| Greg Ellis | |
| Birth Name: | Jonathan Rees[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1968 3, df=yes[2] |
| Birth Place: | Wigan, Lancashire, England |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Years Active: | 1988–present |
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 (2010), Cullen in multiple Dragon Age games, and Jet-Vac in Skylanders Academy (2016–2018).
On 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), (2007), and (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, , 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), (as Cait Sith), and (as Alister Fletcher), as well as in , Dragon Age II, and (as Cullen Rutherford). His minor video game work includes voices for SOCOM II U.S. Navy SEALs, SOCOM 3 U.S. Navy SEALs, , , and Ty the Tasmanian Tiger. He has also voiced characters in cartoons such as The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Invader Zim, ,[4] and first three series of the Ben 10 franchise. He even voiced Dr. Morocco in season two of 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 and reprised the role in . He reprised his role as Cait Sith in the English version of the CGI film . 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 [7] about "a first-person account of family breakdown and the social, political, and legal forces that are fueling a national health emergency".
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Titanic | Carpathia Steward | |||
| To End All Wars | Primrose | |||
| Officer Theodore Groves | Credited as "Officer" | |||
| Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Mickey (Dive Bar Patron #1) | |||
| Cell Call | Donovan | Short film | ||
| Lieutenant Theodore Groves | Credited as "Officer" | |||
| Knight Rider | Welther | Television film | ||
| Star Trek | Chief Engineer Olsen | |||
| Lieutenant Commander Theodore Groves | Credited as "Groves" | |||
| Rogue | Peter Reid | Television film | ||
| Forsaken | Tom Watson | |||
| Killer App | Springer |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brush Strokes | Terry | Episode: "Episode #4.5" | ||
| –1991 | Bread | P.C. Lloyd | 21 episodes | |
| The X-Files | 3rd British Crewman | Episode: "Triangle" | ||
| Ekoor | Episode: "What You Leave Behind" | |||
| –2004 | 24 | Michael Amador | 9 episodes | |
| , | Foxy Harris, Special Agent Sturgis | 2 episodes | ||
| Bones | Kevin Hollings | Episode: "Two Bodies in the Lab" | ||
| –2009 | Valentine | Ari Valentine / Ares | 8 episodes | |
| Trust Me | Simon Cochran | 7 episodes | ||
| Dexter | Jonathan Farrow | Episode: "Slack Tide" | ||
| Nip/Tuck | Adam Wise | Episode: "Joel Seabrook" | ||
| The Confession | Sheldon Hoffman | Episode: "Chapter 7" | ||
| Days of Our Lives | Agent Spencer | 27 episodes | ||
| Alcatraz | Garrett Stillman | Episode: "Garrett Stillman" | ||
| Touch | Trevor Wilcox | 13 episodes | ||
| Hawaii Five-0 | Thomas Farrow | 4 episodes | ||
| Lucifer | Myles Drunker | Episode: "Anything Pierce Can Do I Can Do Better" | ||
| Magnum P.I. | Sean Cavendish | Episode: "A Fire in the Ashes" | ||
| The Rookie | Blair Darvill | Episode: "Day in the Hole" |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmdr. Giles Price | ||||
| Blur | Maaz | Unused cut scene |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Wild Thornberrys | Bim | Episode: "Koality and Kuantity" | ||
| The Angry Beavers | Randy Beaver, Supercomputer | Episode: "Koality Komforts/Oh, Brother?" | ||
| Oh Yeah! Cartoons | Wizzy, Stan | Episode: "The Fairly OddParents: The Zappys" | ||
| Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future | Dan Dare | |||
| –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 | ||
| –05 | Teen Titans | Malchior, Punk Rocket | ||
| Evil Con Carne | Lady of the Lake, Prince, Bobby No. 2 | Episode: "Jealousy, Jealous Do/Hector, King of the Britons" | ||
| –08 | Bratz | Byron Powell, Sir Nigel Forrester | 7 episodes | |
| Ben 10 | Synaptak | Episode: "The Galactic Enforcers" | ||
| Legion of Super Heroes | Drax | Episode: "Phantoms" | ||
| –08 | Phineas and Ferb | Jameson, Angry Mob | ||
| The Batman | Episode: "Vertigo" | |||
| Squire | Episode: "Be-Knighted" | |||
| –2011 | Gentleman Ghost, Doctor Fate, Cavalier, Doctor Canus, Hawk, Shrapnel, Mister Mind, Kafka, Big Head Batman | |||
| Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Turk Falso | 2 episodes | ||
| Ape Escape | Specter | |||
| –11 | Prince Gyula, Cyborg #2, Dagonet, Reporter Chet Rigby | |||
| –13 | Generator Rex | Gatlocke | 2 episodes | |
| Breaker, Alvin Kibbey, Cobra Ops Supervisor | ||||
| –13 | Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated | Charles Weatlesby, Destroido Computer | ||
| 2011 | Fish Hooks | Gecko #1, Gecko Glasses, Officiant, Duke | 2 episodes | |
| Rocket Raccoon | Episode: "Michael Korvac" | |||
