Zach Grenier is an American character actor of film, television and stage. He is best known for his roles in films such as '' Fight Club'', ''

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'', and '' Twister'' and for his roles in television such as David Lee in '' The Good Wife'' and Andy Cramed in '' Deadwood''.

Life and career

Grenier's mother, who was an announcer on a Polish radio program, met his father when he was working as a sound engineer at

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in the Bronx in the late 1930s. He was a regular cast member on ''C-16'' from 1997 to 1998. He appeared in the first season of the television show '' 24'' as

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, played Andy Cramed, the gambler who brought the plague to town, on '' Deadwood'', and appeared in several episodes of ''

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''. On film he played Edward Norton's boss in '' Fight Club'' and Mel Nicolai in ''

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films. He appeared in the 1988 movie ''

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'' as finance guru Sid Greenberg, a role that he played in the original stage version of the script. In the movie '' Twister'', he played Eddie, Dr. Jonas Miller's assistant. He played Mr. Reilly, one of the Callahan Auto Parts associates, in ''

''. He appeared in ''

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'' as a marriage therapist. He played a role of Professor Cardiff in a 2006 horror film '' Pulse''. In 2009, he appeared on Broadway opposite

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in '' 33 Variations'', earning him a

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nomination. In 2010, he was cast on the television series '' The Good Wife'' as David Lee, a senior attorney, a role that soon became part of the recurring ensemble. He was promoted to series regular at the start of the fifth season in September 2013.

Filmography

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grenier, Zach American male film actors American male stage actors American male television actors Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American people of Polish descent