Ethan Embry
72 movies · 33 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 13, 1978 (age 48)
- Place of birth
- Huntington Beach, California, USA
- Also known as
- Ethan Randall · Ethan Philian Randall
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).
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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
Ethan Embry: movies and TV shows
Acting (104)
- Upcoming Dweller
as Sammy
- 2026 By Any Means
as Sam Bowers
- 2026
- 2026 Scissors
as The Man
- 2026 Scream 7
as Marco
- 2026 The Gymnast
as Rich
- 2025 Safe House
as Sorello
- 2025 Christy
as John Salters
- 2025 Alma & the Wolf
as Ren Accord
- 2023
- 2022 Last Seen Alive
as Knuckles
- 2020
- 2019
- 2019
- 2018 First Man
as Pete Conrad
- 2018 Blindspotting
as Officer Molina
- 2017 Convergence
as Daniel
- 2016 The Devil's Candy
as Jesse
- 2016 Fashionista
as Eric
- 2016 Those Eyes
as Son
- 2015
- 2015 Echoes of War
as Seamus Riley
- 2015
- 2015 Bereave
as Tommy
- 2014 Late Phases
as Will
- 2014 The Guest
as Higgins
- 2014 In Security
as Kevin
- 2013 6:14
as Man
- 2013 The House Across the Street
as Tom
- 2013 Cheap Thrills
as Vince
- 2012 Imaginary Friend
as Brad
- 2012 Ordinary Man
as Jason Watts
- 2012 Dorothy and the Witches of Oz
as Frick
- 2012 The Frontier
as D.J. Jackson
- 2011
- 2011 The Reunion
as Leo Cleary
- 2011
- 2011
- 2011
- 2010
- 2010 The Kane Files: Life of Trial
as Jace Olsen
- 2010
- 2009 Chance
as Chance Miller
- 2008 Eagle Eye
as Toby Grant
- 2008 Heart of a Dragon
as Lee
- 2008
- 2008 Player 5150
as Joey
- 2007 Vacancy
as Mechanic
- 2006 Kidney Thieves
as Guy
- 2006
- 2006 Escape
as Hollywood Agent #1
- 2005 Incident On and Off a Mountain Road
as Bruce
- 2005
- 2005 Pizza
as Matt Firenze
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005 Standing Still
as Donovan
- 2004
- 2004 Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
as Billy Carver
- 2004 Celeste in the City
as Kyle Halley
- 2004 Life on Liberty Street
as Rick Spencer
- 2003 Timeline
as Josh Stern
- 2003 Spider-Man: The New Animated Series · TV
as Max Dillon / Electro (voice) / Max Dillon (voice) · 3 episodes
- 2003 Dragnet: Sticks and Stones
as Det. Frank Smith
- 2003
- 2003 ManFast
as Johnny Shore
- 2002 They
as Sam Burnside
- 2002 Sweet Home Alabama
as Bobby Ray
- 2002
- 2002
- 2001 Male Order
as Actor #2
- 2001
- 2001 Relative Evil
as Bobby
- 2001 Rennie's Landing
as Trevor
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001
- 2000 The Independent
as Bert
- 2000
- 2000
- 1999
- 1999
- 1999
- 1998
- 1998
- 1998 Disturbing Behavior
as Allen Clark
- 1998 Can't Hardly Wait
as Preston Meyers
- 1998 Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
as Squirrel
- 1998 The Prophecy II
as Young Coroner
- 1998 Montana
as Jimmy
- 1998 How to Make the Cruelest Month
as Dillger
- 1997 Vegas Vacation
as Rusty Griswold
- 1996 That Thing You Do!
as T.B. Player
- 1996 White Squall
as Tracy Lapchick
- 1995 Empire Records
as Mark
- 1995 Evolver
as Kyle Baxter
- 1994 Season of Change
as Bobby Bascomb (as Ethan Randall)
- 1993
- 1993 A Far Off Place
as Harry Winslow
- 1991 All I Want For Christmas
as Ethan O'Fallon
- 1991 Bad Attitudes
as Cosmo
- 1991 Dutch
as Doyle Standish
- 1991 Defending Your Life
as Steve
- 1984
Behind the camera (2)
- 2022 Patricia Sterling
Executive Producer
- 1996 White Squall
Stunts
Talk shows and appearances (6)
- 2024
- 2021
- 2015 Dinner at Tiffani's
2 episodes
- 2014
- 2011 Talking Dead
1 episode
- 2007