| –14 | Beware the Batman | Phosphorus Rex | ||
| –16 | Dr. Thaddeus Morocco, Mr. Foster | |||
| –17 | Star Wars Rebels | Baron Valen Rudor | ||
| –17 | Sofia the First | Spruce | ||
| 2015 | Turbo Fast | Liam, Ollie | Episode: "Kicked Off" | |
| –19 | The Lion Guard | Mzingo | Credited as Jonny Rees | |
| –18 | Skylanders Academy | Jet-Vac | ||
| Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! | Dr. Messmer, Kitchen Staff Member | Episode: "Mysteries on the Disorient Express" | ||
| –18 | Star vs. the Forces of Evil | Manfred, additional voices | Credited as Jonny Rees |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer Music Mania 2004 | Announcer | Television film | ||
| Nigel | ||||
| 2006 | Bratz Genie Magic | Sebastian | ||
| 2007 | Beowulf | Garmund | ||
| Wallaby | Direct-to-video | |||
| Dave the Dove | Direct-to-video |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bratz | Byron | Direct-to-video | ||
| Bratz | Sebastian | Direct-to-video | ||
| Cait Sith | English dub | |||
| Bratz | Harvey | Direct-to-video | ||
| Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure | Creeper, Horror's Hand | Television film | ||
| Direct-to-video | ||||
| Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes | Tin, Sergeant | Direct-to-video | ||
| Will Scarlet, Tin | Direct-to-video | |||
| Big Top Scooby-Doo! | Marius Brancusi | Direct-to-video | ||
| Foodfight! | Hairy Hold | |||
| Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure | Tin | Direct-to-video | ||
| Direct-to-video | ||||
| Tin | Direct-to-video | |||
| Khumba | Thabo, Elder #1 | English dub | ||
| Tin | Direct-to-video | |||
| The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar | Mzingo | Television film | ||
| Direct-to-video[8] | ||||
| Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob | Herald, Herman Ellinger, British Passenger | Direct-to-video |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interstate '82 | Rank Dick | |||
| Urano | ||||
| Starlancer | Luenberg Comms Officer | |||
| Kam Jahtae Commander | ||||
| Red Faction II | Male Voice 4 | |||
| Human Male Crew, Arcturian Admiral, Captain | ||||
| Lionheart | Richard Lionheart | |||
| SOCOM II U.S. Navy SEALs | British S.A.S. Operative SABRE | |||
| Martin Clemens | ||||
| Onimusha Blade Warriors | Keijiro Maeda | English dub | ||
| British Narrator | ||||
| X-Men Legends | Technician, Male Prisoner No. 2 | |||
| Shark Tale | Additional Tenant Fish | |||
| Ty the Tasmanian Tiger | ||||
| The Bard's Tale | Additional voices | [9] | ||
| EverQuest II | Additional voices | |||
| Additional voices | [10] | |||
| Additional voices | ||||
| Mical | ||||
| Elven Officer, Ithilien Ranger Unit | ||||
| Shadow of Rome | Additional voices | [11] | ||
| Romun Soldier No. 3 | English dub | |||
| Haunting Ground | Riccardo, Ugo Belli | |||
| Phillip Lombard | ||||
| Bratz: Rock Angelz | Bryon Powell | |||
| Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, Sergeant Bluey | ||||
| Additional voices | ||||
| SOCOM 3 U.S. Navy SEALs | Chopper | |||
| Celeborn, Elves, Ithilien Rangers | ||||
| Alister Fletcher | ||||
| Teen Titans | ||||
| Cars | Piston Cup Racers | |||
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Additional voices | |||
| Fat Pirate, Pintell, Ragetti, Spanish Soldier | ||||
| Cait Sith | English dub | |||
| Additional voices | ||||
| Elves, Ithilien Rangers | ||||
| Rogue Galaxy | Simon Wicard | English dub | ||
| God of War II | Rhodes Soldiers, Spartan Soldiers | |||
| Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Additional voices | |||
| Weapons Grummel, Armor Grummel | ||||
| The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Reepicheep | |||
| Resistance 2 | Additional voices | |||
| Alister Fletcher, Mercenary | ||||
| Weapons Grummel, Armor Grummel | ||||
| Cullen, additional voices | ||||
| Clash of the Titans | Perseus, Soldiers, Townpeople, Spirits | |||
| God of War III | ||||
| Anders | ||||
| Dragon Age II | Cullen, additional voices | |||
| Cars 2 | Nigel Gearsley | |||
| Shadows of the Damned | Johnson | |||
| Resistance 3 | Fyodor Malikov | |||
| Marlowe's Agents | ||||
| Additional voices | ||||
| Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 | Rocket Raccoon | |||
| Additional voices | ||||
| Additional voices | ||||
| Diablo III | Captain Rumford | |||
| Darksiders II | Corrupted Angel | |||
| Jet-Vac | ||||
| BioShock Infinite | Additional voices | |||
| Disney Infinity | Additional voices | [12] | ||
| Saints Row IV | Additional voices | |||
| Jet-Vac | ||||
| Captain Rumford | ||||
| Jet-Vac, Bomb Shell | ||||
| Cullen | ||||
| Soldiers | English dub[13] | |||
| Jet-Vac | ||||
| Brian Buster Jr. | [14] | |||
| Hogwarts Legacy | Albie Weekes, Timothy Teasdale, various voices |