Stage-trained actor Greg Germann traveled to NYC after graduating from the University of Northern Colorado, where he became a member of the Circle Repertory Company and Ensemble Studio Theatre. Acting in productions like Stephen Sondheim's musical "Assassins" and Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues" led to parts in both film and TV, but it has been on the small screen where he has had his greatest success. His TV acting debut came in "High School Narc" (1995), an "ABC Afterschool Special", and after appearing in such films as "Miss Firecracker" (1989) and "Once Around" (1991), both with Holly Hunter, and "So I Married an Axe Murder (1993), which reunited him with "High School Narc" co-star Nancy Travis and "Miss Firecracker" director Thomas Schlamme, Germann settled comfortably into his niche as a TV series regular. Although there were several unsold pilots, the good-looking blond actor finally registered as the pushy lawyer Andy Del Sorto in NBC's "Sweet Justice" (1994-95). He followed that with a turn as the Eric Moyer, the brow-beaten brother-in-law of Debra Messing's Stacey and co-worker of Thomas Haden Church's Ned in "Ned and Stacey" (Fox, 1995-1997). Germann returned to a legal setting for his next series, portraying smarmy senior partner Richard Fish, who only practices law for the money, in "Ally McBeal" (Fox, 1997- ).
- Also Credited As:
Gregory Andrew Germann
- Born:
February 26, 1958 in Houston, Texas
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Job Titles:
Actor, Director, Playwright
Family
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Father: Edward Germann.
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Mother: Marlene Germann.
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Son: Asa August Germann. born in December 1997
Education
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University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, theater, 1978
Milestones
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1985 Made feature debut in "Streetwalkin'"
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1985 TV debut in "High School Narc", an "ABC Afterschool Special"
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1989 Acted the role of Ronnie Wayne in "Miss Firecracker"; first screen appearance alongside Holly Hunter
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1990 Cast in the off-Broadway musical, "Assassins"
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1991 Appeared with Hunter in "Once Around"
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1993 Appeared in "I Married an Axe Murderer," re-teaming him with "High School Narc" co-star Nancy Travis and "Miss Firecracker" director Thomas Schlamme
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1994 Played upstart attorney Andy Del Sarto in NBC series "Sweet Justice"
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1995 Portrayed Eric Moyer, Ned's (Thomas Haden Church) best friend in the Fox sitcom "Ned and Stacey"
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1997 Co-starred as Richard Fish in the Fox series "Ally McBeal"
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1998 Directed short film "Pete's Garden"; premiered at the Sundance Film Festival
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1998 Wrote play "The Observatory"; produced Off-Broadway
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2001 Played Chris Rocks personal secretary in the comedy "Down to Earth," a remake of 1978's "Heaven Can Wait"
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2001 Played an advertising executive in the remake of "Sweet November"
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2006 Cast as Joan Cusack's husband in Nicole Holofcener's "Friends with Money"
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2007 Cast on ABC's "In Case of Emergency" as Sherman Yablonsky
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2007 Played a drug counselor in the indie film, "Self-Medicated"
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Became a member of Circle Repertory Company and Ensemble Studio Theatre
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Moved to NYC after graduating from college
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Raised in Colorado