Ethan Peck

Ethan Peck

Peck at the 10 Things I Hate About You junket, Hollywood, California, June 2009
Born Ethan Gregory Peck
(1986-03-02) March 2, 1986
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater New York University
Occupation Actor
Years active 1995–present
Parent(s) Stephen Peck
Francine Matarazzo
Relatives Gregory Peck
(grandfather)
Cecilia Peck
(aunt)

Ethan Gregory Peck (born March 2, 1986) is an American actor. He is best known for his work in the ABC Family series 10 Things I Hate About You, where he portrayed Patrick Verona, a role originated by Heath Ledger in the film of the same name. Peck is the grandson of actor Gregory Peck, and his first wife, Finnish-born Greta Kukkonen.

Career

Peck had many star television appearances as a young actor, including playing a younger Michael Kelso in 2 episodes of That '70s Show. In his first film role, he co-starred in the cable film Marshal Law playing Jimmy Smits' son. He appeared in the 1999 movie Passport to Paris starring Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen.

More recently, Peck starred opposite Adam Rothenberg and Mariah Carey in the 2008 film Tennessee. That was followed with a co-starring role opposite Peter Coyote and Bebe Neuwirth in the film Adopt a Sailor. He received the Best Actor award at the 2009 Sonoma International Film Festival for his portrayal of "Sailor".[1]

From 2009 to 2010, he starred on the television series 10 Things I Hate About You on ABC Family.[2]

In 2012 Peck played Prince Maxon for the pilot adaptation of popular book The Selection, but was later replaced by newcomer Michael Malarkey. Neither the first or second pilot was picked up to go to series.[3]

In 2016 Peck starred in The Curse of Sleeping Beauty and Tell Me How I Die.

Personal life

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Peck attended private schools in North Hollywood.[4] He excelled in athletics and learned to play classical cello.[5]

Peck is the grandson of Gregory Peck and the son of Stephen Peck (a former actor, documentary film maker, and Vietnam veteran, who works as the Community Development Director for the United States Veterans Initiative),[6][7] and abstract artist Francine Matarazzo.[8] He has one sister, Marisa Matarazzo, who is a fiction writer. After high school, Peck attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, enrolling in the Experimental Theater Wing for 3 years, before leaving to further his growing acting career.[4]

Filmography

Film roles
Year Title Role Notes
1999 Pumpkin Hill Joey Short film
1999 Passport to Paris Michael Direct-to-video
2004 Em & Me Jimmy
2008 Tennessee Ellis
2008 Adopt a Sailor Sailor Short film
2010 Twelve Sean
2010 Sorcerer's Apprentice, TheThe Sorcerer's Apprentice Andre Dunlap
2011 In Time Constantin
2012 Mine Games Guy
2013 Wine of Summer, TheThe Wine of Summer James
2013 Nothing Left to Fear Noah
2014 Eden Andreas
2016 The Curse of Sleeping Beauty Thomas
Television roles
Year Title Role Notes
1995 Charlie Grace Tyler Episode: "One Simple Little Favor"
1996 Marshal Law Josh Coleman Television film
1999 Drew Carey Show, TheThe Drew Carey Show Kid Episode: "Drew and the Gang Law"
2000, 2002 That '70s Show Kelso at 14 2 episodes
2003 O'Keefes, TheThe O'Keefes Wade Episode: "Festival of Birth" (unaired)
2009–2010 10 Things I Hate About You Patrick Verona Main role
2011 Gossip Girl David O. Russell's assistant 2 episodes
2012 Selection, TheThe Selection Prince Maxon Unsold CW pilot
2014 Rescuing Madison Firefighter John Television film
2016 Madam Secretary Roman Tolliver Episode: "The Middle Way"
Video games roles
Year Title Role Notes
2012 Halo 4 Gabriel Thorne Voice and model

References

  1. ↑ Rahimi, Yama (April 6, 2009). "Titillating the Taste Buds at the 12th Sonoma Film Festival". IonCinema. Archived from the original on February 4, 2010.
  2. ↑ "10 Things I Hat About You". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  3. ↑
  4. 1 2 "Ethan Peck". ABC Family Media. Archived from the original on February 4, 2010.
  5. ↑ https://archive.is/20090522025957/http://community.abcfamily.go.com/blogs/10-things-i-hate-about-you/all-about-ethan-peck. Archived from the original on May 22, 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2009. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ Brenner, Robert (Spring 2005). "When Warriors Come Home". Northwestern. Northwestern University. Archived from the original on February 4, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Home | U.S.VETS | United States Veterans Initiative". Usvetsinc.org. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  8. ↑ Donahue, Marlena (Summer 2004). "Francine Matarazzo". ArtScene. Archived from the original on February 4, 2010.
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