Gregory Phillip Grunberg was born on July 11,1966 and is an American film and television actor best known for starring as Eric Weiss in the ABC series Alias, Matt Parkman in the NBC series Heroes, Temmin "Snap" Wexley in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and Phil in A Star Is Born.
21 Facts About Greg Grunberg
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Greg Grunberg has often appeared in works produced and directed by his childhood friend JJ Abrams, such as Felicity as Sean Blumberg.
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Grunberg was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Sandy and Gerry Grunberg and had a Jewish upbringing.
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Greg Grunberg attended University High School in West Los Angeles, class of 1984.
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Greg Grunberg got his first credited role in Matt Stone and Trey Parker's 1998 film BASEketball.
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Greg Grunberg appeared from 2001 to 2006 as Eric Weiss on Alias.
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Greg Grunberg left that series as a regular to star on the NBC sitcom, Grand Union.
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Greg Grunberg returned for the first-season finale, but his scenes were cut for time and were instead included on the season 1 DVD set.
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Greg Grunberg appeared in a small role in Mission: Impossible III, which Abrams directed.
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Greg Grunberg had a major role in the NBC TV show Heroes.
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Greg Grunberg played police officer Matt Parkman, who has the power of telepathy.
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Greg Grunberg was offered a part in Star Trek, which Abrams directed, but was unable to take it because of a conflict with another project he was working on.
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On May 17,2010, Greg Grunberg announced that he would be joining the cast of Love Bites.
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Greg Grunberg appeared as a special guest star on the March 14,2012, episode of the TV series Psych.
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Since 2019, Greg Grunberg has been a recurring guest star on the syndicated game show 25 Words or Less.
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Jake has epilepsy, which has inspired Greg Grunberg to take an active role in raising awareness of the neurological disorder and raising funds for research.
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In March 2007, Greg Grunberg served as the chair of the first National Walk for Epilepsy, presented by the Epilepsy Foundation.
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In 2009, Grunberg launched Talk About It, a website dedicated to epilepsy education and awareness, featuring many of Greg's co-stars and celebrity friends, including Garner, Larter, Pasdar, Ramamurthy, Ventimiglia, Panettiere, as well as Zachary Quinto, Chris Pine, Dr Drew Pinsky, Ron Rifkin, and John Mayer.
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The site features Greg Grunberg interviewing top epilepsy experts on the need to talk more about epilepsy, and includes a section for people all over the world to talk about it.
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Greg Grunberg was a participant in the first-ever national television advertising campaign supporting donations to Jewish federations.
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Greg Grunberg made a tongue-in-cheek promotional video for Temple Judea Religious School lambasting boring Hebrew Religious schools.