Ethan Embry
Born: 1978-06-13 in Huntington Beach, California, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Ethan Embry (born June 13, 1978), credited early in his career as Ethan Randall, is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor, with starring roles in the films Dutch (1991), All I Want for Christmas (1991), and A Far Off Place (1993). He gained mainstream recognition for his supporting role in Empire Records (1995) and starring roles in Evolver (1995) and That Thing You Do! (1996). In the late 1990s, Embry had the lead role in the teen comedy film Can't Hardly Wait (1998), starred in Vegas Vacation (1997) and Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (1998), and a main role as Sebastian on the CBS sitcom Work with Me (1999). In the 2000s, Embry starred in the films They (2002) and Vacancy (2007) and had main roles as Derek and Adam Barnes on the Fox television series FreakyLinks (2000–2001), Frank Smith on the ABC television series L.A. Dragnet (2003), and Declan Giggs on the Showtime television series Brotherhood (2006–2008). In the 2010s and 2020s, Embry starred in the films Cheap Thrills (2013), Blindspotting (2018), and Last Seen Alive (2022), and had a main role as Coyote Bergstein on the Netflix television series Grace and Frankie (2015–2022). He had supporting roles in the films Christy (2025) and Scream 7 (2026).
Filmography
2026
- Scream 7 as Marco
- By Any Means as Sam Bowers
- Cape Fear as Ollie
- Scissors as The Man
- The Gymnast as Rich
2025
- Christy as John Salters
- Safe House as Sorello
- Alma & the Wolf as Ren Accord
2024
- The House from... as Self
2023
- Gotham Knights as Arthur Brown
2022
- Last Seen Alive as Knuckles
- Patricia Sterling ... (Executive Producer)
2021
- This Is GWAR as Self
2020
- DC's Stargirl as Johnny Thunder
2019
- Creepshow as Hank
- The Twilight Zone as Harry
2018
- First Man as Pete Conrad
- Blindspotting as Officer Molina
2017
- Convergence as Daniel
2016
- The Devil's Candy as Jesse
- Those Eyes as Son
- Fashionista as Eric
2015
- Grace and Frankie as Coyote Bergstein
- Sneaky Pete as Real Pete
- Dinner at Tiffani's as Self
- Echoes of War as Seamus Riley
- Bereave as Tommy
2014
- The Guest as Higgins
- In Security as Kevin
- Late Phases as Will
- Vital Heat: The Making of 'Cheap Thrills' as Self
2013
- Cheap Thrills as Vince
- The House Across the Street as Tom
- 6:14 as Man
2012
- Dorothy and the Witches of Oz as Frick
- Imaginary Friend as Brad
- Ordinary Man as Jason Watts
- The Frontier as D.J. Jackson
2011
- Once Upon a Time as Greg Mendell
- Talking Dead
- Fairly Legal as Spencer Reed
- The Witches of Oz as Frick
- The Reunion as Leo Cleary
- Thunderballs
2010
- Hawaii Five-0 as Shawn Hutten
- The Walking Dead as Carter
- The Kane Files: Life of Trial as Jace Olsen
2009
- Chance as Chance Miller
2008
- Fear Itself as Chance Miller
- Eagle Eye as Toby Grant
- Heart of a Dragon as Lee
- Player 5150 as Joey
2007
- Vacancy as Mechanic
- Making That Thing You Do as Self
2006
- Brotherhood as Declan 'Decko' Griggs
- Kidney Thieves as Guy
- Escape as Hollywood Agent #1
2005
- Grey's Anatomy as Dr. David Moore
- Numb3rs as Blake Gosnell
- Masters of Horror as Bruce
- Standing Still as Donovan
- Pizza as Matt Firenze
- Incident On and Off a Mountain Road as Bruce
2004
- House as Mickey
- Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle as Billy Carver
- Life on Liberty Street as Rick Spencer
- Celeste in the City as Kyle Halley
2003
- Spider-Man: The New Animated Series as Max Dillon / Electro (voice)
- L.A. Dragnet as Frank Smith
- Timeline as Josh Stern
- Dragnet: Sticks and Stones as Det. Frank Smith
- ManFast as Johnny Shore
2002
- CSI: Miami as Randy North
- The Twilight Zone as Zack Walker
- Sweet Home Alabama as Bobby Ray
- They as Sam Burnside
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Art Geddens
- The Zeta Project as Bodhi (voice)
- Rennie's Landing as Trevor
- Male Order as Actor #2
- Relative Evil as Bobby
- Who Is A.B.?
- Silicon Follies
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Jefferson Nalley
- FreakyLinks as Derek Barnes / Adam Barnes
- The Independent as Bert
1999
- Batman Beyond as Lee (voice)
- Get Real as Wade Kostick
- Work with Me as Sebastian
1998
- The Wild Thornberrys as Ned Fervel (voice)
- Hercules as Melampus (voice)
- Can't Hardly Wait as Preston Meyers
- The Prophecy II as Young Coroner
- Disturbing Behavior as Allen Clark
- How to Make the Cruelest Month as Dillger
- Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 as Squirrel
- Montana as Jimmy
1997
- Vegas Vacation as Rusty Griswold
1996
- That Thing You Do! as T.B. Player
- White Squall as Tracy Lapchick
1995
- Empire Records as Mark
- Evolver as Kyle Baxter
1994
- Season of Change as Bobby Bascomb (as Ethan Randall)
1993
- Harts of the West
- A Far Off Place as Harry Winslow
1991
- Defending Your Life as Steve
- Dutch as Doyle Standish
- All I Want For Christmas as Ethan O'Fallon
- Bad Attitudes as Cosmo
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Jimmy Taylor