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Greg Grunberg
Birth name	Gregory Phillip Grunberg
Born	July 11, 1966 (age 40) Los Angeles, California,  United States
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Grunberg (3 children)
Notable roles	Matt Parkman on Heroes Eric Weiss on Alias

Gregory Phillip Grunberg (born July 11, 1966 in Los Angeles, California) is an American television actor. He is married to Elizabeth Grunberg and has three children. He is best-known for his television roles as Sean Blumberg on Felicity (1998-2002) and as Eric Weiss on Alias (2001-2006). Both of these shows were produced by his life-long best friend, J. J. Abrams. In 2006, he began a starring role as Matt Parkman on the NBC series Heroes.

Contents 1 Career 2 Charitable Efforts 3 Trivia 4 Filmography and television credits 5 External links

Grunberg left Alias as a regular to star on the NBC sit-com, Grand Union. Since 2003, Abrams had planned a series called The Catch about a bounty hunter, starring Grunberg in the lead role. Suggested for both the 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 seasons, the series was never produced; however, a pilot episode was shot. Abrams also cast Grunberg in a cameo role in the pilot of his 2004 series Lost. Grunberg returned for the first-season finale, but his scenes were cut for time, and were included on the season 1 DVD set. To those who had followed the Grunberg-Abrams friendship, it was not surprising to see him appear in a small role in Mission: Impossible III , which Abrams directed.

Greg Grunberg has a major role in the NBC TV show Heroes. He plays a police officer named Matt Parkman who can read other people's thoughts.

Grunberg has also guest starred on the hit TV Show House. He has expressed interest in appearing in Star Trek XI, which Abrams will be directing; however, it is unknown what role he intends to play.

Grunberg's son, Jake, suffers from epilepsy, which has inspired Grunberg to take an active role in raising awareness of the disease and raising funds for research. He often organizes charity efforts to raise funds for the Pediatric Epilepsy Project in Los Angeles. In the past, this has included events such as an auction of guitars handpainted by celebrities such as Donald Trump, Pink and Grunberg's "Alias" costars Jennifer Garner and Michael Vartan, concerts by an all-celebrity band that includes Grunberg and Hugh Laurie and an online auction of cartoons drawn of "Heroes" costars such as Santiago Cabrera, Tawny Cypress, Noah Gray-Cabey, Ali Larter, Masi Oka, Adrian Pasdar, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Leonard Roberts, Milo Ventimiglia, and Hayden Panettiere.

• While appearing on G4's Holiday Hit List in 2003, Grunberg stated he is the only man in Hollywood with four g's in his name.
• Greg appears in the bathtub at the end of the commercial for Kimberly-Clark/The View's Room-a-Day Giveaway.
• Greg does the voice of Ethan Thomas in the video game Condemned, in which he plays a rogue FBI agent with supernatural powers, similar to his character in Heroes, where he plays a cop with powers, working with the FBI.

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Heroes	Matt Parkman	TV series
2006	Mission: Impossible III	Kevin	Film
2006	The Jake Effect	Nick Case	TV Series
2006	Monk	Jack Leverett	TV series
2004	Lost	Pilot	TV series
2004	The Ladykillers	TV Commercial Director
2003	Malibu's Most Wanted	Brett	Film
2002	Austin Powers in Goldmember	Shirtless Fan T	Film
2000	Hollow Man	Carter Abbey	Film
2001-2006	Alias	Eric Weiss	TV Series
1998-2002	Felicity	Sean Blumberg	TV Series
1998	Baseketball	Wilke	Film

• Greg Grunberg at the Internet Movie Database
• The Onion A.V. Club interview