Ethan Suplee
Born	May 25, 1976 (1976-05-25) (age 33) Manhattan, New York, New York, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Brandy Lewis

Ethan Suplee (born May 25, 1976) is an American film and television actor best known for his roles as Seth Ryan in American History X, Louie Lastik in Remember the Titans, Frankie in Boy Meets World, and Randy Hickey in My Name Is Earl.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Early life

Suplee was born in Manhattan, the son of Debbie and Bill Suplee (the latter of whom would go on to play "Willie," the one-eyed mailman, in My Name Is Earl). His parents were actors who met while performing summer stock and appeared on Broadway; his mother also worked as a drama teacher in her hometown of Yellowknife.^[1] Suplee's family moved to Los Angeles, California, when he was one.

[edit] Career

Suplee began acting in school plays. At 16, after high school, he was encouraged by friend Giovanni Ribisi to take an acting class. (It was also through Ribisi that Suplee first met his friend and future Earl castmate, Jason Lee.) Ethan dropped out of the acting class at 17; however he felt inspired to pursue acting as a career. He was originally best known as the kid from Sega's "Dead Squirrel" Game Gear commercials in the early 1990s.

The first major role Ethan landed was his comedic performance as Willam Black in Mallrats, directed by Kevin Smith, alongside Jason Lee. Smith recast both Suplee and Lee in later films Chasing Amy and Dogma. They both make cameos in Clerks II. At the same time as the filming of Mallrats, Suplee also had a guest-starring role as Frankie "The Enforcer" Stechino in Boy Meets World, from 1994 to 1998. Suplee's notable dramatic performances include the roles of the Nazi skinhead Seth in American History X, Ashton Kutcher's goth college roommate "Thumper" in The Butterfly Effect, football player Louie Lastik in Remember the Titans, Johnny Depp's buddy and initial drug-dealing partner Tuna in Blow, and the simpleminded Pangle in Cold Mountain. Suplee also had an uncredited cameo in the HBO TV series Entourage as the scene-mate of movie star Vincent Chase in the fictional movie Queens Boulevard.^[2]

[edit] Personal life

Suplee married Brandy Lewis, daughter of Geoffrey Lewis and sister of Juliette Lewis, in the summer of 2006. The couple has two daughters, Frances Clementine (born 2005) and Billie Grace (born 2007). Lewis also has two daughters from a previous marriage. Both Suplee and Lewis are members of the Church of Scientology.^[3] In Clerks II, he was shown to have lost a substantial amount of weight. On the audio commentary of Without a Paddle, he remarked that his weight loss was "all natural."

[edit] Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1994-1996, 1998	Boy Meets World (TV)	Frankie Stechino
1995	Mallrats	Willam Black
1997	Chasing Amy	Comic Fan
1998	American History X	Seth Ryan
	Desert Blue	Cale
1999	Tyrone	Joshua Schatzberg
	Dogma	Noman the Golgothan (voice)
2000	Takedown	Dan Brodley
	Road Trip	Ed
	Vulgar	Frankie Fanelli
	Remember the Titans	Louie Lastik
2001	Don's Plum	Big Bum
	Blow	Tuna
	Evolution	Deke
2002	John Q	Max Conlin
	The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest	Tiny
2003	Cold Mountain	Pangle
2004	The Butterfly Effect	Thumper
	Without a Paddle	Elwood
2005	Neo Ned	Johnny (orderly) 2005 Bad Trip
	My Name Is Earl (TV series, 2005-2009)	Randy Hickey
	Entourage (TV series)	Unnamed (cameo appearance)
2006	Art School Confidential	Vince
	The Fountain	Manny
	The Year Without a Santa Claus	Jingle
	Clerks II	Teen #2
2007	Mr. Woodcock	Nedderman
	American Pie Presents: Beta House	Fraternity Geek
	Struck	Cupid
2009	Fanboys	Harry Knowles

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Ethan Suplee at the Internet Movie Database
• Ethan Suplee on Twitter