Greg was born and raised in Los Angeles. He was a bit nervous and shy. It wasn’t until the ninth grade at Crossroads School, when his best friend dragged him in to audition for the school play, where he found a passion for all things theatre.
He got his undergraduate degree from PItzer College. Mostly because it would allow him to spend as much time at the theatre as possible: he studied improv, Kabuki with the renowned Leonard Pronko, Corporeal Mime with Thomas Leabhart, and lighting design. He basically dove head-first into his Drama Nerd-ness.
After graduation he moved to San Francisco.
His very first job was a school tour adaptation of Shakespeare’s AS YOU LIKE IT. Going up and down California (San Diego to Mt. Shasta) playing shows for all ages: kindergartens to Agricultural colleges, senior centers to maximum security prisons. Soon thereafter other roles in other plays started happening from odd dance/mask/puppet theatre, to bloody Clive Barker plays in a tiny 50-seat theatre, to outdoor Shakespeare in the Park for thousands of people. He earned his equity card at Marin Theatre Company in their production of David Ives’ MERE MORTALS, directed by Albert Takazauckas. 2 years later he earned his SAG card in Disney’s THE PRINCESS DIARIES, directed by Garry Marshall. Unfortunately his role got cut out, but that paycheck covered the SAG initiation dues… so that’s something.
In 2001 he joined the one-year postgraduate classical acting training course at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Playing leading roles in A WINTER’S TALE, LOVE FOR LOVE, THE CHANGELING, THE SEAGULL, MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM.
It took him coming back to the states and heading to New York to get what he calls “His career education.” The “actual” career was not so much about “acting” as it was standing in line at 6am in all kinds of weather waiting to sign up for an audition slot, going to the full-time day job, taking lunches off to go to audition appointments, feeling really great about those auditions, and then not hearing anything. On the plus side he did play the title role in RICHARD III, off-Broadway… so that’s something.
In 2004 he returned to Los Angeles, where he continues to work in theatre. He has worked for The Mark Taper Forum: The award winning MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (directed by Phylicia Rashad), and U/S roles in THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE, iWITNESS, The Geffen Playhouse, Laguna Playhouse: world premiere of Rita Rudner’s TICKLED PINK, Deaf West Theatre: providing the vocal performance for Oscar winner Troy Kotsur in KRAPPS LAST TAPE & ZOO STORY, Theatre @ Boston Court, and multiple summers at the Lake Tahoe and San Francisco Shakespeare Festivals: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (twice), COMEDY OF ERRORS (twice), TAMING OF THE SHREW, TWELFTH NIGHT (twice), ROMEO AND JULIET, OTHELLO, GREATER TUNA, and studied improv with The Groundlings.
He also started working regularly in commercials: spots for Jimmy Dean (he was the floating “sad” cloud), Silk Almond Milk (he was the cranky milk man), and Verizon (he was the one who smashed his iPhone with a hammer during the holidays).
In television:
He’s played cops in ICARLY, THE PEOPLE VS OJ SIMPSON, FRESH OFF THE BOAT, 9-1-1, DEAD TO ME, I’M DYING UP HERE, BLACK MONDAY.
Criminals/not so nice people in LETHAL WEAPON, JUSTIFIED, KICKIN’ IT, TRUE DETECTIVE, CASTLE (his infamous Geordie accent has been dubbed “the worst accent ever.”)
People just trying to get through the day in AGENT CARTER, NCIS, GOLIATH, THE ROOKIE, MARLON, GAME SHAKERS.
He splits him time between Los Angeles and New York with his wife, Ruthie and their very spoiled and entitled dog, Gus who basically runs the show. He loves being outdoors, hiking, camping, scuba diving. He’s a pretty good cook. He coaches actors and does a bit of writing when an idea pops into his head. He can still be shy and nervous but is better at hiding it nowadays.