Ethan Suplee (born May 25, 1976) is an American film and television actor best known for his roles as Seth Ryan in American History X, Harry Knowles in Fanboys, Frankie in Boy Meets World, and Randy Hickey in My Name Is Earl.
Suplee was born in Manhattan, the son of Debbie (née Grosco) and Bill Suplee (the latter of whom would go on to play "Willie," the one-eyed mailman, in My Name Is Earl). His parents were actors who met while performing summe...
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Ethan Suplee (born May 25, 1976) is an American film and television actor best known for his roles as Seth Ryan in American History X, Harry Knowles in Fanboys, Frankie in Boy Meets World, and Randy Hickey in My Name Is Earl.
Suplee was born in Manhattan, the son of Debbie (née Grosco) and Bill Suplee (the latter of whom would go on to play "Willie," the one-eyed mailman, in My Name Is Earl). His parents were actors who met while performing summer stock and appeared on Broadway; his mother also worked as a drama teacher in her hometown of Yellowknife. Suplee's family moved to Los Angeles, California, when he was one.
Suplee 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 felt inspired to pursue acting as a career. He was originally best known as the kid...
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