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Ethan Suplee (born May 25, 1976) is an American actor currently featured in the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl as Earl Hickey's dimwitted but supportive brother, Randy Hickey.

Biography

Born in Manhattan, New York to Debbie and Bill Suplee (the latter of whom would eventually go on to play Willie, the one-eyed mailman, in My Name is Earl), his family moved to Los Angeles, California when he was 1. He has spent most of his life there, but he also spent time as a child in Vermont.

Suplee married Brandy Lewis, daughter of Geoffrey Lewis and sister of Juliette Lewis, in the summer of 2006. On June 23, 2005, the couple had a daughter, Francis Clementine Suplee, and they are expecting another daughter in spring 2007. (Lewis has two additional daughters from a previous marriage.) Both Suplee and Lewis are members of the Church of Scientology. In Clerks 2, he was shown to have lost a substantial amount of weight.

Acting career

Ethan began acting in school plays. At 16, after high school, he was encouraged by friend Giovanni Ribisi to take an acting class. (It was also through Ribisi that Suplee first met his friend and future "Earl" castmate, Jason Lee.) Ethan dropped out of the acting class at 17, however he left inspired to pursue acting as a career.

He was originally best known as the kid from Sega's "Dead Squirrel" Game Gear commercials in the early 1990s.

The first major role Ethan landed was his comedic performance as Willam Black in Mallrats, directed by Kevin Smith, alongside Jason Lee. Smith recast both Suplee and Lee in later films Chasing Amy and Dogma. He went on to a guest starring role as Frankie "The Enforcer" Stechino in Boy Meets World, from 1994-1998.

Suplee's notable dramatic performances include the roles of the Nazi skinhead Seth in American History X, Louie Lastik in Remember the Titans, Tuna in Blow, and Pangle in Cold Mountain.

Filmography

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