Greg Grunberg

Greg Grunberg
Birth name	Gregory Phillip Grunberg
Born	July 11 1966 (1966-07-11) (age 41) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Grunberg (3 children)

Gregory Phillip 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 left Alias 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 cameo role as the pilot in his 2004 series Lost. Grunberg returned for the first-season finale, but his scenes were cut for time, and were included on the season 1 DVD set. To those who had followed the Grunberg-Abrams friendship, it was not surprising to see him appear in a small role in Mission: Impossible III , which Abrams directed. Grunberg has a major role in the NBC TV show Heroes. He plays a police officer named Matt Parkman who can read other people's thoughts. Grunberg has also guest starred on the hit TV Show House. He has expressed interest in appearing in Star Trek XI, which Abrams will be directing; however, it is unknown what role he intends to play. Grunberg also has a role in the secretive J. J. Abrams movie known as Cloverfield. Grunberg voices Ethan Thomas in the video game Condemned: Criminal Origins, the character in question being an FBI agent.

Personal life

Grunberg was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Sandy (née Klein) and Gerry Grunberg,^[1] and had a Jewish upbringing.^[2] 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

• Greg Grunberg at the Internet Movie Database
• The Onion A.V. Club interview