Greg Grunberg

Gregory Phillip Grunberg , known simply as Greg Grunberg, is an actor from Los Angeles, California, who voiced Kirk's stepdad in . This character was originally meant to be Kirk's uncle and was played by Brad William Henke in the film, but Henke's scenes were deleted and the character's voice-over dialogue was re-dubbed by Grunberg. In , Grunberg played the role of .
Grunberg was offered the role of Chief Engineer Olson in Star Trek, but he could not accept the role as he was shooting a film he co-wrote and co-produced called Group Sex. The role of Olson was ultimately given to Greg Ellis. Although Grunberg was not able to work on the film during principal photography, he found a way into the movie before it completed post-production. He has been friends with Star Trek producer and director J.J. Abrams since childhood and has participated in many of his projects.
Grunberg is currently best known for his role as telepathic police officer Matt Parkman on starring Zachary Quinto and Cristine Rose. Many other Star Trek alumni appeared on this series, including Michael Dorn, Dominic Keating, Malcolm McDowell, Nichelle Nichols and George Takei.
Before Heroes, Grunberg starred in two series from J.J. Abrams. The first was , in which he played Sean Blumberg. The next was , in which Grunberg portrayed CIA field agent Eric Weiss. Grunberg also made an uncredited appearances in the Abrams-directed pilot episode of (co-created by Abrams and Damon Lindelof and co-starring Terry O'Quinn and Daniel Dae Kim) and the pilot for Abrams' series What About Brian. Grunberg even had a brief role in Abrams' motion picture directorial debut, Paramount Pictures' (2006) along with Simon Pegg, who played Montgomery Scott in Abrams' Star Trek, and Tracy Middendorf.
Grunberg made his television debut with a small role in the 1990 CBS movie Stolen: One Husband, starring Bruce Davison and Julie Warner. He later made guest appearances on such shows as (with Rosana DeSoto), (with Susan Gibney), (with Cyia Batten), (starring Nicole de Boer), (starring Jennifer Morrison), and (with Stanley Kamel and Peter Weller). In 2001, he made three appearances on , along with Gordon Clapp and Juliana Donald.
In 2002, Grunberg starred in NBC's with guest performer Nikki Cox. The series was canceled before it even aired, but six of the seven episodes produced were shown on the Bravo channel during its "Brilliant But Canceled" block.
Grunberg's early feature film credits include small roles in The Pallbearer (with Mark Margolis), (1998, with Jenette Goldstein, Richard McGonagle, Brad Dourif, Alexander Enberg, Manu Intiraymi, Ivar Brogger, Cyia Batten, Jack Shearer, Len Costanza, John Wilkie, Janet Dey, Bruce Dobos, Andray Johnson, and Rubin Knight), (1998, with Raphael Sbarge), and The Muse (with Dakin Matthews and Concetta Tomei). He also had a major supporting role in (2000, with Jimmie F. Skaggs and J. Patrick McCormack). Other films, in addition to Mission: Impossible III, include (2002, with Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Jr.), Malibu's Most Wanted (with Rey Gallegos), (2004, starring Tom Hanks, with Tzi Ma, Stephen Root and Freda Foh Shen), and (with Simon Pegg).
Grunberg appeared as Temmin "Snap" Wexley in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and again in (2017) and (2019, with J.J. Abrams, Debra Wilson and Olivia d'Abo).
In 2016, Grunberg began co-hosting and co-producing 's with writer/director .
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