Ethan Suplee (/suË ËˆpliË /; born May 25, 1976) is an American film
and television actor best known for his roles as Seth Ryan in American
History X, Louie Lastik in Remember the Titans, Frankie in Boy Meets
World, Randy Hickey in My Name Is Earl, Toby in The Wolf of Wall
Street, Elwood in Without a Paddle, and his roles in Kevin Smith’s
films.Suplee was born in Manhattan, the son of Debbie and Bill Suplee
(who later played Willie the One Eyed Mailman in My Name Is Earl). His
parents were actors who met while performing summer stock and appeared
on Broadway. On the Your Welcome show, Ethan stated that he dropped
out of school at age 14.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
Kevin Smith 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 Nazi skinhead Seth in American
History X, a man who rapes a clown in Vulgar, Ashton Kutcher's goth
college roommate "Thumper" in The Butterfly Effect, football player
Louie Lastik in 1970s Virginia in Remember the Titans (a direct
opposite on his racial views from his American History X character),
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.
and television actor best known for his roles as Seth Ryan in American
History X, Louie Lastik in Remember the Titans, Frankie in Boy Meets
World, Randy Hickey in My Name Is Earl, Toby in The Wolf of Wall
Street, Elwood in Without a Paddle, and his roles in Kevin Smith’s
films.Suplee was born in Manhattan, the son of Debbie and Bill Suplee
(who later played Willie the One Eyed Mailman in My Name Is Earl). His
parents were actors who met while performing summer stock and appeared
on Broadway. On the Your Welcome show, Ethan stated that he dropped
out of school at age 14.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
Kevin Smith 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 Nazi skinhead Seth in American
History X, a man who rapes a clown in Vulgar, Ashton Kutcher's goth
college roommate "Thumper" in The Butterfly Effect, football player
Louie Lastik in 1970s Virginia in Remember the Titans (a direct
opposite on his racial views from his American History X character),
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.
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