Acting
Ethan Embry
EN cinema · 77 credits
Born
13 June 1978 (age 48)
Birthplace
Huntington Beach, California, USA
Also known as Ethan Randall · Ethan Philian Randall
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).
Known for
Filmography
Dweller
as Sammy
Scream 7
as Marco
Scissors
as The Man
By Any Means
as Sam Bowers
Alma & the Wolf
as Ren Accord
Christy
as John Salters
Safe House
as Sorello
Last Seen Alive
as Knuckles
Patricia Sterling
Executive Producer
This Is GWAR
as Self
Blindspotting
as Officer Molina
First Man
as Pete Conrad
Convergence
as Daniel
The Devil's Candy
as Jesse
Fashionista
as Eric
Bereave
as Tommy
Echoes of War
as Seamus Riley
Late Phases
as Will
In Security
as Kevin
The Guest
as Higgins
Cheap Thrills
as Vince
6:14
as Man
Imaginary Friend
as Brad
The Frontier
2012
The Frontier
as D.J. Jackson
Ordinary Man
2012
Ordinary Man
as Jason Watts
The Reunion
as Leo Cleary
The Kane Files: Life of Trial
as Jace Olsen
Chance
as Chance Miller
Eagle Eye
as Toby Grant
Player 5150
as Joey
Vacancy
as Mechanic
Escape
as Hollywood Agent #1
Pizza
as Matt Firenze
Standing Still
as Donovan
Celeste in the City
as Kyle Halley
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
as Billy Carver
Life on Liberty Street
as Rick Spencer
Timeline
as Josh Stern
ManFast
as Johnny Shore
Dragnet: Sticks and Stones
2003
Dragnet: Sticks and Stones
as Det. Frank Smith
They
as Sam Burnside
Sweet Home Alabama
as Bobby Ray
Rennie's Landing
as Trevor
Relative Evil
as Bobby
Male Order
2001
Male Order
as Actor #2
The Independent
as Bert
Montana
as Jimmy
Disturbing Behavior
as Allen Clark
Can't Hardly Wait
as Preston Meyers
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
as Squirrel
The Prophecy II
as Young Coroner
Vegas Vacation
as Rusty Griswold
That Thing You Do!
as T.B. Player
White Squall
as Tracy Lapchick, Stunts
Empire Records
as Mark
Evolver
as Kyle Baxter
Season of Change
as Bobby Bascomb (as Ethan Randall)
A Far Off Place
as Harry Winslow
Dutch
as Doyle Standish
All I Want For Christmas
as Ethan O'Fallon
Defending Your Life
as Steve
Bad Attitudes
as Cosmo