Ethan Embry

American actor (born 1978)

Amelinda Smith
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  • Sunny Mabrey
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    Ethan Embry (born June 13, 1978)[1] is an American film and television actor. He is known for his roles as Mark in Empire Records, Preston in Can't Hardly Wait, The Bass Player in That Thing You Do!, and as Bobby Ray in Sweet Home Alabama and for his role in Brotherhood (2006-2008).

    Early life

    Embry was born in Huntington Beach, California,[2] and grew up in Los Angeles. His father was a dental technician and he was homeschooled by his mother. The decision to homeschool Embry was made after a teacher allegedly recommended Ritalin for the kindergartener after his first day of class.[3]

    Embry participated in gymnastics from a young age and enjoyed the sport.[3]

    Career

    Embry (originally credited as Ethan Randall) started acting at the age of 12. After making his debut in Defending Your Life (1991), he starred in several films, including Dutch (1991), All I Want for Christmas (1991), A Far Off Place (1993), Empire Records (1995),[4] That Thing You Do! (1996), Vegas Vacation (1997), and the teen comedy Can't Hardly Wait (1998).[5]

    In 2002, Embry appeared as Bobby Ray Bailey opposite Reese Witherspoon in Sweet Home Alabama. The two actors had previously worked together a decade prior in the 1993 live action Disney film A Far Off Place.

    Embry had a major role in Showtime's Brotherhood, which premiered in 2006 and in 2013 he had a recurring role as Greg Mendell on the television series Once Upon a Time.[6] In 2015, Embry had a guest role as Carter on The Walking Dead.[7] That same year, Embry began a recurring role as Coyote Bergstein on Grace and Frankie on Netflix.

    In 2018, Embry took a small role as a supporting astronaut in the Damien Chazelle film First Man.[8]

    Embry has appeared in a recurring role as the real Pete Murphy in Sneaky Pete, an Amazon Video original series.[9]

    Personal life

    Embry married actress Amelinda Smith on November 14, 1998; they divorced in 2002. They have one child together.

    Embry married actress Sunny Mabrey on July 17, 2005.[10] In 2012, Mabrey filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences.[11] In 2013, Embry and Mabrey began dating again, and remarried in June 2015.[12] Embry and Mabrey have homes in Los Angeles and Atlanta.

    In November 2006, Embry and Mabrey were robbed at gunpoint in their driveway.[13]

    In 2008, Embry settled a lawsuit with former Deal or No Deal model Angelina Roudeva, who had sued him after being scarred over her torso when thrown from his motorcycle in 2005.[14]

    Filmography

    Film

    Year Title Role Notes
    1991 Defending Your Life Steve Credited as Ethan Randall
    Dutch Doyle Standish Credited as Ethan Randall
    All I Want for Christmas Ethan O'Fallon Credited as Ethan Randall
    1992 A Dog and His Boy — Short film (Producer/Assistant Director)
    1993 A Far Off Place Harry Winslow Credited as Ethan Randall
    1994 Season of Change Bobby Bascomb Credited as Ethan Randall
    1995 Evolver Kyle Baxter Credited as Ethan Randall
    Empire Records Mark Credited as Ethan Randall
    1996 White Squall Tracy Lapchick
    That Thing You Do! The Bass Player
    1997 Vegas Vacation Rusty Griswold/Nick Papagiorgio
    1998 Montana Jimmy
    How to Make the Cruelest Month Dillger
    The Prophecy II Young Coroner Direct-to-video
    Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 Squirrel
    Can't Hardly Wait Preston Meyers
    Disturbing Behavior Allen Clark
    2000 The Independent Bert
    2001 Rennie's Landing Trevor Logan also known as "Stealing Time"
    Ball in the House Bobby
    Male Order Actor #2 Short film
    Who Is A.B.? unknown role
    2002 Sweet Home Alabama Bobby Ray
    They Sam Burnside
    2003 Manfast Johnny Shore
    Timeline Josh Stern
    2004 Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle Billy Carver
    2005 Pizza Matt Firenze
    Standing Still Donovan
    2006 A Slice of 'Pizza' Matt Firenze Short film
    Escape Hollywood Agent #1 Short film
    Kidney Thieves Guy Short film
    2007 Vacancy Mechanic
    Order Up Man Short film
    2008 Player 5150 Joey
    Heart of a Dragon Lee
    Eagle Eye Agent Toby Grant
    2010 You're So Vain Boyfriend Short film
    The Kane Files: Life of Trial Jace Olsen
    2011 The Reunion Leo Carey
    2012 Dorothy and the Witches of Oz Frick
    Ordinary Man Jason Watts
    2013 Cheap Thrills Vince
    The House Across the Street Tom
    Armed Response Kevin
    2014 The Guest Higgings
    Late Phases Will
    2015 Bereave Tommy
    Echoes of War Seamus Riley
    Covergence Daniel
    White Cops and Unarmed Black Civilians Playset! unknown role Short film
    The Devil's Candy Jesse Hellman
    2016 Fashionista Eric
    Those Eyes Son Short film
    2017 The Feminist — Short film (Cinematographer)
    2018 Blindspotting Officer Molina
    Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats: You Worry Me Husband Short film
    First Man Pete Conrad
    2022 Last Seen Alive Knuckles
    TBA Alma and the Wolf TBA Filming

