Ethan Suplee
Ethan L. Suplee is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the films American History X, Blow, Remember the Titans, John Q, The Wolf of Wall Street, Cold Mountain, Without a Paddle, Unstoppable, several of Kevin Smith's films, as well as Frankie in Boy Meets World, and Randy Hickey in My Name Is Earl, and on The Ranch.
Early life
Suplee was born in Manhattan, New York City, the son of Debbie and Bill Suplee. His parents were actors who met while performing summer stock theater and appeared on Broadway. On the Your Welcome show, Ethan stated that he dropped out of school at age 14.Career
The first major role Suplee landed was as Willam in Mallrats, directed by Kevin Smith, alongside future My Name is Earl costar Jason Lee. He also appeared briefly in the independent View Askew-produced Drawing Flies. Smith cast both Suplee and Lee again in later films Chasing Amy and Dogma. They both make cameos in Clerks II. At the same time as the filming of Mallrats, Suplee also had a recurring role as Frankie "The Enforcer" Stechino in Boy Meets World, from 1994 to 1998. Suplee's dramatic performances include the roles of the ruthless white power skinhead Seth in American History X, one of three men who rape a clown in Vulgar, Ashton Kutcher's goth college roommate "Thumper" in The Butterfly Effect, American football player Louie Lastik in Remember the Titans, Johnny Depp's buddy and initial drug-dealing partner Tuna in Blow, and the simpleminded Pangle in Cold Mountain. Suplee also had a cameo in the HBO TV series Entourage in the fictional movie Queens Boulevard. In 2014, he was cast in the TV Land original sitcom Jennifer Falls, which reunited him with My Name Is Earl co-star, Jaime Pressly.In 2016, Suplee started playing D in Hulu's series Chance, as well as police officer Billy "Beer Pong" Tompkins on the Netflix sitcom The Ranch.
In 2020, Suplee launched his own podcast entitled American Glutton.
Personal life
Since 2006, Suplee has been married to Brandy Lewis, the younger sister of actress and singer Juliette Lewis. He is a Scientologist.In March 2011, Suplee was featured on TMZ on TV, having lost over in body weight. He mentioned on his podcast American Glutton that his heaviest weight was and his lightest weight was. He has credited cycling for helping keep fit, explaining "I ride road bikes, I ride bicycles". He once reached an all-time low of 9% body fat, but put some of the weight back on upon realizing that his weight had been a past source of acting opportunities.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Reference |
| 1995 | Mallrats | Willam Black | ||
| 1996 | One Down | Prison inmate | ||
| 1997 | Chasing Amy | Comic Fan | ||
| 1997 | A Better Place | Large Rude Student | ||
| 1997 | 35 Miles from Normal | Mike | ||
| 1997 | 11th Hour | Mike | ||
| 1998 | Desert Blue | Cale | ||
| 1998 | American History X | Seth Ryan | ||
| 1998 | Bad Trip | Josh | ||
| 1999 | Dogma | Noman the Golgothan | Voice role | |
| 1999 | Tyrone | Joshua Schatzberg | ||
| 2000 | Takedown | Dan Brodley | ||
| 2000 | Road Trip | Ed Bradford | ||
| 2000 | Vulgar | Frankie Fanelli | ||
| 2000 | Remember the Titans | Louie Lastik | ||
| 2001 | Don's Plum | Big Bum | ||
| 2001 | Blow | Tuna | ||
| 2001 | Evolution | Deke Donald | ||
| 2002 | John Q. | Max Conlin | ||
| 2002 | The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest | Tiny | ||
| 2003 | Cold Mountain | Pangle | ||
| 2004 | The Butterfly Effect | Thumper | ||
| 2004 | Without a Paddle | Elwood | ||
| 2005 | Neo Ned | Johnny-Orderly | ||
| 2006 | Art School Confidential | Vince | ||
| 2006 | Clerks II | Teen #2 | ||
| 2006 | The Fountain | Manny | ||
| 2007 | Mr. Woodcock | Nedderman | ||
| 2007 | Cutlass | Bruce | Short film | |
| 2008 | Struck | Cupid | Short film | |
| 2009 | Fanboys | Harry Knowles | ||
| 2009 | Brothers | Sweeney | ||
| 2010 | The Dry Land | Jack | ||
| 2010 | Unstoppable | Dewey | ||
| 2011 | I'm Having a Difficult Time Killing My Parents | Andrew | Short film | |
| 2011 | Grow Up Already | Bunky | Short film | |
| 2012 | Ten Feet Apart | Homer | Short film | |
| 2012 | Paper Cuts | Steven | ||
| 2012 | Delivery | Jake | Short film | |
| 2013 | Breakout | Kenny Baxter | ||
| 2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | Toby Welch | ||
| 2014 | Walk of Shame | Officer Dave | ||
| 2015 | True Story | Pat Frato | ||
| 2015 | Tooken | Paul Miller | ||
| 2016 | The Trust | Russian Roulette Detective | ||
| 2016 | Deepwater Horizon | Jason Anderson | ||
| 2019 | Motherless Brooklyn | Gilbert Coney | ||
| 2020 | The Hunt | Gary | ||
| 2022 | Dog | Noah | ||
| 2022 | Clerks III | Willam Black | Role shared with Scott Mosier | |
| 2022 | Babylon | Wilson | ||
| 2023 | Manodrome | Dad Leo | ||
| 2023 | God Is a Bullet | Gutter | ||
| 2023 | Blood for Dust | Slim | ||
| 2024 | Let's Start a Cult | Cody Harper | ||
| 2025 | Dolly | Tobe | ||
| 2025 | Bad Man | Downer | ||
| Roy | Post-production |