---
name: "Ethan Embry"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ethan-embry"
fi1m_id: "ethan-embry"
imdb_id: "nm0256121"
tmdb_id: 58019
wikidata_id: "Q383064"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 June 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-07T04:16:17.533985+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ethan Embry

## Identity

Ethan Embry

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ethan-embry
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ethan-embry
- **IMDb ID:** nm0256121
- **TMDB ID:** 58019
- **Wikidata ID:** Q383064
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Embry, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q383064, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256121/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58019

Actor. Born 13 June 1978 in Huntington Beach, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 June 1978, Huntington Beach, California, USA
- **Active:** 2004–present
- **Also known as:** Ethan Randall, Ethan Philian Randall
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as actor, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 71 (1), 2010s 78 (2), 2020s 55 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 64 to 62 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 3, History 3, Mystery 2, Action 1, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $358m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Embry, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q383064, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256121/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58019

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*The Guest*](https://film.one/film/the-guest.md) (77)
- **HBO Max:** [*Christy*](https://film.one/film/christy.md) (58)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ethan Embry is an American actor. Born Ethan Philan Randall, he began his career as a child actor with roles in the films *Dutch* (1991), *All I Want for Christmas* (1991) and *A Far Off Place* (1993). He gained recognition for supporting work in *Empire Records* (1995) and lead roles in *Evolver* (1995) and *That Thing You Do!* (1996).

Embry starred in the teen comedy *Can't Hardly Wait* (1998) and appeared in *Vegas Vacation* (1997), *Sweet Home Alabama* (2002) and *Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle* (2004). Later film roles include *First Man* (2018) as Pete Conrad and *Blindspotting* (2018). On television he played Coyote Bergstein in the Netflix series *Grace and Frankie* (2015–2022) and has appeared in *The Walking Dead* and *Once Upon a Time*.

His recent credits include *Christy* (2025), *Scream 7* (2026) and the role of Sam Bowers in *By Any Means* (2026).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *By Any Means* (2026), Fi1m 52, as Sam Bowers — [page](https://film.one/film/by-any-means.md)
- *Cape Fear* (2026), Fi1m 63, as Ollie — [page](https://film.one/tv/cape-fear.md)
- *Scream 7* (2026), Fi1m 48, as Marco — [page](https://film.one/film/scream-7.md)
- *Christy* (2025), Fi1m 58, as John Salters — [page](https://film.one/film/christy.md)
- *First Man* (2018), Fi1m 80, as Pete Conrad — [page](https://film.one/film/first-man.md)
- *The Guest* (2014), Fi1m 77, as Higgins — [page](https://film.one/film/the-guest.md)
- *Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle* (2004), Fi1m 71, as Billy Carver — [page](https://film.one/film/harold-and-kumar-go-to-white-castle.md)

