Greg Ellis (actor)
Greg Ellis is a British author, television director, voice artist and actor.
Contents
- 1 Career
- 2 Filmography
- 2.1 Live-action roles
- 2.1.1 Film
- 2.1.2 Television
- 2.1.3 Video games
- 2.2 Voice roles
- 2.2.1 Animation
- 2.2.2 Film
- 2.2.3 Video games
- 2.1 Live-action roles
- 3 References
- 4 External links
Career
On the big screen, he is best known for his portrayal of Lieutenant Commander Groves in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean film series as well as appearing in J.J. Abrams Star Trek as Chief Engineer Olsen, the original chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise. He starred in the western Forsaken alongside Demi Moore with Donald Sutherland and Brian Cox.
He joined the cast of Hawaii Five-0 in season five to play Thomas Farrow in a major recurring arc, was a regular on the Fox drama Touch as Trevor Wilcox and played the villainous Michael Amador opposite Kiefer Sutherland in the 3rd season of the hit series 24. He also appeared opposite Sir Anthony Hopkins and Angelina Jolie in Beowulf with Brad Pitt in Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and performed alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in *anic.
His television credits include: Dexter, The X-Files, Magnum PI, The Riches, Bones, Alcatraz, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Closer, CSI, Nip/Tuck, Perception, Knight Rider, Days of Our Lives, Trust Me and many more.
He has voiced of MZingo in Disney's Lion King spin-off series The Lion Guard and Jet-Vac in the Netflix animated series Skylanders as well as the voice of Valen Rudor in the Disney animated series Star Wars Rebels.
He has a voice-over career in cartoons, animated movies and video games. His voice was featured in the PlayStation 2 games Rogue Galaxy (as Simon Wicard), Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (as Cait Sith), and Tomb Raider: Legend (as Alister Fletcher), as well as in Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age II, and Dragon Age: Inquisition (as Cullen Rutherford). His minor video game work includes voices for SOCOM II U.S. Navy SEALs, SOCOM 3 U.S. Navy SEALs, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, Tomb Raider: Underworld, and Ty the Tasmanian Tiger. He has also voiced characters in cartoons such as The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Invader Zim, and first three series of the Ben 10 franchise.
Ellis played Cmdr. Giles Price in the game Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 and reprised the role in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Uprising. He reprised his role as Cait Sith in the English version of the CGI film Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. He voiced Garmund in the Robert Zemeckis animated film, Beowulf. Ellis originally started in musicals and originated the role of Rusty in Starlight Express at the Apollo Victoria Theatre and was the alternate Chris in the original cast of Miss Saigon at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. He also appears on the cast recording of the new Starlight Express. He released a single from the show, "Next Time You Fall in Love."
Online work Alive Coaching improvement program helps people address past problems and improve their future, and his official website provides information on all of Ellis' projects, while the multimedia child advocacy series The Respondent aims to inspire family champions through his charity CPU: Children and Parents United.
2021 book The Respondent: Exposing the Cartel of Family Law became a #1 best-seller, delivering a first-person account of family breakdown and the social, political, and legal forces that are fuelling a national health emergency. He founded the charitable extension of the project CPU: Children and Parents United in 2021 to promote and improve child well-being by providing information and resources; to policy makers, legislators, prac*ioners and the public, resulting in enhanced relationships and reduced conflict for those children and parents navigating current family law systems.
Filmography
Live-action roles
Film
Television
Video games
Voice roles
Animation
Film
Video games
References
External links
- Official website
- Greg Ellis at IMDb
- Greg Ellis on Twitter