Early life

Germann was born in Houston. The family moved to Lookout Mountain outside of Golden, Colorado. His mother, Marlene Marian (née Faulkner), was a homemaker, and his father, Edward A. Germann, was a playwright and professor. While living in Colorado, Germann expressed interest in acting. He starred in stage plays during his middle- and high-school years, before moving to New York in 1982.

Career

Early work

He started in several Broadway plays while in New York, including a role in 1982 alongside Matthew Broderick in the play Fancy This, which Germann also co-wrote. He received praise for roles in the 1982 musical Chicago, and the 1983 musical The Wizard of Oz. He continued to have roles in plays before seeing a poster for wanted actors for a film in 1985. He moved to Hollywood to find film success, and got his first role in the teen comedy film, The Whoopee Boys in 1986. The supporting role in that film helped Greg's career, so he could star in bigger and mainstream films. His next film was 1990's Child's Play 2, in which he played the character Mattson, in the well-received sequel to one of the most popular horror films of all time. Child's Play 2, and the 1991 romantic comedy Once Around, helped the actor gain mainstream success.

1990s success

After Child's Play 2 and Once Around were released, he was able to reach pop culture success. He then gained fame as a character named Petey in the 1994 critical and commercial success Clear and Present Danger, and landed a supporting role as Rico on the sitcom Ned & Stacey, which gained him fame and lasted from 1995 - 1997.

Ally McBeal

In 1997, when Ned & Stacey stopped airing, Germann was offered the role as Richard Fish on the legal - comedy series Ally McBeal. He took the role, and for five seasons, from 1997 to 2002, he gained positive acclaim for playing Fish. During his time, he received an Emmy nomination, and three Screen Actors Guild awards, winning one. Germann directed a few Ally McBeal episodes, including "Fear of Flirting" (season 5, episode 4). He appeared on ABC's In Case of Emergency as Sherman Yablonsky until it was canceled after one season, and was also in the pilot episode of Eureka as the director of operations, Warren King. He did not reprise the role, and his character's disappearance was explained in the official comic book as having been reassigned to Alaska.

2000s work

After Ally McBeal ended, he kept up his game by starring in several films, including Down to Earth, Sweet November, and Joe Somebody, all being released in 2001. He guest-appeared twice on The Bernie Mac Show.

He got lead roles in 2005 in the family comedies Family Plan and Down and Derby; these films helped the actor prove he was leading man status. In 2006, he played Santa Claus in the holiday film The Santa Incident, which Empire named, number 12 on the top 50 Christmas comedies; the film airs countless times during the holidays. Also in 2006, he guest-starred in the series, Desperate Housewives.

2010s work

Germann has appeared in NCIS since the season-10 episode, "Shiva", playing NCIS Assistant Director Jerome Craig. Later, in the episode, "Canary", he briefly took over the agency while the director at the time was on temporary leave following a family tragedy.

Germann has appeared in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the season-14 episode "Undercover Blue", playing ADA Derek Strauss.

Germann currently guest stars on the ABC Fantasy series drama Once Upon A Time portraying the character Hades.

Filmography

Film and television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	The Whoopee Boys	Man on street
1989	Miami Vice	Johnny Ramon	The finale (season 5, episode 21)
1990	Child's Play 2	Mattson
1991	Once Around	Jim Redstone
1993	So I Married An Axe Murderer	Guy at wedding	Uncredited
1994	I.Q.	Uncredited	Uncredited
1994	Clear and Present Danger	Petey
1995-1997	Ned & Stacey	Eric "Rico" Moyer	TV
1997-2002	Ally McBeal	Richard Fish	TV
2001	Joe Somebody	Jeremy
2001	Down to Earth	Sklar
2001	Sweet November	Vince Holland
2003	The Bernie Mac Show	Himself	TV
2005	Down and Derby	Phil Davis	Lead role
2005	Family Plan	Himself	TV, one episode
2005	The Sandlot 2	Mr. Goodfairer
2006	Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby	Larry Dennit, Jr.
2006	Eureka	Warren King	TV, cameo appearance
2006	Friends with Money	Matt
2007	All I Want for Christmas	Guy on bridge	Uncredited cameo
2007	In Case of Emergency	Sherman Yablonsky	TV, supporting cast
2008	Bolt	The Agent	Voice
2008	Quarantine	Laurence
2009	Spectacular!	Mr.Virgil Romano	TV movie
2010	Group Sex	Reeves
2010	Raising Hope	Bobby	TV, guest star
2011	Hawaii Five-0	Rick Lane	TV, two appearances
2012	House of Lies	Ricky	TV, cameo
2012	Here Comes The Boom	Principal Duke Becher
2013	Common Law	Barry Barker	TV, four appearances
2013	NCIS	Jim Bentley	TV, one appearance
2013-2014	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Barcalee Freemount	TV, eight appearances
2014	Blue Bloods	Billy	TV, one appearance
2014	Atlas Shrugged: Part III	James Taggart	Sequel film
2014	How To Get Away With Murder	Jeffrey Cole	TV, three appearances
2014	The Little Rascals Save The Day	Ray "Big Ray" Kaye
2015	Get Hard	Peter Penny
2015	Chasing Life	Tom Krane	TV, two appearances
2016	Once Upon a Time	Hades	TV, recurring character
2016	Time Toys	Weller	Lead role, theatrical film

Charities

Greg Germann supports the following charitable cause: AIDS.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]