Early life

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.

Career

The first major role Suplee landed was as Willam Black 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 himself recast both Suplee and Lee 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 role), 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 Entouragein 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, Jamie Pressly.

Personal life

In March 2011, Suplee was featured on TMZ on TV with a recent weight loss of 200+ pounds. He was quoted as crediting bicycling for his fit frame, explaining, "I ride road bikes, I ride bicycles." Suplee is also good friends with Stza of Star Blupping Quipsters and he agreed to appear in their music video for the song "3000 Miles Away" from their album Never Rest in Peace. He is a Scientologist.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Mallrats	Willam Black
1996	One Down	Prison inmate
1997	Chasing Amy	Comic Fan
1997	A Better Place	Large Rude Student
1997	35 Miles from Normal	Mike
1997	11th Hour	Mike
1998	Desert Blue	Cale
1998	American History X	Seth Ryan
1999	Dogma	Noman the Golgothan	Voice role
1999	Tyrone	Joshua Schatzberg
2000	Takedown	Dan Brodley
2000	Road Trip	Ed Bradford
2000	Vulgar	Frankie Fanelli
2000	Remember the Titans	Louie Lastik
2001	Don's Plum	Big Bum
2001	Blow	Tuna
2001	Evolution	Deke Donald
2002	John Q	Max Conlin
2002	The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest	Tiny
2003	Cold Mountain	Pangle
2004	The Butterfly Effect	Thumper
2004	Without a Paddle	Elwood
2005	Neo Ned	Johnny-Orderly
2006	Art School Confidential	Vince
2006	Clerks II	Teen #2
2006	The Fountain	Manny
2007	Mr. Woodcock	Nedderman
2007	Cutlass	Bruce	Short film
2008	Struck	Cupid	Short film
2009	Fanboys	Harry Knowles
2009	Brothers	Sweeney
2010	The Dry Land	Jack
2010	Unstoppable	Dewey
2011	I'm Having a Difficult Time Killing My Parents	Andrew	Short film
2011	Grow Up Already	Bunky	Short film
2012	Ten Feet Apart	Homer	Short film
2012	Paper Cuts	Steven
2012	Delivery	Jake	Short film
2013	Breakout	Kenny
2013	The Wolf of Wall Street	Toby Welch
2014	Walk of Shame	Officer Dave
2015	True Story	Pat Frato
2015	Tooken	Paul Miller	Post-production
2016	The Trust	Russian Roulette Detective
2016	Mallrats 2	Willam Black	Pre-production
2016	"The Ranch"	Officer Billy

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Tales from the Crypt	Jaimie	1 episode: "Operation Friendship"
1994-1998	Boy Meets World	Frankie Stechino	19 Episodes
1995	Sister, Sister	Lionel	1 episode: "Put to the Test"
1996	Don't Look Back	Gary	TV Movie
2004	Third Watch	Aaron Gordon	1 episode: "Obsession"
2005-2009	My Name Is Earl	Randy Hickey	Main cast 96 Episodes
2005-2010	Entourage	Himself	2 episodes
2006	The Year Without a Santa Claus	Jingle	TV Movie
2010	The Good Guys	Grown Up Andy	1 episode: "Dan on the Run"
2010	Playing with Guns	Siff	TV Movie
2010	Nevermind Nirvana	Perry	TV Movie
2011	No Ordinary Family	Tom Seeley	1 episode: "No Ordinary Double Standard"
2011-2013	Raising Hope	Andrew	4 Episodes
2011	Wilfred	Spencer	2 episodes: "Happiness", "Fear"
2012	Men at Work	Dan	1 episode: "Milo Full of Grace"
2012	Rise of the Zombies	Marshall	TV Movie
2014	Jennifer Falls	Wayne Doyle	Main cast 10 episodes
2016	The Ranch	Officer Billy "Beer Pong"	2 episodes

Music video

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Lonesome Tears	Friend	Beck
2010	3000 Miles Away	Interrogator	Star Fucking Hipsters

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2006	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	My Name is Earl	Nominated
2007	Golden Nymph	Outstanding Actor - Comedy Series		Nominated

Charities

Ethan Suplee supports the following charitable cause: WWF.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]