High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ethan Winthrop (born Ethan Crane) is a fictional character on the NBC/DirecTV daytime drama Passions. Ethan is played by both Travis Schuldt (July 5, 1999—July 3, 2002) and Eric Martsolf (July 8, 2002—August 7, 2008). Rib Hillis temporarily portrayed the role in 2006 when Martsolf was on paternity leave.