Ethan Embry Picture 9

  Born June 13, 1978, Ethan Embry grew up to be one of the few child stars to make a reasonably successful transition to adult (or at least young adult) roles. Beginning with his starring role in the ill-fated John Hughes vehicle Dutch (1991), in which he co-starred with Ed O'Neill, Embry went on to find steady work throughout the 1990s, maturing from child actor to drool material for teenage girls everywhere.

Following Dutch (in which he was credited as Ethan Randall), Embry had a minor role in the Albert Brooks comedy Defending Your Life (1991), and then in the same year starred in All I Want For Christmas with Leslie Neilsen. His next substantial role was in the 1993 teen adventure film A Far-Off Place, in which he starred with Reese Witherspoon. The film met with lukewarm response, which was best summed up by Empire Magazine with the statement "Potential date-movie for environmentally aware thirteen year-olds." Embry's subsequent film, Empire Records (1995), met with a similarly negative reception, although it did attain a certain cult status among hormonally-aware teenage girls.

After Empire, Embry was involved in two high profile projects, Tom Hanks' That Thing You Do and Ridley Scott's White Squall (both 1996). Neither film did particularly well, although the latter allowed Embry to appear with a virtual Who's Who line-up of up-and-coming male actors including Ryan Phillippe and Scott Wolf. Next up was Vegas Vacation (1997), the latest in the National Lampoon odessey, followed by Montana (1998) and two teen invasion showcases, Can't Hardly Wait, with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Disturbing Behavior (both 1998).

~ Rebecca Flint, All Movie Guide

  "Brotherhood" (2006) TV Series (post-production) .... Declan Giggs

Pizza (2005) .... Matt Firenze
Life on Liberty Street (2004) (TV) .... Rick Spencer
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) .... Billy Carver
... aka Harold & Kumar Get the Munchies (Europe: English title) (UK)
Celeste in the City (2004) (TV) .... Kyle
Standing Still (2004) .... Donovan
Timeline (2003) .... Josh Stern
"Dragnet" (2003) TV Series .... Det. Frank Smith
... aka L.A. Dragnet (USA: new title)
They (2002) .... Sam Burnside
... aka Wes Craven Presents: They (USA: complete title)
Manfast (2002) .... Johnny Shore
Sweet Home Alabama (2002) .... Bobby Ray
Male Order (2001) .... Actor #2
Ball in the House (2001) .... Bobby
... aka Relative Evil (Australia: DVD title) (USA: DVD title)
Rennie's Landing (2001) .... Trevor Logan
... aka Stealing Time (USA: longer version)
Who Is A.B.? (2001)
"FreakyLinks" (2000) TV Series .... Derek Barnes/Adam Barnes
The Independent (2000) .... Bert

"Work with Me" (1999) TV Series .... Sebastian
Disturbing Behavior (1998) .... Allen Clark
... aka Disturbing Behaviour (UK)
Can't Hardly Wait (1998) .... Preston Meyers
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (1998) .... Squirrel
The Prophecy II (1998) (V) .... Young Coroner
... aka God's Army II (Europe: English title)
How to Make the Cruelest Month (1998)
Montana (1998) .... Jimmy
... aka Nothing Personal (Australia: video title)
Vegas Vacation (1997) .... Russell 'Rusty' Griswold
... aka National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation
That Thing You Do! (1996) .... T. B. Player (The Bass Player)
White Squall (1996) .... Tracy Lapchick
Empire Records (1995) (as Ethan Randall) .... Mark
... aka Empire
... aka Rock & Fun
Evolver (1995) (as Ethan Randall) .... Kyle Baxter
Season of Change (1994) (as Ethan Randall) .... Bobby
A Far Off Place (1993) (as Ethan Randall) .... Harry Winslow
All I Want for Christmas (1991) (as Ethan Randall) .... Ethan O'Fallon
Bad Attitudes (1991/II) (TV) (as Ethan Randall) .... Cosmo Coningsby
Dutch (1991) (as Ethan Randall) .... Doyle Standish
... aka Driving Me Crazy
Defending Your Life (1991) (as Ethan Randall) .... Steve
"Drug Wars: The Camarena Story" (1990) (mini) TV Series