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).

Filmography

• 2026By Any Means — Sam Bowers
• Cape Fear — Ollie
• 2026Scissors — The Man
• 2026Scream 7 — Marco
• 2026The Gymnast — Rich
• 2025Alma & the Wolf — Ren Accord
• 2025Christy — John Salters
• 2025Safe House — Sorello
• Gotham Knights — Arthur Brown
• 2022Last Seen Alive — Knuckles
• 2022Patricia Sterling — Executive Producer
• DC's Stargirl — Johnny Thunder
• Creepshow — Hank
• The Twilight Zone — Harry
• 2018Blindspotting — Officer Molina
• 2018First Man — Pete Conrad
• 2017Convergence — Daniel
• 2016Fashionista — Eric
• 2016The Devil's Candy — Jesse
• 2016Those Eyes — Son
• 2015Bereave — Tommy
• 2015Echoes of War — Seamus Riley
• Grace and Frankie — Coyote Bergstein
• Sneaky Pete — Real Pete, Pete Murphy
• 2014In Security — Kevin
• 2014Late Phases — Will
• 2014The Guest — Higgins
• 20136:14 — Man
• 2013Cheap Thrills — Vince
• 2013The House Across the Street — Tom
• 2012Dorothy and the Witches of Oz — Frick
• 2012Imaginary Friend — Brad
• 2012Ordinary Man — Jason Watts
• 2012The Frontier — D.J. Jackson
• Fairly Legal — Spencer Reed
• Once Upon a Time — Greg Mendell
• Talking Dead
• 2011The Reunion — Leo Cleary
• The Witches of Oz — Frick
• 2011Thunderballs
• Hawaii Five-0 — Shawn Hutten
• 2010The Kane Files: Life of Trial — Jace Olsen
• The Walking Dead — Carter
• 2009Chance — Chance Miller
• 2008Eagle Eye — Toby Grant
• Fear Itself — Chance Miller
• 2008Heart of a Dragon — Lee
• 2008Player 5150 — Joey
• 2007Vacancy — Mechanic
• Brotherhood — Declan 'Decko' Griggs
• 2006Escape — Hollywood Agent #1
• 2006Kidney Thieves — Guy
• Grey's Anatomy — Dr. David Moore
• 2005Incident On and Off a Mountain Road — Bruce
• Masters of Horror — Bruce
• Numb3rs — Blake Gosnell
• 2005Pizza — Matt Firenze
• 2005Standing Still — Donovan
• 2004Celeste in the City — Kyle Halley
• 2004Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle — Billy Carver
• House — Mickey
• 2004Life on Liberty Street — Rick Spencer
• 2003Dragnet: Sticks and Stones — Det. Frank Smith
• L.A. Dragnet — Frank Smith
• 2003ManFast — Johnny Shore
• Spider-Man: The New Animated Series — Max Dillon (voice), Max Dillon / Electro (voice)
• 2003Timeline — Josh Stern
• CSI: Miami — Randy North
• 2002Sweet Home Alabama — Bobby Ray
• The Twilight Zone — Zack Walker
• 2002They — Sam Burnside
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Art Geddens
• 2001Male Order — Actor #2
• 2001Relative Evil — Bobby
• 2001Rennie's Landing — Trevor
• 2001Silicon Follies
• The Zeta Project — Bodhi (voice)
• 2001Who Is A.B.?
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Jefferson Nalley
• FreakyLinks — Derek Barnes / Adam Barnes
• 2000The Independent — Bert
• Batman Beyond — Lee (voice), Terrapin (voice)
• Get Real — Wade Kostick
• Work with Me — Sebastian
• 1998Can't Hardly Wait — Preston Meyers
• 1998Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 — Squirrel
• 1998Disturbing Behavior — Allen Clark
• Hercules — Melampus (voice)
• 1998How to Make the Cruelest Month — Dillger
• 1998Montana — Jimmy
• 1998The Prophecy II — Young Coroner
• The Wild Thornberrys — Ned Fervel (voice)
• 1997Vegas Vacation — Rusty Griswold
• 1996That Thing You Do! — T.B. Player
• 1996White Squall — Tracy Lapchick, Stunts
• 1995Empire Records — Mark
• 1995Evolver — Kyle Baxter
• 1994Season of Change — Bobby Bascomb (as Ethan Randall)
• 1993A Far Off Place — Harry Winslow
• Harts of the West
• 1991All I Want For Christmas — Ethan O'Fallon
• 1991Bad Attitudes — Cosmo
• 1991Defending Your Life — Steve
• 1991Dutch — Doyle Standish
• Murder, She Wrote — Jimmy Taylor, Mike Seresino
• Dweller — Sammy

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2024The House from... — Self
• 2021This Is GWAR — Self
• Dinner at Tiffani's — Self
• 2014Vital Heat: The Making of 'Cheap Thrills' — Self
• 2007Making That Thing You Do — Self