Lee Arenberg
Lee Arenberg (born July 18, 1962) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Pintel, one of Captain Barbossa's crew, in the "Pirates of the Caribbean film series". He also had a recurring role as the dwarf Grumpy in the television series "Once Upon a Time". He attended UCLA as a theatre major. Career. Arenberg attended Santa Monica High School with future "brat packer" actors Sean Penn, Robert Downey Jr. and Emilio Estevez, and co-wrote a play with Estevez which was directed by Penn. Lee's first professional job was in 1986  at the Mark Taper Forum in "Ghetto", a play directed by Gordon Davidson. Within weeks he was cast in three films, including the role of Norton in the feature "Tapeheads" (1988) opposite the film's co-stars Tim Robbins and John Cusack. Guest appearances on television began in 1987 with the hit sitcom "Perfect Strangers" (1986), and have continued with memorable roles such as the parking space-stealing New Yorker Mike Moffitt on "Seinfeld" (1992) and as the murderous rock promoter opposite Katey Sagal and Sam Kinison in "Tales from the Crypt" (1989), as well as roles on "Arli$$" (1996 ), and "Friends" (1994). Arenberg can also be seen in the role of the notoriously huge studio head Bobby G. on the controversial short-lived Fox sitcom "Action" (1999) opposite series star Jay Mohr. Arenberg has also guest starred on ", , ", and "". Coincidentally, in two of his appearances, ("The Nagus" and "United"), he played a character named Gral, one a Ferengi and the other a Tellarite. In 1992, Lee appeared on the TV series "Night Court". Arenberg also played the recurring role of bookie Mike Moffitt in two episodes of "Seinfeld". In "The Parking Space", he and George Costanza had a parking  dispute, while in "The Susie" his thumbs were accidentally broken while trying to repair Jerry Seinfeld's car trunk. He also guest starred in the fifth season of "Friends" in an episode titled "The One with the Inappropriate Sister". He guest starred on an episode of "Brotherly Love" entitled "Motherly Love". He had a bit part as a bumbling Hold-up Man in "RoboCop 3". Lee also played Dr. Moyer in the "Scrubs" episode "My Own American Girl". He also starred as the dwarf Elwood Gutworthy in "Dungeons & Dragons" (2000), and the pirate Pintel in the "Pirates of the Caribbean  trilogy". He guest starred as "Hair Plugs" in "Grounded For Life" (2001). A graduate of Santa Monica High in 1980, he starred as the regular character "Grumpy/Leroy" on the hit ABC television series "Once Upon a Time". As he confirmed when speaking at the Farpoint Star Trek Convention in Timonium, Maryland, Arenberg's character Pintel did not return in the .