Date of Birth

2 December 1986, Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth Name

Ethan Gregory Peck

Height

6' (1.83 m)

Trivia

• Grandson of Gregory Peck and Greta Kukkonen.
• In high school he played varsity lacrosse and football, and was on the varsity track team.
• He studied classical cello for six years.
• He is the son of artist Francine Matarazzo and Stephen Peck, Community Development Director for U.S.VETS. His half-sister, Marisa Matarazzo, is a writer.
• He received the best actor award at the 2009 Sonoma International Film Festival for his role as "Sailor" in the film "Adopt a Sailor.".
• He attended NYU Tisch School of the Arts from 2004 - 2008 and studied theater in the Experimental Theater Wing (ETW) program there.
• Nephew of Carey Paul Peck, Jonathan Peck, and Cecilia Peck.
• Stepgrandson of Veronique Peck.
• Screen tested for the role of Henry in Catherine Hardwicke's Red Riding Hood (2011), but lost the part to Max Irons.
• Completed brown belt and achieved first level of black belt in Shotakan traditional karate under the training of kumite world champion, Avi Rokah,.
• Lives and works in Los Angeles [July 2010]
• New York University-Tisch School of the Arts [September 2004]
• Ethan's paternal grandmother was Finnish, and Ethan's maternal grandfather was of Italian descent. The rest of Ethan's ancestry is Irish, English, and more distant German and Welsh.

Quotes

• [When asked if he ever spoke to his grandfather, legendary film actor Gregory Peck, about acting] To me he was just Grandpa. He taught me how to float in a pool. I never really thought to ask him about acting. There's so much I wish I could ask him now.