Ethan Embry
Acting
- Born:
- 1978-06-13
- Place of birth:
- Huntington Beach, California, USA
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).
Known For
Filmography
By Any Means
Cape Fear
Scissors
Scream 7
The Gymnast
Safe House
Christy
Alma & the Wolf
The House from...
Gotham Knights
Last Seen Alive
This Is GWAR
DC's Stargirl
Creepshow
The Twilight Zone
First Man
Blindspotting
Convergence
The Devil's Candy
Fashionista
Those Eyes
Sneaky Pete
Echoes of War
Grace and Frankie
Bereave
Dinner at Tiffani's
Late Phases
The Guest
Vital Heat: The Making of 'Cheap Thrills'
In Security
6:14
The House Across the Street
Cheap Thrills
Imaginary Friend
Ordinary Man
Dorothy and the Witches of Oz
The Frontier
Once Upon a Time
The Reunion
Talking Dead
The Witches of Oz
Fairly Legal
Thunderballs
The Walking Dead
The Kane Files: Life of Trial
Hawaii Five-0
Chance
Eagle Eye
Heart of a Dragon
Fear Itself
Player 5150
Making That Thing You Do
Vacancy
Kidney Thieves
Brotherhood
Escape
Incident On and Off a Mountain Road
Masters of Horror
Pizza
Grey's Anatomy
Numb3rs
Standing Still
House
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Celeste in the City
Life on Liberty Street
Timeline
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
Dragnet: Sticks and Stones
L.A. Dragnet
ManFast
They
Sweet Home Alabama
CSI: Miami
The Twilight Zone
Male Order
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Relative Evil
Rennie's Landing
The Zeta Project
Who Is A.B.?
Silicon Follies
The Independent
FreakyLinks
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Work with Me
Get Real
Batman Beyond
The Wild Thornberrys
Hercules
Disturbing Behavior
Can't Hardly Wait
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
The Prophecy II
Montana
How to Make the Cruelest Month
Vegas Vacation
That Thing You Do!
White Squall
Empire Records
Evolver
Season of Change
Harts of the West
A Far Off Place
All I Want For Christmas
Bad Attitudes
Dutch
Defending Your Life
Murder, She Wrote
Dweller