Greg Grunberg

Gregory Phillip Grunberg, born on July 11, 1966, is an American film and television actor. Grunberg is well known for his roles including 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. Moreover, he has consistently starred in works produced and directed by his childhood friend J. J. Abrams, like Felicity as Sean Blumberg. He also featured in the Showtime American television drama series Masters of Sex. Grunberg received his first credited role in the 1998 film BASEketball and later starred in the NBC TV show Heroes as a telepathic police officer. He was also the voice of FBI agent Ethan Thomas in the video game Condemned: Criminal Origins. Aside from acting, Grunberg is recognized as one of the creators of the Yowza!! Android and iPhone application. He starred in the animated series The Super Hero Squad Show, was featured on the May/June 2009 cover of Making Music magazine, and appeared in the 2011 neo-noir detective videogame L.A. Noire. Gregory co-hosted a late-night talk show with Kevin Smith titled Geeking Out on AMC in 2016 and has been a recurring guest star on the syndicated game show 25 Words or Less since 2019. Off the screen, Grunberg has shone in charity and awareness campaigns, notably for epilepsy due to his son's condition.