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Greg Ellis (born 21 March 1968) is an English actor who has worked in film, television, video games, and theatre. He is, among other roles, known for playing Chief Engineer Olson in Star Trek (2009), Theodore Groves in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean (2003, 2007-2011), and Trevor Wilcox in Touch (2013), as well as voice roles such as Anders in Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening (2010), Cullen in multiple Dragon Age games, and Jet-Vac in the Skylanders video game series, as well as in the series Skylanders Academy.
Greg Ellis | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jonathan Rees[1] 21 March 1968[2] Wigan, Lancashire, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Website | realgregellis |
| External image | |
|---|---|
 Ellis at an event for the Scream Awards in 2009 |
Career
editOn the big screen, Ellis is known for appearing alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in Titanic as well as Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in Mr. and Mrs. Smith. He is also known for appearing in J.J. Abrams's Star Trek as Chief Engineer Olsen, the original chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise, as well as starred in the western Forsaken alongside Demi Moore with Donald Sutherland and Brian Cox.
Ellis is best known for his portrayal of Lieutenant Theodore Groves in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007), and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011). Though his character wasn't named onscreen, Ellis was credited as "Officer" in the first and third films. The name "Groves" was used in the third film's screenplay and the fourth film, in the latter of which he was called "Lieutenant Commander Groves" onscreen. Due to his involvement in the franchise, Ellis kept in touch with Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, and Kevin McNally.[3]
On television, Ellis joined the cast of Hawaii Five-0 in season five to play Thomas Farrow in a major recurring arc. He was also 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. His other television credits include: Dexter, The X-Files, Magnum PI, The Riches, Bones, Alcatraz, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Closer, CSI, Nip/Tuck, Perception, Knight Rider, Days of Our Lives, Trust Me, and many more.
As a voice-over actor, Ellis has a career in video games and animation. 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 The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Invader Zim, Batman: The Brave and the Bold,[4] 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. He has voiced Mzingo in the Disney series The Lion Guard and Jet-Vac in the Netflix animated series Skylanders Academy, as well as Valen Rudor in the Disney animated series Star Wars Rebels.
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 version of the CGI film Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. He voiced Garmund in the Robert Zemeckis animated film, Beowulf.[5][6] 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."
His most recent work is the 2023 video game Hogwarts Legacy, as Albie Weekes and Timothy Teasdale.
Ellis wrote a book in 2021, titled The Respondent: Exposing the Cartel of Family Law[7] about "a first-person account of family breakdown and the social, political, and legal forces that are fueling a national health emergency".
Filmography
editLive-action roles
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Titanic | Carpathia Steward | |
| 2001 | To End All Wars | Primrose | |
| 2003 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Officer Theodore Groves | Credited as "Officer" |
| 2005 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Mickey (Dive Bar Patron #1) | |
| Cell Call | Donovan | Short film | |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Lieutenant Theodore Groves | Credited as "Officer" |
| 2008 | Knight Rider | Welther | Television film |
| 2009 | Star Trek | Chief Engineer Olsen | |
| 2011 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Lieutenant Commander Theodore Groves | Credited as "Groves" |
| 2012 | Rogue | Peter Reid | Television film |
| 2015 | Forsaken | Tom Watson | |
| 2017 | Killer App | Springer |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Brush Strokes | Terry | Episode: "Episode #4.5" |
| 1990–1991 | Bread | P.C. Lloyd | 21 episodes |
| 1998 | The X-Files | 3rd British Crewman | Episode: "Triangle" |
| 1999 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Ekoor | Episode: "What You Leave Behind" |
| 2003–2004 | 24 | Michael Amador | 9 episodes |
| 2005, 2014 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Foxy Harris, Special Agent Sturgis | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | Bones | Kevin Hollings | Episode: "Two Bodies in the Lab" |
| 2008–2009 | Valentine | Ari Valentine / Ares | 8 episodes |
| 2009 | Trust Me | Simon Cochran | 7 episodes |
| Dexter | Jonathan Farrow | Episode: "Slack Tide" | |
| 2010 | Nip/Tuck | Adam Wise | Episode: "Joel Seabrook" |
| 2011 | The Confession | Sheldon Hoffman | Episode: "Chapter 7" |
| 2012 | Days of Our Lives | Agent Spencer | 27 episodes |
| Alcatraz | Garrett Stillman | Episode: "Garrett Stillman" | |
| 2013 | Touch | Trevor Wilcox | 13 episodes |
| 2014 | Hawaii Five-0 | Thomas Farrow | 4 episodes |
| 2018 | Lucifer | Myles Drunker | Episode: "Anything Pierce Can Do I Can Do Better" |
| 2021 | Magnum P.I. | Sean Cavendish | Episode: "A Fire in the Ashes" |
| 2022 | The Rookie | Blair Darvill | Episode: "Day in the Hole" |
Video games
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 | Cmdr. Giles Price | |
| 2009 | Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Uprising | ||
| 2008 | Blur | Maaz | Unused cut scene |
Voice roles
editAnimation
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | The Wild Thornberrys | Bim | Episode: "Koality and Kuantity"[8] |
| The Angry Beavers | Randy Beaver, Supercomputer | Episode: "Koality Komforts/Oh, Brother?" | |
| Oh Yeah! Cartoons | Wizzy, Stan | Episode: "The Fairly OddParents: The Zappys"[8] | |
