Ethan Peck Biography

Ethan Gregory Peck (born March 2, 1986) is an American actor. 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 a younger Michael Kelso (played by Ashton Kutcher) in That '70s Show. In his first film role at age 9, he co-starred in the film Marshall Law as Jimmy Smits' son. He appeared the 1999 movie Passport to Paris starring Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen and was Mary-Kate's first on-screen kiss.

Peck starred opposite Adam Rothenberg and Mariah Carey in the 2008 film Tennessee, followed by a co-starring role opposite Peter Coyote and Bebe Neuwirth in the film Adopt a Sailor. He won the award "Best Actor" at the 2009 Sonoma International Film Festival for his portrayal of "Sailor".

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

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.

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

In 2017, Ethan was cast in a comedy, The Honor List, alongside Meghan Rienks, Sasha Pieterse, Arden Cho and Karrueche Tran. It was released in 2018.

In 2015, Ethan became an ambassador for the luxury fashion house Salvatore Ferragamo and appeared in a number of print editorials representing the Italian brand. He was also featured in "Coming Home To Hollywood," a short film to celebrate the brand's 100th anniversary.

On August 14, 2018, it was reported by TVLine that Peck would be playing Spock in the second season of Star Trek: Discovery.

Personal life

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Peck attended private schools Campbell Hall and Harvard-Westlake in North Hollywood. He excelled in athletics and learned to play classical cello.

Peck is the grandson of actor Gregory Peck and the son of Stephen Peck (a former actor, documentary film maker, and Vietnam veteran, who is President and CEO of U.S. Veterans Initiative), and abstract artist Francine Matarazzo. He has one sister, Marisa Matarazzo, who is a novelist and creative writing professor at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles.

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.

Peck has been dating Harvard entrepreneur and singer Molly DeWolf Swenson since 2016.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Passport to Paris	Michel
1999	Pumpkin Hill	Joey	Short film
2004	Em & Me	Vaughn Davenport
2008	Tennessee	Ellis
2008	Adopt a Sailor	Sailor	Won "Best Actor" at Sonoma Film Festival
2010	Twelve	Sean
2010	'	Andre Dunlap
2011	In Time	Constantin
2012	Mine Games	Guy
2013	'	James
2013	Nothing Left to Fear	Noah
2014	Eden	Andreas
2016	'	Thomas
2016	Tell Me How I Die	Pascal
2018	'	Dillon

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Charlie Grace	Tyler	Episode: "One Simple Little Favor"
1996	Marshall Law	Josh Coleman	Television film
1999	'	Kid	Episode: "Drew and the Gang Law"
2000, 2002	That '70s Show	Young Kelso	2 episodes
2003	'	Wade	Episode: "Festival of Birth" (unaired)
2009-2010	10 Things I Hate About You	Patrick Verona	Main role; 20 episodes
2011	Gossip Girl	David O. Russell's assistant	2 episodes
2014	Rescuing Madison	John Kelly	Television film
2016-2017	Madam Secretary	Roman Tolliver	2 episodes
2017	I Ship It	Saxon	Web series; 11 episodes
2019	Star Trek: Discovery	Spock	-

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Halo 4	Gabriel Thorne	Voice and CG model
2014	Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII	Additional voices