Rueben Grundy
Known For: Acting
Biography
Rueben Grundy is a Black American actor whose exact birthday and birthplace are not publicly available in major sources. He has been active since 1987, making his earliest screen credit in The Bold and the Beautiful, and has since accumulated over 65 film and television credits. He is best known for playing Ernest Bennett in 13 episodes of A Different World (1989–1990) and Judge Oliver Young on General Hospital (2021–2022, 2024). His most notable film credits include a Businessman in The Pursuit of Happyness (2006, starring Will Smith), a Street Reporter in The Princess Diaries (2001, with Anne Hathaway), a Buyer in Yours, Mine & Ours (2005, with Dennis Quaid), Reporter Reuben in Mad City (1997, with John Cusack), Johnson in Dopamine (2003), John McMillan in Inferno (2002), and a Guy in Dead Man on Campus (1998). On television he is also known for Stuart "Stu" Fraser in For All Mankind (2026, 5 episodes, Apple TV+), Jake in Grey's Anatomy (2018–2020, 2 episodes), Ian in 24 (2007), Dr. Peter Ryan in The Young and the Restless (2007–2008, 11 episodes), Attorney Jerry in Days of Our Lives (2008–2010), Agent Rice in CSI: Miami (2004), Dr. Jessup in Charmed (2005), and Officer Dexter in Bosch (2017), with additional credits in Truth Be Told, American Crime Story, 9-1-1, Goliath, Bones, Shameless, Unbelievable, Jane the Virgin, Criminal Minds, NCIS, NCIS: Origins, and Parenthood.
Filmography
2024
- NCIS: Origins as NIS Agent #1
2021
- Them as Carter Beaumont
2019
- For All Mankind as Stuart 'Stu' Fraser
- Good Trouble as Doctor
- Truth Be Told as Lawyer
- Unbelievable as Sergeant Zellner
2018
- 9-1-1 as Booking Officer
2016
- American Crime Story as Frank Carter
- Goliath as Federal Agent
2015
- Bosch as Officer Dexter
2014
- Jane the Virgin as Cop
2010
- Parenthood as Officer Speer
2009
2007
- Private Practice as Cop
2006
- The Pursuit of Happyness as Businessman
- Vanished as Suit #1
- Read You Like a Book as Larry
2005
- Grey's Anatomy as Jake
- Criminal Minds as Councilman Jack Sullivan
- Bones as Lawyer #1
- Commander in Chief as Reporter Duke
- Yours, Mine & Ours as Buyer
2002
- CSI: Miami as Agent Rice
- 40 Days and 40 Nights as Computer Nerd #2
- Inferno as John McMillan
2001
- 24 as Reporter #1
- The Princess Diaries as Street Reporter
- Sweet November as Art Department Coordinator #5
- The Retrievers as Lumber Mill Worker #1
2000
- Girlfriends as Ben
1998
- Charmed as Dr. Jessup
- Dead Man on Campus as Guy
1997
- Mad City as Reporter Reuben
- Under Wraps as Cop
1996
- Nash Bridges as Reporter #2
1995
- Deadly Whispers as Officer
1993
- The X-Files as Forensic Tech
1991
- A Gnome Named Gnorm as Cop #1
1987
- A Different World as Ernest Bennett