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Ethan Suplee
Ethan Suplee as "Randy Hickey" in My Name is Earl
Born	May 25, 1976 (age 30) Manhattan, New York, USA

Ethan Suplee (born May 25, 1976) is an American actor currently featured in the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl as Earl Hickey's dimwitted but supportive brother, Randy Hickey.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Acting career 3 Filmography 4 External link

Born in Manhattan, New York to Debbie and Bill Suplee (the latter of whom would eventually go on to play Willie, the one-eyed mailman, in My Name is Earl), his family moved to Los Angeles, California when he was one. He has spent most of his life there, but he also spent time as a child in Vermont.

Suplee married Brandy Lewis, daughter of Geoffrey Lewis and sister of Juliette Lewis, in the summer of 2006. On June 23, 2005, the couple had a daughter, Francis Clementine Suplee, and they are expecting another daughter in spring 2007. (Lewis has two additional daughters from a previous marriage.) Both Suplee and Lewis are members of the Church of Scientology[1]. In Clerks 2, he was shown to have lost a substantial amount of weight (around 100 pounds).

Ethan 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. He went on to a guest starring role as Frankie "The Enforcer" Stechino in Boy Meets World, from 1994-1998.

Suplee's notable dramatic performances include the roles of the Nazi skinhead Seth in American History X, Louie Lastik in Remember the Titans, Tuna in Blow, and Pangle in Cold Mountain.

Year	Title	Role
1994	Boy Meets World (TV)	Frankie Stechino
1995	Mallrats	Willam Black
1998	American History X	Seth Ryan
1999	Tyrone	Joshua Schatzberg
1999	Dogma	Noman the Golgothan (voice)
2000	Takedown	Dan Brodley
2000	Road Trip	Ed
2000	Vulgar	Frankie Fanelli
2000	Remember the Titans	Louie Lastik
2001	Don's Plum	Big Bum
2001	Blow	Tuna
2001	Evolution	Deke
2002	John Q	Max Conlin
2002	The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest	Tiny
2003	Cold Mountain	Pangle
2004	The Butterfly Effect	Thumper
2004	Without a Paddle	Elwood
2005	Neo Ned	Johnny (orderly)
2005	My Name Is Earl (TV series)	Randy Hickey
2006	Art School Confidential	Vince
2006	The Fountain	Manny
2006	The Year Without a Santa Claus	Jingle
2006	Clerks II	Teen #2
2007	Mr. Woodcock	Needleman

• Ethan Suplee at the Internet Movie Database