# Ernie Grunwald

Ernie Grunwald (born 1970) is a Canadian actor who has made guest appearances in a number of notable television series.

## Career

Grunwald has had recurring roles on One on One, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (as Mr. Forgess), and Two of a Kind opposite Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. He has also guest starred on Friends, My Name Is Earl, NYPD Blue, Reno 911!, A.N.T. Farm, Walker, Texas Ranger, Supernatural, Grey's Anatomy, Two and a Half Men, Bones, The Mentalist, Weeds, and many other series. He guest starred as a restaurant manager in Monk ("Mr. Monk's 100th Case") and as a courier that lost a cooler containing a deadly virus in Psych ("Death is in the Air"). He also appeared as Walter in the Disney Channel Original Movie Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! in 2011.
He also made a cameo appearance in the 1992 Disney film The Mighty Ducks as a fan. He has also had roles in the feature films Cellular, It Takes Two, Men in Black II, and Stealing Harvard. Grunwald starred with Jason Priestley in Call Me Fitz.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1995 | Jungleground | V.P | |
| 1995 | It Takes Two | Harry Butkis | |
| 1999 | Dudley Do-Right | Customs Officer | |
| 2001 | The Gristle | Jukebox Guy | |
| 2002 | Men in Black II | Young Postal Employee | |
| 2002 | Stealing Harvard | Lineup Man | |
| 2004 | Cellular | Busy Salesman | |
| 2006 | Comeback Season | Desk Clerk | |
| 2007 | Moola | Wild Bill | |
| 2008 | Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control | Laboratory Worker #2 | Direct-to-video |
| 2009 | The Lodger | Gregor | |
| 2012 | Two Hands to Mouth | Noah | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1994 | Due South | Morgue Attendant | Episode: "Manhunt" |
| 1994–1996 | TekWar | Spaz | 4 episodes |
| 1995 | Side Effects | Robert Dilworth | 2 episodes |
| 1996 | Radiant City | Harvey | Television film |
| 1996 | The High Life | Claude | 8 episodes |
| 1997 | Once a Thief | Thermo Rakis | Episode: "The Big Bang Theory" |
| 1998–1999 | Two of a Kind | Paul | 11 episodes |
| 1999–2001 | It's Like, You Know... | Ernie / Waiter | 8 episodes |
| 2000 | Veronica's Closet | The Pizza Guy | Episode: "Veronica's Girls' Night Out" |
| 2001 | That's Life | Plaintiff | Episode: "No Good Deed" |
| 2001 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Morris Dobbs | Episode: "Medieval Crimes" |
| 2001 | Inside Schwartz | Vigil Guy | Episode: "Bless Me Father, for I Have Fired You" |
| 2002 | Boomtown | Charlie Graham | Episode: "The Freak" |
| 2003 | Friends | Tom Gordon | Episode: "The One with the Memorial Service" |
| 2003–2009 | King of the Hill | Various roles | 4 episodes |
| 2004 | The Stones | Spa Guy | Episode: "The Lawyer Trap" |
| 2005 | NYPD Blue | Jonas Grissom | Episode: "Sergeant Sipowicz' Lonely Hearts Club Band" |
| 2005 | Invasion Iowa | Steve Cook | Episode: "It Came from Hollywood" |
| 2005 | Reno 911! | Prospective Buyer | 2 episodes |
| 2005–2006 | One on One | Benjamin | 7 episodes |
| 2005–2007 | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody | Mr. Forgess | 3 episodes |
| 2007 | My Name Is Earl | Pierre | Episode: "Foreign Exchange Student" |
| 2007 | Two and a Half Men | Clinician | Episode: "Putting Swim Fins on a Cat" |
| 2007 | Bones | Santa Fred Spivak | Episode: "The Santa in the Slush" |
| 2008 | Carpoolers | Loan Officer | Episode: "Lost in America" |
| 2008 | Eli Stone | Daryl Rhodes | Episode: "Patience" |
| 2008 | Monk | Vampire Manager | Episode: "Mr. Monk's 100th Case" |
| 2008 | The New Adventures of Old Christine | Salesman | Episode: "How I Hate Your Mother" |
| 2008 | Hannah Montana | Ed | Episode: "Ready, Set, Don't Drive" |
| 2009 | Grey's Anatomy | Gary Rubin | Episode: "Sympathy for the Devil" |
| 2009 | Better Off Ted | Clark | Episode: "Get Happy" |
| 2009 | The Mentalist | Milton Howard | Episode: "Red Badge" |
| 2009 | Supernatural | Barnes / 'Sam' | Episode: "The Real Ghostbusters" |
| 2010 | Psych | Donny Leberman | Episode: "Death Is in the Air" |
| 2010 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Lester Martin | Episode: "The Panty Sniffer" |
| 2010 | Weeds | Penguin | Episode: "To Moscow, and Quickly" |
| 2010–2013 | Call Me Fitz | Larry | 48 episodes |
| 2011 | A.N.T. Farm | Zanko | Episode: "FraudulANT" |
| 2011 | Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! | Walter | Television film |
| 2011 | E! Special: Selena Gomez | Mr. Forgess | Television film |
| 2013 | 2 Broke Girls | Leon | Episode: "And the Temporary Distraction" |
| 2016 | History of the World... for Now | Timeline / Analogy Guy | 4 episodes |
| 2019 | Wayne | Vice Principal | Episode: "Chapter Six: Who Even Are We Now?" |
| 2022–2023 | Raven's Home | Lazlo | 11 episodes |