| 2002 | Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future | Dan Dare | |
| 2004–07 | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Entity Two, Another Astronaut, Lawn Gnome, Pig No. 2, Delivery Guy, Lord Byron Windham, Daddy Elf, Druid No. 1, Miguel | |
| 2004–05 | Teen Titans | Malchior, Punk Rocket | [8] |
| 2004 | Evil Con Carne | Lady of the Lake, Prince, Bobby No. 2 | Episode: "Jealousy, Jealous Do/Hector, King of the Britons" |
| 2005–08 | Bratz | Byron Powell, Sir Nigel Forrester | 7 episodes |
| 2006 | Ben 10 | Synaptak | Episode: "The Galactic Enforcers"[8] |
| Legion of Super Heroes | Drax | Episode: "Phantoms" | |
| 2007–08 | Phineas and Ferb | Jameson, Angry Mob | [8] |
| 2007 | The Batman | Count Vertigo | Episode: "Vertigo"[8] |
| 2008 | Ben 10: Alien Force | Squire | Episode: "Be-Knighted"[8] |
| 2008–2011 | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Gentleman Ghost, Doctor Fate, Cavalier, Doctor Canus, Hawk, Shrapnel, Mister Mind, Kafka, Big Head Batman | |
| 2009 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Turk Falso | 2 episodes[8] |
| Ape Escape | Specter | ||
| 2010–11 | Ben 10: Ultimate Alien | Prince Gyula, Cyborg #2, Dagonet, Reporter Chet Rigby | |
| 2010–13 | Generator Rex | Gatlocke | 2 episodes[8] |
| 2010 | G.I. Joe: Renegades | Breaker, Alvin Kibbey, Cobra Ops Supervisor | [8] |
| 2011–13 | Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated | Charles Weatlesby, Destroido Computer | |
| 2011 | Fish Hooks | Gecko #1, Gecko Glasses, Officiant, Duke | 2 episodes[8] |
| 2012 | The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes | Rocket Raccoon | Episode: "Michael Korvac"[8] |
| 2013–14 | Beware the Batman | Phosphorus Rex | [8] |
| 2014–16 | Transformers: Rescue Bots | Dr. Thaddeus Morocco, Mr. Foster | [8] |
| 2014–17 | Star Wars Rebels | Baron Valen Rudor | [8] |
| 2015–17 | Sofia the First | Spruce | [8] |
| 2015 | Turbo Fast | Liam, Ollie | Episode: "Kicked Off"[8] |
| 2016–19 | The Lion Guard | Mzingo | Credited as Jonny Rees[8] |
| 2016–18 | Skylanders Academy | Jet-Vac | |
| 2017 | Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! | Dr. Messmer, Kitchen Staff Member | Episode: "Mysteries on the Disorient Express"[8] |
| 2017–18 | Star vs. the Forces of Evil | Manfred, additional voices | Credited as Jonny Rees |
Film
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Summer Music Mania 2004 | Announcer | Television film |
| 2006 | Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties | Nigel | [8] |
| 2006 | Bratz Genie Magic | Sebastian | [8] |
| 2007 | Beowulf | Garmund | [8] |
| 2008 | Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief | Wallaby | Direct-to-video[8] |
| 2009 | Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts | Dave the Dove | Direct-to-video[8] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Bratz | Byron | Direct-to-video[8] |
| 2006 | Bratz | Sebastian | Direct-to-video[8] |
| Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children | Cait Sith | English dub[8] | |
| Bratz | Harvey | Direct-to-video | |
| 2007 | Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure | Creeper, Horror's Hand | Television film[8] |
| 2010 | Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic | Plato | Direct-to-video |
| Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes | Tin, Sergeant | Direct-to-video[8] | |
| 2012 | Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse | Will Scarlet, Tin | Direct-to-video[8] |
| Big Top Scooby-Doo! | Marius Brancusi | Direct-to-video[8] | |
| Foodfight! | Hairy Hold | [8] | |
| 2013 | Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure | Tin | Direct-to-video[8] |
| 2014 | Batman: Assault on Arkham | Captain Boomerang | Direct-to-video[8] |
| Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon | Tin | Direct-to-video[8] | |
| Khumba | Thabo, Elder #1 | English dub[8] | |
| 2015 | Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest | Tin | Direct-to-video[8] |
| The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar | Mzingo | Television film[8] | |
| 2020 | Lego DC: Shazam!: Magic and Monsters | Mister Mind | Direct-to-video[9][8] |
| 2021 | Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob | Herald, Herman Ellinger, British Passenger | Direct-to-video[8] |
Video games
editReferences
edit- ^ realgregellis.com
- ^ realgregellis.com
- ^ "Exclusive Interview: Actor Greg Ellis sails into PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES - Assignment X". 30 May 2011.
- ^ "Exclusive Interview: Actor Greg Ellis sails into PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES - Assignment X". 30 May 2011.
- ^ "Exclusive Interview: Actor Greg Ellis sails into PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES - Assignment X". 30 May 2011.
- ^ "BEOWULF site launches". Cinescape.com. 26 July 2006. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2006.
- ^ The Respondent: Exposing the Cartel of Family Law therespondent.com
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm "Greg Ellis (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 10 April 2019. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ Oller, Jacob (3 April 2020). "Embrace your inner child with this first look at LEGO DC: Shazam-Magic & Monsters". SYFY WIRE. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ InXile Entertainment. The Bard's Tale. InXile Entertainment. Scene: Ending credits, 2:10:17 in, More Great Talent.
- ^ Troika Games. Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines. Activision. Scene: Ending credits, 2:11 in, Voice Over Actors.
- ^ "Shadow of Rome (2005 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 23 January 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of the title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ Avalanche Software. Disney Infinity. Scene: Closing credits, 4:52 in, Featuring the Voice Talents of.
- ^ Konami (2015). Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Scene: Closing credits, 0:32 in, Cast.
- ^ @Grasshopper_EN (20 December 2018). "Introducing the all-star lineup of #TravisStrikesAgain #NoMoreHeroes' main voice cast!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.