Greg Ellis is an Emmy Award® nominated actor (’24’ ensemble) and Annie Award nominated voice actor with an international career that spans stage, screen, television, voice-over and the recording arts.
On the big screen Greg Ellis is best known for his portrayal of Lieutenant Commander Groves in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise as well as starring in J.J. Abrams Star Trek, as Chief Engineer Olsen, the original chief engineer of the Star ship Enterprise.
In 2014 Greg formed a production company ‘”Monkey Toes.” The shingle’s first project was the Sky television drama “Marked,” produced, written and directed by Greg and starring Kiefer Sutherland and Stephen Fry.
He joined the cast of ‘Hawaii Five-0’ in season five to play Thomas Farrow in a major recurring arc, was 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.” He also co-starred opposite Angelina Jolie in “Beowulf,” with Brad Pitt in “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” and alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in ‘Titanic.’
He is the voice of MZingo in the “Lion King” series “The Lion Guard” as well as the voice of Valen Rudor in the Disney animated series “Star Wars Rebels”. Greg’s television credits include: ‘Lucifer,” “Dexter,” “The X-Files,” “The Riches,” “Bones,” “Alcatraz,” “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” “The Closer,” “CSI,” “Nip/Tuck,” “Perception,” “Knight Rider,” and “Trust Me” to name a few.
Voice-over work includes multiple characters on “Tom and Jerry,” “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” “Batman: The Brave & the Bold,” “Sofia the First,” “Star vs. the Forces of Evil,” “Tron: Uprising,” “The Mummy,” “What’s New, Scooby-Doo?”, “The Boondocks,” “Ben 10,” “Annoying Orange,” “Phineas and Ferb,” “Teen Titans,” and the animated feature films “Garfield 2” as “Nigel,” and “Cars 2,” as “Sir Nigel Gearsley.”
Greg has over 150 video-game credits to his name including the iconic series of: “Call of Duty,” “God of War,” “Diablo,” “Uncharted,” “Dragon Age,” “Star Trek,” “Cars,” “Lord of the Rings,” “X-Men,” and “Medal of Honor,” to name a few. He is also the voice of Rocket Raccoon for the “Guardians of the Galaxy” video games and Jet-Vac in “Skylanders”. His West End theatre credits include the role of “Rusty” in the original cast of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s New “Starlight Express,” directed by Trevor Nunn; the alternate Chris in the original cast of “Miss. Saigon,” directed by Nicholas Hytner and the role of “Fat Sam” in “Bugsy Malone,” directed by Mickey Dolenz of Monkees fame.
Greg has performed for H.R.H Queen Elizabeth II at Saint Paul’s Cathedral as well as 2 Royal Command Performances and his recordings can be heard extensively throughout Europe where he has achieved 3 Top 20 singles.
