
ACTING
Ethan Embry
- Born
- Jun 13, 1978 in 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).
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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).
MOST-RATED TMDB CREDITS
Known for

The Walking Dead
TV · 2010
Carter

Grey's Anatomy
TV · 2005
Dr. David Moore

House
TV · 2004
Mickey

First Man
Movie · 2018
Pete Conrad

Eagle Eye
Movie · 2008
Toby Grant

Once Upon a Time
TV · 2011
Greg Mendell

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Movie · 2004
Billy Carver

The Guest
Movie · 2014
Higgins

Hawaii Five-0
TV · 2010
Shawn Hutten

Sweet Home Alabama
Movie · 2002
Bobby Ray

CSI: Miami
TV · 2002
Randy North

Vacancy
Movie · 2007
Mechanic
FILMOGRAPHY
112 movie & TV credits
- 2026By Any MeansMovie · Sam Bowers
- 2026Cape FearTV · Ollie
- 2026ScissorsMovie · The Man
- 2026Scream 7Movie · Marco
- 2026The GymnastMovie · Rich
- 2025Safe HouseMovie · Sorello
- 2025ChristyMovie · John Salters
- 2025Alma & the WolfMovie · Ren Accord
- 2024The House from...Movie · Self
- 2023Gotham KnightsTV · Arthur Brown
- 2022Last Seen AliveMovie · Knuckles
- 2022Patricia SterlingMovie · Executive Producer
- 2021This Is GWARMovie · Self
- 2020DC's StargirlTV · Johnny Thunder
- 2019CreepshowTV · Hank
- 2019The Twilight ZoneTV · Harry
- 2019Queens of Scream - Triple FeatureMovie · Mechanic
- 2018
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