Biography
An imposingly built actor who racked up numerous feature credits after making his acting debut with a 1994-1997 recurring role on ABC's "Boy Meets World", dark haired, baby-faced actor Ethan Suplee allied himself with filmmaker Kevin Smith early on, becoming a cult fixture for his work in View Askew films while also proving his versatility in varied other features. The son of New York bohemians (Suplee was born not in a hospital but in their …
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Career Milestones
2006 | Co-starred in Darren Aronofsky's "The Fountain" | |
2005 | Cast in the NBC sitcom "My Name Is Earl," as the dimwitted but supportive brother, Randy Hickey | |
2006 | Cast in Terry Zwigoff's adaptation of Daniel Clowes' comic story "Art School Confidential" | |
2004 | Cast in the comedy "Without a Paddle" starring Matthew Lillard and Seth Green | |
2004 | Appeared in the thriller "The Butterfly Effect," with Ashton Kutcher | |
2003 | Acted in war epic "Cold Mountain," which starred Nicole Kidman and Jude Law | |
2002 | Acted in the comedy adaptation of "The First 20 Million Is Always the Hardest" | |
2001 | Featured in the Nick Cassavetes drama "John Q" | |
2001 | Co-starred in the View Askew production "Vulgar" (filmed in 1997) | |
2001 | Featured in the sci-fi comedy "Evolution" | |
2001 | Had a supporting role as Johnny Depp's childhood friend in "Blow" | |
2000 | Acted in the comedy "Road Trip" | |
2000 | Played a phone company employee who helps to track a hacker in "Takedown" | |
2000 | Portrayed a football player in "Remember the Titans" | |
1999 | Voiced Norman the Golgothan in Kevin Smith's "Dogma" | |
1998 | Played a young white supremacist in "American History X" | |
1997 | Second collaboration with Smith, "Chasing Amy" | |
| Acted in Los Angeles stage productions of "Oliver!" and "Of Mice and Men" | ||
1995 | Played Willam, a hapless mall patron hellbent on seeing the hidden image in a Magic Eye poster in Kevin Smith's "Mallrats" | |
1994 | Had a recurring role on the sitcom "Boy Meets World" (ABC) | |
| Began acting at age 15 at the suggestion of friend actor Giovanni Ribisi | ||
| Spent early childhood alternately in Los Angeles and Vermont | ||
| Moved to Los Angeles at age one | ||
Awards
2006 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in My Name is Earl |