Greg Grunberg

infobox actor

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caption= Greg Grunberg at Comic-con 2008
birthdate=birth date and age|1966|7|11
birthplace=Los Angeles, California, U.S.
birthname=Gregory Phillip Grunberg
spouse=Elizabeth Grunberg (3 children)

Gregory Phillip "Greg" Grunberg (born July 11, 1966) is an American television actor. He is currently starring as Matt Parkman on the NBC television series "Heroes", ongoing since 2006. Other notable roles included the characters Sean Blumberg on "Felicity" (1998–2002) and Eric Weiss on "Alias" (2001–2006), both produced by childhood friend J. J. Abrams.

Biography

Career

Grunberg has had guest roles in television starting 1990. From 1998-2002 he appeared as Sean Blumberg on "Felicity". He appeared from 2001-2006 as Eric Weiss on "Alias". He left that series as a regular to star on the NBC sitcom, "Grand Union". Since 2003, Abrams had planned a series called "The Catch" about a bounty hunter, starring Grunberg in the lead role. Suggested for both the 2004–2005 and 2005–2006 seasons, the series was never produced; however, a pilot episode was shot. Abrams also cast Grunberg in a brief role as the pilot for the 2004 series "Lost". Grunberg returned for the first-season finale, but his scenes were cut for time, and were instead included on the season 1 DVD set. He also appeared in a small role in "", which Abrams directed.

Grunberg has a major role in the NBC TV show "Heroes". He plays police officer Matt Parkman, who can hear other people's thoughts. Grunberg has also guest starred on "House". He was offered a part in "Star Trek", which Abrams will be directing, but was unable to take it because of a conflict with another project he is working on. [cite web | url=http://trekmovie.com/2008/01/25/abrams-trek-team-chat-starts-here-1-pm-pacific/ | title=Abrams + Trek Team Chat Starts HERE 1 PM (Pacific) | date=2008-01-25 | accessdate=2008-01-25 | format=html | publisher=trekmovie.com] Grunberg voices FBI agent Ethan Thomas in the video game "".

Personal life

Grunberg was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Sandy (née Klein) and Gerry Grunberg, [ [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800346433/bio Greg Grunberg Biography - Yahoo! Movies ] ] and had a Jewish upbringing. [http://www.jvibe.com/popculture/jewish_chameleon.shtml] He is married to Elizabeth Dawn Wershow and has three children.

Grunberg's son, Jake, has epilepsy, which has inspired Grunberg to take an active role in raising awareness of the neurological disorder and raising funds for research. He often organizes charity efforts to raise funds for the Pediatric Epilepsy Project in Los Angeles. In the past, this has included events such as an auction of guitars handpainted by celebrities such as Donald Trump, Pink and Grunberg's "Alias" costars Jennifer Garner and Michael Vartan, concerts by the Band From TV that includes Grunberg and Hugh Laurie and an online auction of cartoons drawn of "Heroes" costars such as Santiago Cabrera, Tawny Cypress, Noah Gray-Cabey, Ali Larter, Masi Oka, Adrian Pasdar, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Leonard Roberts, Milo Ventimiglia, and Hayden Panettiere. In March 2007, Greg served as the chair of the first National Walk for Epilepsy, presented by the Epilepsy Foundation.

While appearing on G4's Holiday Hit List in 2003, Grunberg stated he is the only man in Hollywood with four g's in his name.

Filmography and television credits

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0342399|name=Greg Grunberg
* [http://www.avclub.com/content/node/59134 The Onion A.V. Club interview]