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Greg Ellis (born 21 March 1968) is a British actor.

Career

On the big screen, he is best known for his portrayal of Lieutenant Theodore Groves in Disney's ''Pirates of the Caribbean film series'' as well as appearing in J.J. Abrams ''Star Trek'' as Chief Engineer Olsen, the original chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise. He starred in the western '' Forsaken'' alongside Demi Moore with Donald Sutherland and Brian Cox.

He joined the cast of ''Hawaii Five-0'' in season five to play Thomas Farrow in a major recurring arc, was a regular on the Fox drama ''Touch'' as Trevor Wilcox and played the villainous Michael Amador opposite Kiefer Sutherland in the 3rd season of the hit series '' 24''. He also appeared opposite Anthony Hopkins and Angelina Jolie in ''Beowulf'' with Brad Pitt in ''Mr. and Mrs. Smith'', and performed alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in ''Titanic (1997 film), Titanic''.

His television credits include: Dexter (tv series), ''Dexter'', ''The X-Files'', ''Magnum PI'', ''The Riches'', Bones (tv series), ''Bones'', ''Alcatraz (TV series), Alcatraz'', ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', ''The Closer'', CSI (franchise), ''CSI'', ''Nip/Tuck'', ''Perception'', Knight Rider (2008 film), ''Knight Rider'', ''Days of Our Lives'', ''Trust Me'' and many more.

He has voiced of Mzingo in Disney's ''Lion King'' spin-off series ''The Lion Guard'' and Jet-Vac in the Netflix animated series ''Skylanders'' as well as the voice of Valen Rudor in the Disney animated series ''Star Wars Rebels''.

He has a voice-over career in cartoons, animated movies and video games. His voice was featured in the PlayStation 2 games ''Rogue Galaxy'' (as Simon Wicard), ''Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII'' (as Cait Sith), and ''Tomb Raider: Legend'' (as Alister Fletcher), as well as in ''Dragon Age: Origins'', ''Dragon Age II'', and ''Dragon Age: Inquisition'' (as Cullen Rutherford). His minor video game work includes voices for ''SOCOM II U.S. Navy SEALs'', ''SOCOM 3 U.S. Navy SEALs'', ''Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords'', ''Tomb Raider: Underworld'', and ''Ty the Tasmanian Tiger''. He has also voiced characters in cartoons such as ''Grim and Evil, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'', ''Invader Zim'', and first three series of the ''Ben 10'' franchise. He even voiced Dr. Morocco in season two of ''Transformers: Rescue Bots'' where the character was originally voiced by Tim Curry.

Ellis played Cmdr. Giles Price in the game ''Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3'' and reprised the role in ''Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Uprising''. He reprised his role as Cait Sith in the English language, English version of the computer graphics, CGI film ''Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children''. He voiced Garmund in the Robert Zemeckis animated film, ''Beowulf (2007 film), Beowulf''. Ellis originally started in musicals and originated the role of Rusty in ''Starlight Express'' at the Apollo Victoria Theatre and was the alternate Chris in the original cast of Miss Saigon at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. He also appears on the cast recording of the new ''Starlight Express''. He released a single from the show, "Next Time You Fall in Love."

Ellis wrote a book in 2021, titled ''The Respondent: Exposing the Cartel of Family Law'' about "a first-person account of family breakdown and the social, political, and legal forces that are fuelling a national health emergency". He founded the CPU: Children and Parents United in 2021 to promote these issues.

Personal life

Ellis has been criticized for his support of former President Donald Trump, and right-wing political figures Charlie Kirk and Jordan Peterson. In May of 2020, after creating a video montage critical of the 2020 BLM protests, Ellis faced criticism from fans of the Dragon Age video game series as well as former executive producer Mark Darrah. In December of 2020, Ellis responded to the criticism with a 40-minute YouTube video in-character as the Bioware series' supporting character "Cullen". In this video, he expressed critical views on the "Black Lives Matter" and "Me Too" movements, and "cancel culture," condemning the "cancel culture hedonists" and "intellectual glitterati" which had been critical of him on social media.

Ellis's political views on gender and family have been further espoused in his podcast, "The Respondent, and book "The Respondent: Exposing the Cartel of Family Law".

Filmography

Live-action roles

Film

Television

Video games

Voice roles

Animation

Film

Video games

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1968 births
Living people
English male film actors
English male television actors
English male video game actors
English male voice actors
Male actors from Greater Manchester
People from Wigan
20th-century English male actors
21st-century English male actors