Bio: Ethan Embry was born Ethan Philan Randall on June 13, 1978 in Huntington Beach, California, to Karen and Charles Randall. Before he started acting in movies, Ethan appeared in more than 100 TV and Radio commercials. In 1991, at the age of thirteen, he appeared in three films and has continued acting ever since. On average, Ethan released or filmed at least two films per year, which continued up until 1999, when he filmed about five films.Ethan spent most of his childhood in Southern California, growing up with his older brother, Aaron (said to be one of the best musicians in LA), and his little sister, Kessia. In 1998, he bought a home of his own.In the Fall of 1999, Ethan co-starred as Sebastian in the short-lived CBS sitcom Work with Me (1999). Sadly, due to lack of ratings, the show ended after only four episodes. 1999, however, did bring a happy event, Ethan's then-wife, Amelinda Smith, gave birth to their first child, whom they named Cogeian, after the Latin word "cogeo," which means "to think over."In the fall of 2000, Ethan starred as Derek Barnes in FreakyLinks (2000) on Fox. Thirteen episodes were shot, but the series was soon canceled after its debut. Later success include a role as detective Frank Smith on Dick Wolf's remake of the classic series Dragnet (2003), a part in the recent cult classic Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004), and a guest-starring role on the series Numb3rs (2005).He has been married to actresses Amelinda Smith, with whom he has one child, and Sunny Mabrey.
Tivia: Last name was Randall, but he changed it to Embry because it was his grandfather's last name.Revealed he has been battling opiate addiction for the last six years including prescription painkillers and black tar heroin. (May 2017)Won 6th place in a California gymnastics tournament at the age of 10 (one can see Ethan doing back flips in Can't Hardly Wait (1998), right after the scene where someone calls Mike Dexter a fag).Plays in a band, Southern Comfort Colonic, which is a mix of punk and hardcore speed metal.Writes with his left hand, but plays his guitar with his right hand.Appeared with Ed O'Neill in Dutch (1991) at the age of 13 and later played his partner in Dragnet (2003).At the age of 22, Ethan had already appeared in many TV and radio commercials, movies (including doing his own stunts in one), produced and directed a short film (at the age of 13), co-produced another film, married, and become a father.In between the films That Thing You Do! (1996) and Vegas Vacation (1997), he only had two days off.Can't Hardly Wait (1998) opened the day before Ethan's 20th birthday.Is the owner of many pets (in 1998, he had five cats and eight dogs).Did his own stunts in White Squall (1996).Divorced from his wife of seven years Sunny Mabrey due to "irreconcilable differences" in July 2012. The two reconciled and started dating in 2013 and remarried in June 2015.Produced an unreleased movie titled "Taken" with his White Squall (1996) co-star and friend, Jeremy Sisto, and a friend of Embry's was to direct itThe song "Romeo and Juliet" by Dire Straits plays in the background in scenes featuring him in two different movies, Empire Records (1995) and Can't Hardly Wait (1998).He has said that he gave his unnamed character in That Thing You Do! (1996) the first name "Tobias". It was something for him to hold onto as an actor.Settled a lawsuit with model Angelina Roudeza who had sued him after being thrown from his motorcycle three years earlier. (2008)(December 10, 1999) Amelinda Smith gave birth to their son, Cogeian coming from the Latin word cogeo meaning "to think over" while Ethan Embry's 1993 A Far Off Place (1993) was still airing.(November 14, 1998) Married actress Amelinda Smith (auditioned to play "Stacy" in the CBS sitcom Work with Me (1999), but Emily Rutherfurd landed the role - Ethan read Amelinda's script, liked it, auditioned and snagged the role of "Sebastian").Kessia Embry is his younger sister.Middle brother of Aaron Embry and Kessia Embry.He is of English, and smaller amounts of Irish and German, descent.Is interested in photography.