    Television

    Year Title Role Notes
    1990 Drug Wars: The Camarena Story unknown role Miniseries (3 episodes)
    1991 Bad Attitudes Cosmo Consingsby Credited as Ethan Randall
    1993–1994 Harts of the West Randy 2 episodes, credited as Ethan Randall
    1994 Murder, She Wrote Jimmy Taylor Episode: "The Trouble with Seth"
    1995 Mike Seresino Episode: "School for Murder"
    1998 Hercules Melampus Voice, 2 episodes
    1999 The Wild Thornberrys Ned Fervel Voice, episode: "Chimp Off the Old Block"
    Rocket Power TV Announcer Voice, episode: "Rocket Girls/Father's Day Off"
    Batman Beyond Lee Voice, episode: "Joyride"
    1999–2000 Work with Me Sebastian Series regular (10 episodes)
    2000 Get Real Wade Kostick Episode: "Saved"
    Batman Beyond Terrapin Voice, episode: "April Moon"
    2000–2001 FreakyLinks Derek Barnes / Adam Barnes Series regular (13 episodes)
    2001 The Zeta Project Bodhi Voice, episode: "His Maker's Name"
    Silicon Follies unknown role Television film
    2002 The Twilight Zone Zack Walker Episode: "Time Lapse"
    2003 L.A. Dragnet Detective Frank Smith Series regular (12 episodes)
    Spider-Man: The New Animated Series Max Dillon / Electro Voice, 3 episodes
    2004 Celeste in the City Kyle Halley Television film
    Life on Liberty Street Rick Spencer Television film
    2005 Numb3rs Blake Cosnell Episode: "Noisy Edge"
    Masters of Horror Bruce Episode: "Incident on and Off a Mountain Road"
    2006 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Art Geddons Episode: "Watch"
    2006–2008 Brotherhood Declan 'Decko' Griggs Series regular (20 episodes)
    2009 Fear Itself Chance Miller Episode: "Chance"
    2010 House M.D. Mickey Episode: "The Down Low"
    Biography Himself (Interviewee) Episode: "Ed O'Neill"
    2011 Fairly Legal Spencer Reed 3 episodes
    CSI: Miami Randy North 2 episodes
    Thunderballs unknown role Television film
    2012 Imaginary Friend Brad Television film
    Drop Dead Diva Mark Baker Episode: "Jane's Getting Married"
    Dark Wall Man Episode: "6:14"
    Grey's Anatomy Dr. David Moore Episode: "I Saw Her Standing There"
    The Frontier D.J. Jackson Television film
    2013 Once Upon a Time Greg Mendell Recurring role (Season 2–3; 10 episodes)
    2014 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Jefferson Nalley Episode: "Keep Calm and Carry-On"
    Hawaii Five-0 Shawn Hutten Episode: "Pale 'la"
    2015 The Walking Dead Carter Episode: "First Time Again"
    2015–2019 Sneaky Pete Pete Murphy / Real Pete Recurring role (11 episodes)
    2015–2022 Grace and Frankie Coyote Bergstein Series regular (53 episodes)
    2017 A Bunch of Dicks Mick Miniseries
    Idiotsitter unknown role Episode: "Girls Gone Wild"
    2020 The Twilight Zone Harry Pine Episode: "The Who of You"
    2021 Stargirl Johnny Thunder 2 episodes
    2021 Creepshow Hank Episode: "Mums"
    2023 Gotham Knights Arthur Brown 3 episodes

    References

    1. ^ "Birthdays". The Modesto Bee. The Associated Press. June 13, 2022. p. 2A. Actor Ethan Embry is 44.
    2. ^ "Ethan Embry". Allmovie. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
    3. ^ a b Sneider, Jeff (April 8, 2015). "'90s Flashback: 'Empire Records' Ethan Embry on Rex Manning Day and Playing Lily Tomlin's Son". TheWrap. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
    4. ^ Sneider, Jeff (April 8, 2015). "'90s Flashback: 'Empire Records' Ethan Embry on Rex Manning Day and Playing Lily Tomlin's Son in New Netflix Series". TheWrap. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
    5. ^ Guerrasio, Jason (September 16, 2015). "Ethan Embry never actually liked the hit movie that made him a star in the 1990s until now". Business Insider. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
    6. ^ Bricker, Tierney (May 12, 2013). "Once Upon a Time Finale Recap: Hello, Peter Pan!". E! News. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
    7. ^ Ross, Dalton (October 11, 2015). "'The Walking Dead' season premiere: Ethan Embry on Carter's big moment". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
    8. ^ Olson, J. (September 30, 2018). "Armstrong Pic First Man Is Subdued, Sensational". cinemixtape.com.
    9. ^ Shattuck, Kathryn (March 9, 2018). "Giovanni Ribisi Has Been Conned. So Have You". The New York Times. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
    10. ^ Coughlan, Maggie (July 25, 2012). "Ethan Embry and Sunny Mabrey to Divorce". People. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
    11. ^ "'Can't Hardly Wait' Star Getting Divorced". TMZ. July 24, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
    12. ^ Staff writers (October 13, 2015). "Actor Ethan Embry Has Confirmed Reports He And Ex-wife Sunny Mabrey Have Remarried". World Entertainment News Network. Contactmusic.com. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
    13. ^ Staff writers (November 29, 2006). "Ethan Embry Held Up & Fires Back?". TMZ. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
    14. ^ Staff writers (March 19, 2008). "Ethan Embry to Marred Model -- Deal!". TMZ. Retrieved May 29, 2014.

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