Actor clark gregg biography

1. Clark Gregg's Biography
2. Early Career
3. Stage and Screen Success
4. Collaboration with DreamWorks and Continued Success
5. Television and Personal Life

Clark Gregg's Biography

Clark Gregg is an actor, director, and screenwriter best known as the co-founder and former artistic director of the New York-based company "Atlantic Theater Company." Born on April 2, 1962, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Gregg attended Ohio University and New York University, where he graduated in 1986.

Early Career

During his time in New York, Gregg made his professional debut in one of his mentors, David Mamet's, plays, "Things Change." In 1988, he worked with another mentor, William H. Macy, in the play "Life of a Boy" and later co-directed "Lip Service" with him in the same year.

Stage and Screen Success

In 1990, Gregg made his Broadway debut in Aaron Sorkin's play, "A Few Good Men," and in 1991, he appeared on television in a small role in the series "Law & Order." He had significant roles in the 1992 comedy "Lana in Love" and directed the comedy "Ride Me" in 1994. Some of his most notable roles during this time were in well-known films such as "Clear and Present Danger" (1994), "The Spanish Prisoner" (1997), "Magnolia" (1999), and "The Adventure of Sebastian Coles" (1999).

As the artistic director of the Atlantic Theater Company, Gregg directed premiere productions of plays like "Distant Fires" by Kevin Heelan in 1991 and 1993, as well as a new staging of Mamet's play "Edmond" in 1996. He also wrote a screenplay for a romantic thriller, but it remained unused.

Collaboration with DreamWorks and Continued Success

However, Gregg caught the attention of DreamWorks studio, and its boss, Steven Spielberg, asked him to write a rough draft of a screenplay he had been considering. When the new studio director, Robert Zemeckis, needed a thriller screenplay, Gregg was chosen to finish writing it instead of hiring a new author. This led to the creation of the film "What Lies Beneath" (2000) starring Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer, which earned $30 million in its opening weekend.

Gregg continued to collaborate with David Mamet on plays like "State and Main" and "Sexual Perversity in Chicago." He also appeared in movies such as Spielberg's "Artificial Intelligence" (2001), the war drama "We Were Soldiers" (2002) alongside Mel Gibson, "Lovely & Amazing" (2002) with Catherine Keener and Jake Gyllenhaal, "In Good Company" (2004) with Scarlett Johansson and Dennis Quaid, "Iron Man" (2008), and many others.

Television and Personal Life

In addition to his work in film and theater, Gregg had notable television roles, including a role in the series "Sex and the City." He also worked on a documentary film about the Persian Gulf War called "Live from Baghdad" (2002).

In 2001, Clark Gregg married Jennifer Grey, whom he had been dating for a year. They welcomed their daughter Stella in December 2001.