a younger brother, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Jr., and a sister, DaCarla Kilpatrick, who also are actors. Kilpatrick is currently a divorced father. Today, Kilpatrick devotes much of his time acting and directing for the Negro Ensemble Company, an acting troupe based out of New York City composed mainly of African-Americans.