## Complete filmography (105)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *By Any Means* (2026), as Sam Bowers — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/by-any-means.md)
- *Cape Fear* (2026), series, as Ollie — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/cape-fear.md)
- *Scissors* (2026), as The Man
- *Scream 7* (2026), as Marco — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/scream-7.md)
- *The Gymnast* (2026), as Rich
- *Safe House* (2025), as Sorello
- *Christy* (2025), as John Salters — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/christy.md)
- *Alma & the Wolf* (2025), as Ren Accord
- *Gotham Knights* (2023), series, as Arthur Brown
- *Last Seen Alive* (2022), as Knuckles
- *Patricia Sterling* (2022), Executive Producer
- *DC's Stargirl* (2020), series, as Johnny Thunder
- *Creepshow* (2019), series, as Hank
- *The Twilight Zone* (2019), series, as Harry
- *First Man* (2018), as Pete Conrad — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/first-man.md)
- *Blindspotting* (2018), as Officer Molina
- *Convergence* (2017), as Daniel
- *The Devil's Candy* (2016), as Jesse
- *Fashionista* (2016), as Eric
- *Those Eyes* (2016), as Son
- *Sneaky Pete* (2015), series, as Real Pete, Pete Murphy
- *Echoes of War* (2015), as Seamus Riley
- *Grace and Frankie* (2015), series, as Coyote Bergstein
- *Bereave* (2015), as Tommy
- *Late Phases* (2014), as Will
- *The Guest* (2014), as Higgins — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-guest.md)
- *In Security* (2014), as Kevin
- *6:14* (2013), as Man
- *The House Across the Street* (2013), as Tom
- *Cheap Thrills* (2013), as Vince
- *Imaginary Friend* (2012), as Brad
- *Ordinary Man* (2012), as Jason Watts
- *Dorothy and the Witches of Oz* (2012), as Frick
- *The Frontier* (2012), as D.J. Jackson
- *Once Upon a Time* (2011), series, as Greg Mendell — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/once-upon-a-time.md)
- *The Reunion* (2011), as Leo Cleary
- *The Witches of Oz* (2011), series, as Frick
- *Fairly Legal* (2011), series, as Spencer Reed
- *Thunderballs* (2011), Actor
- *The Walking Dead* (2010), series, as Carter — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-walking-dead.md)
- *The Kane Files: Life of Trial* (2010), as Jace Olsen
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), series, as Shawn Hutten — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md)
- *Chance* (2009), as Chance Miller
- *Eagle Eye* (2008), as Toby Grant
- *Heart of a Dragon* (2008), as Lee
- *Fear Itself* (2008), series, as Chance Miller
- *Player 5150* (2008), as Joey
- *Vacancy* (2007), as Mechanic
- *Kidney Thieves* (2006), as Guy
- *Brotherhood* (2006), series, as Declan 'Decko' Griggs
- *Escape* (2006), as Hollywood Agent #1
- *Masters of Horror* (2005), series, as Bruce
- *Incident On and Off a Mountain Road* (2005), as Bruce
- *Pizza* (2005), as Matt Firenze
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, as Dr. David Moore — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)
- *Numb3rs* (2005), series, as Blake Gosnell
- *Standing Still* (2005), as Donovan
- *House* (2004), series, as Mickey — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md)
- *Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle* (2004), as Billy Carver — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/harold-and-kumar-go-to-white-castle.md)
- *Celeste in the City* (2004), as Kyle Halley
- *Life on Liberty Street* (2004), as Rick Spencer
- *Timeline* (2003), as Josh Stern
- *Spider-Man: The New Animated Series* (2003), series, as Max Dillon (voice), Max Dillon / Electro (voice)
- *Dragnet: Sticks and Stones* (2003), as Det. Frank Smith
- *L.A. Dragnet* (2003), series, as Frank Smith
- *ManFast* (2003), as Johnny Shore
- *They* (2002), as Sam Burnside
- *Sweet Home Alabama* (2002), as Bobby Ray
- *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, as Randy North
- *The Twilight Zone* (2002), series, as Zack Walker
- *Male Order* (2001), as Actor #2
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Art Geddens
- *Relative Evil* (2001), as Bobby
- *Rennie's Landing* (2001), as Trevor
- *The Zeta Project* (2001), series, as Bodhi (voice)
- *Silicon Follies* (2001), Actor
- *Who Is A.B.?* (2001), Actor
- *The Independent* (2000), as Bert
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Jefferson Nalley
- *FreakyLinks* (2000), series, as Derek Barnes / Adam Barnes
- *Work with Me* (1999), series, as Sebastian
- *Get Real* (1999), series, as Wade Kostick
- *Batman Beyond* (1999), series, as Lee (voice), Terrapin (voice)
- *The Wild Thornberrys* (1998), series, as Ned Fervel (voice)
- *Hercules* (1998), series, as Melampus (voice)
- *Disturbing Behavior* (1998), as Allen Clark
- *Can't Hardly Wait* (1998), as Preston Meyers
- *Dancer, Texas Pop. 81* (1998), as Squirrel
- *The Prophecy II* (1998), as Young Coroner
- *Montana* (1998), as Jimmy
- *How to Make the Cruelest Month* (1998), as Dillger
- *Vegas Vacation* (1997), as Rusty Griswold
- *That Thing You Do!* (1996), as T.B. Player
- *White Squall* (1996), as Tracy Lapchick · Stunts
- *Empire Records* (1995), as Mark
- *Evolver* (1995), as Kyle Baxter
- *Season of Change* (1994), as Bobby Bascomb (as Ethan Randall)
- *Harts of the West* (1993), series, Actor
- *A Far Off Place* (1993), as Harry Winslow
- *All I Want For Christmas* (1991), as Ethan O'Fallon
- *Bad Attitudes* (1991), as Cosmo
- *Dutch* (1991), as Doyle Standish
- *Defending Your Life* (1991), as Steve
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Jimmy Taylor, Mike Seresino
- *Dweller*, as Sammy

## Gallery

- ![American actor Ethan Embry, left, with his wife Sunny Mabrey, arrives on the red carpet for the premiere of the film "First Man" at the Smithsonian National Air](https://film.one/media/person/92747/gallery-8061bb324829.jpg) American actor Ethan Embry, left, with his wife Sunny Mabrey, arrives on the red carpet for the premiere of the film "First Man" at the Smithsonian National Air — Aubrey Gemignani, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/%22First_Man%22_Premiere_at_NASM_%28NHQ201810040104%29.jpg/1280px-%22First_Man%22_Premiere_at_NASM_%28NHQ201810040104%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The cast of the film "First Man" pose for a photo after arriving on the red carpet for the premiere at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Thursday, O](https://film.one/media/person/92747/gallery-a9e542da5f9b.jpg) The cast of the film "First Man" pose for a photo after arriving on the red carpet for the premiere at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Thursday, O — Aubrey Gemignani, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/%22First_Man%22_Premiere_at_NASM_%28NHQ201810040125%29.jpg/1280px-%22First_Man%22_Premiere_at_NASM_%28NHQ201810040125%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ethan Embry and fan (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/92747/gallery-495ec4b602a7.jpg) Ethan Embry and fan (2015) — Katmtan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Ethan_Embry.jpg/1280px-Ethan_Embry.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ethan Embry (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/92747/gallery-a327020d38c8.jpg) Ethan Embry (2015) — Katmtan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Ethan_Embry_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ethan Embry](https://film.one/media/person/92747/gallery-5e91d4402eec.jpg) Ethan Embry — Image via TMDB
- ![Ethan Embry](https://film.one/media/person/92747/gallery-0d6b63869822.jpg) Ethan Embry — Image via TMDB
- ![Ethan Embry](https://film.one/media/person/92747/gallery-07df61266003.jpg) Ethan Embry — Aubrey Gemignani, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Ethan_Embry_in_2018.jpg/1280px-Ethan_Embry_in_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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