American actor Greg Grunberg was born on July 11, 1966 in Los Angeles, California. He started his acting career as early as 1990, appearing in multiple guest roles on television. His screen debut saw him play a minor role in the television movie Stolen: One Husband. He had several guest appearances afterwards; these include roles in Melrose Place, Flying Blind, Baywatch, Ned and Stacey, Murphy Brown, Alright Already, Relativity and Mike Hammer, Private Eye. He made his film debut in 1993, playing a bit role in the sci-fi horror flick Future Shock. His other films during the time include Headless!, The Pallbearer, Dinner and Driving, Picture Perfect and BASEketball.
His first major television role came in 1998, when he played the role of business-minded Sean Blumber in the television series Felicity. This marked the first of his numerous collaborations with producer J.J. Abrams, who he is a close friend of; they knew each other since kindergarten. Grunberg starred in another Abrams project in 2002: he played CIA field agent Eric Weiss in the spy drama Alias. Abrams also cast him for a proposed series, The Catch, where he plays the lead role of a bounty hunter. The series was never picked up by networks, although a pilot was shot. His most recent collaboration with Abrams was in Lost, where he was given a small role as the pilot of the ill-fated Oceanic Flight 815.
Grunberg continued playing guest roles on television during the time, including stints in Diagnosis Murder, Pacific Blue, VIP, NYPD Blue, House and What About Brian. He also starred in films such as Hollow Man, The Ladykillers, Mission: Impossible III and Connie and Carla. In 2006, he earned another major television role, in the series Heroes. He plays Matt Parkman, a police officer who can read minds and, later, manipulate them. In 2008, he signed on to portray characters in Magic, Fast Glass and Group Sex, as well as reprise his role in the third season of Heroes.
-My wife and I love Lost. And were very much looking forward to Heroes.
(On what special power he would pick.)
-It's actually kind of sad the things people think about you in their own minds. I would love to have speed, the ability to travel long distances in a flash.
-I would definitely not want everyone thinking of me in the “real world.” I have learned that all of these powers fall under the 'Be careful what you wish for...' category. Too much information is not a good thing sometimes. I would want the ability to eat anything and everything I can get my hands on and not worry about gaining a pound. I want to walk around with a big C on my chest that stands for CARBS! I want the power of super-metabolism! Nothing against Weight Watchers; heck it’s working for me…but come on, how great would that be?