Ethan Embry Biography
Born: June 13, 1978
Born June 13, 1978, Ethan Embry grew up to be one of the few child stars to make a reasonably successful transition to adult (or at least young adult) roles. Beginning with his starring role in the ill-fated John_Hughes vehicle Dutch (1991), in which he co-starred with Ed O'Neill, Embry went on to find steady work throughout the 1990s, maturing from child actor to drool material for teenage girls everywhere.
Following Dutch (in which he was credited as Ethan Randall), Embry had a minor role in the Albert_Brooks comedy Defending_Your_Life (1991), and then in the same year starred in All_I_Want_For_Christmas with Leslie Neilsen. His next substantial role was in the 1993 teen adventure film A Far-Off Place, in which he starred with Reese_Witherspoon. The film met with lukewarm response, which was best summed up by Empire Magazine with the statement "Potential date-movie for environmentally aware thirteen year-olds." Embry's subsequent film, Empire_Records (1995), met with a similarly negative reception, although it did attain a certain cult status among hormonally-aware teenage girls.
After Empire, Embry was involved in two high profile projects, Tom_Hanks' That_Thing_You_Do and Ridley_Scott's White_Squall (both 1996). Neither film did particularly well, although the latter allowed Embry to appear with a virtual Who's Who line-up of up-and-coming male actors including Ryan_Phillippe and Scott_Wolf. Next up was Vegas_Vacation (1997), the latest in the National Lampoon odessey, followed by Montana (1998) and two teen invasion showcases, Can't_Hardly_Wait, with Jennifer_Love_Hewitt and Disturbing_Behavior (both 1998).
Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi
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