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 in which 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 played 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.
In 2010, Greg was cast as Judd on Love Bites.
2011: Big Mike (TV movie) - Mike O'Bannon
2010-2011: Love Bites (TV series) - Judd/Judd Rouscher
2011: Super 8 - Sitcom Actor
2011: L.A. Noire (Video Game) - Hugo Moller (voice)
2010: Halo: Reach (Video Game) - Trooper 2 (voice)
2010: Group Sex (video) - Jerry
2010: Bond of Silence (TV movie) - Detective Paul Jackson
2010: Idiots (video short) - The Regular
2006-2010: Kill Speed - Jonas Moore
2006-2010: Heroes (TV series) - Matt Parkman
2004-2010: Lost (TV series) - Seth Norris
2010: Magic - Detective Davis
2010: Luke and Joe Get Lost - Pilot Seth Norris (voice)
2009: Robot Chicken (TV series) - Odin
2009: The Super Hero Squad Show (TV series) - Ant-Man
2009: American Dad! (TV series) (voice)
2009: Star Trek - Stepdad (voice)
2008: Heroes: Hard Knox (TV mini-series) - Matt Parkman
2008: Band from TV: Hoggin' All the Covers (video)
2007: TimeShift (Video Game) - Colonel Michael Swift (voice)
2006: Monk (TV series) - Jack Leverett
2006: The Jake Effect (TV series) - Nick Case
2006: Mission: Impossible III - Kevin
2001-2006: Alias (TV series) - Eric Weiss
2006: What About Brian (TV series) - Samaritan Driver
2006: House M.D. (TV series) - Ronald Neuberger
2006: The Darkroom - Bob
2006: Grand Union (TV movie) - Tom McBride
2005: Condemned: Criminal Origins (Video Game) - Ethan Thomas (voice)
2005: The Catch (TV movie) - Tom 'Koz' Kozikowski
2004: Stephen King's Dead Zone (TV series) - Frankie Cantrell
2004: Connie and Carla - Studio Tour Guide
2004: The Ladykillers - TV Commercial Director
2003: Malibu's Most Wanted - Brett
2002: Austin Powers in Goldmember - Shirtless Fan 'T'
1998-2002: Felicity (TV series) - Sean Blumberg
2001: The Medicine Show - Barry
2001: NYPD Blue (TV series) - Joey Schulman
2000: Hollow Man - Carter Abbey
1999: The Muse - Four Seasons Hotel Security
1999: V.I.P. (TV series) - Loeb
1999: Profiler (TV series) - Vic
1998-1999: Silk Stalkings (TV series) - Stanley/Wolfgang
Hook
1999: Rescue 77 (TV series) - Paramedic #2
1999: Pacific Blue (TV series) - Scott Rhinehart
1998: Diagnosis Murder (TV series) - Brad Carver
1998: Oh Baby (TV series) - Dennis
1998: Vengeance Unlimited (TV series) - T.V. Show Host
1998: Mr. Murder (TV movie) - Dr. Gutheridge
1998: At Sachem Farm - Delivery Man
1998: With Friends Like These... - Rudy's Assistant - Sean Nusbalm
1998: BASEketball - Wilke - New Jersey Informant
1998: Mike Hammer, Private Eye (TV series) - Agent in Neighboring Office
1998: Alright Already (TV series) - Man
1998: Senseless - Steve
1997: Picture Perfect - Date #1
1997: Dinner and Driving - Michael
1997: Veronica's Video (TV movie) - Jeremy Perrimen
1996: Relativity (TV series) - Al Greentree
1996: The Trigger Effect - Double Date Guy
1996: Murphy Brown (TV series) - Jimmy
1996: The Pallbearer - An Abernathy Cousin
1996: Ned and Stacey (TV series) - Nick
1994: Baywatch (TV series) - Nightclub Host
1994: Future Shock - Limo Driver
1994: Headless! (short) - Mike
1993: Witchcraft V: Dance with the Devil (video) - Manager
1992: Flying Blind (TV series) - Barry Barash
1992: Melrose Place (TV series) - Gatman
1991: Frankenstein: The College Years (TV movie) - Kozlowski
1990: Stolen: One Husband (TV movie) - Best Man
- 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?