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Date of Birth

6 May 1952, Lakewood, Colorado, USA

Birth Name

Gregg Lee Henry

Height

5' 11" (1.80 m)

Mini Biography

Excellent, prolific and versatile character actor Gregg Lee Henry was born on May 6, 1952 in Lakewood, Colorado. Henry studied acting at the University of Washington in Seattle. Right after graduating from college Greg moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue an acting career. He played in a band for three or four months and worked as an apprentice at the Old Globe theater in San Diego prior to getting his first television acting gig as Nick Nolte's son Wesley Jordache in "Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II." Henry's most memorable movie roles include nice guy drifter Paul Ramsey in "Mean Dog Blues," swaggering macho blowhard Warren in the superior backwoods slasher feature "Just Before Dawn," rugged ex-Navy Seal Matt Ryder in "The Patriot;" splendidly slimy as Mel Gibson's back-stabbing, duplicitous partner Val Resnick in "Payback," and a hilarious scene-stealing turn as pompous good ol' boy small town mayor Jack MacReady in the delightful horror comedy "Slither." Gregg has acted in several films for director Brian De Palma; he's especially fine and impressive as the smarmy Sam Bouchard in "Body Double." Henry has recurring parts on the TV shows "Reasonable Doubts," "The Gilmore Girls," and "The Riches." Among the numerous TV series he has done guest spots on are "The Love Boat," "Simon & Simon," "Remington Steele," "Airwolf," "Moonlighting," "Designing Women," "Magnum, P.I.," "Falcon Crest," "Cagney & Lacey," "In the Heat of the Night," "L.A. Law," "Walker, Texas Ranger," "Matlock," "Chicago Hope," "Murder, She Wrote," "EZ Streets," "Family Law," "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "Boston Public," "Firefly," "Enterprise," "Judging Amy," and "24." Moreover, Gregg has appeared in many made-for-TV pictures, with his supremely chilling and convincing portrayal of the infamous Dennis Ryder in "The Hunt for the BTK KIller" rating as a definite crowning achievement in this particular medium. Outside of his film and television work, Henry has acted on stage; he's won thirteen Drama Logue Awards, an L.A. Weekly Award, and the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for his stage work. Besides acting, Gregg is also a professional singer, songwriter (Dwight Yoakam recorded a single of his song "The Back of Your Hand"), and pianist who has recorded several albums. He's a good friend of fellow actor and musician Bruce Greenwood. Gregg Henry lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife Lisa James; she's a noted director for the American Theater who Gregg has collaborated with on various stage productions as both an actor and producer.

IMDb Mini Biography By: woodyanders

Spouse

Lisa James

(? - present)

Personal Quotes

Actors really are superstitious. You can always spot a group of actors at a restaurant. They're the ones spitting on their knuckles and hurling salt everywhere.

Well, like many actors, I'm very grateful, I feel very fortunate, very lucky to be able to make a living with what I do and what I love. I'm surprised and grateful all the time. When I get my next job, because after you finish each job, you go, "Well, that's it. I'm never gonna work again." It's just a constant process for an actor, you always have to get up and start over after the one job is done.

I consider myself an actor that tries to have as many tools as possible in the bag. And I think that includes the method, then of course it includes some improv techniques, and includes all kinds of different things, because you never know when you're going to have to work on something and in what way. Sometimes you have to work on things very, very quickly, you don't have the time to, for instance, go from the inside-out. You know so much about a person that you can work that way, so you have to work from the outside in.

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