Greg Grunberg                                           Role: Matt Parkman

Birthday : July-11-1966

Birthplace : Los Angeles, California

Birth Name : Gregory Phillip Grunberg

Recent Role : Matt Parkman on Heroes

Gender : Male

Greg Grunberg a.k.a. Gregory Phillip ‘Greg’ Grunberg is a very popular American actor. His mother is named Sandy and father is Gerry Grunberg. He’s of Jewish descent.

He began his acting career by making guest appearances on the television shows during 1990. In 1998, he joined the cast of Felicity as Sean Blumberg. In 2001, Greg became a part of Alias portraying the character of Eric Weiss. He left the show in 2006 so that he could join the NBC sitcom ‘Grand Union’. Greg also had a brief role in the pilot for the 2004 series ‘Lost’. He also made a small appearance on ‘Mission: Impossible III’. The movie was directed by Abrams.

On the NBC hit Heroes, Greg portrayed Matt Parkman, an important character. He guest starred on House. He also got an offer to play an important character on ‘Star Trek’, but he didn’t accept due to his involvement in other projects. In the video game ‘Condemned: Criminal Origins’, Greg gave his voice to FBI Agent Ethan Thomas.

Greg Grunberg is married to Elizabeth Dawn Wershow and the couple has three children. Jake, his son suffers from epilepsy and it inspires him to create awareness of the neurological disorder. He also organizes charity events to raise funds for Pediatric Epilepsy Project in Los Angeles.

His other acting credits include ‘The Pallbearer’, ‘BASEketball’, ‘Senseless’, ‘Diagnosis Murder’, ‘Hollow Man’, ‘Austin Power in Goldmember’, ‘Malibu’s Most Wanted’, ‘The Ladykillers’, ‘Monk’, ‘The Jake Effect’, ‘TimeShift’ etc.

Role on ‘Heroes’

Greg Grunberg appears as Matthew Matt Parkman. He’s a Police Officer working for the LAPD and NYPD in the first and second season of series respectively. He has an ability of telepathy so can read minds of others and can hear others’ thoughts. At first, he heard the thoughts of Molly Walker, a gal. That incident helped him to get a position in the investigation cell of FBI. He has portrayed an important part in all season of series and received tons of praise from his viewers and critics as well.