Ethan Embry
Acting

Ethan Embry

Born 13 June 1978 · Huntington Beach, California, USA
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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

The Walking Dead
Grey's Anatomy
House
First Man
Eagle Eye
Once Upon a Time
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
The Guest
Hawaii Five-0
Sweet Home Alabama
CSI: Miami
Vacancy
The Gymnast
Scream 7
Scissors
By Any Means
Alma & the Wolf
Christy
Safe House
Last Seen Alive
Queens of Scream - Triple Feature
Blindspotting
First Man
Convergence
The Devil's Candy
Fashionista
Those Eyes
Bereave
Echoes of War
Late Phases
In Security
The Guest
The House Across the Street
Cheap Thrills
6:14
Imaginary Friend
Dorothy and the Witches of Oz
The Reunion
The Kane Files: Life of Trial
Chance
Eagle Eye
Player 5150
Heart of a Dragon
Vacancy
Kidney Thieves
Escape
Pizza
Incident On and Off a Mountain Road
Standing Still
Celeste in the City
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Life on Liberty Street
Timeline
ManFast
They
Sweet Home Alabama
Rennie's Landing
Relative Evil
Who Is A.B.?
The Independent
Montana
Disturbing Behavior
Can't Hardly Wait
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
How to Make the Cruelest Month
The Prophecy II
Vegas Vacation
That Thing You Do!
White Squall
Empire Records
Evolver
Season of Change
A Far Off Place
Dutch
All I Want For Christmas
Defending Your Life
Bad Attitudes
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