Excellent, prolific and versatile character actor Gregg Lee Henry was born on May 6, 1952 in Lakewood, Colorado. Henry studied acting at the University of Washington in Seattle. Right after graduating from college, Gregg moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue an acting career. He played in a band for three or four months and worked as an apprentice at the Old Globe theater in San Diego prior to getting his first television acting gig as 'Nick Nolte' . Gregg Henry lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife Lisa James; she is a noted director for the American Theater who Gregg has collaborated with on various stage productions as both an actor and producer.
Has his own rock band and has played with fellow actor Bruce Greenwood , producing three albums together.
Has appeared in five films by director Brian De Palma : Scarface , Body Double , Raising Cain , Femme Fatale and The Black Dahlia .
He was awarded the 1983 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "A Christmas Memory," in a Mark Taper Forum and the Sundays at the Itcheys Foot production in Los Angeles, California.
(2012, on Payback (1999/I) ) I just loved this character from the,moment I read it. Sometimes you read a character and you just go, "I,know this guy. " An image hits your head of what he is and who he is.
(2012, on "EZ Streets" (1996) ) We plugged away for a lot of,episodes before it was on the air. It was not like we were considering,what the network was thinking in terms of their broadcast philosophy,while we were doing it. And it was utterly mysterious. It came on and,it got reviews that you just could not write for yourself. I think it,was on the cover of Time magazine as "the great new show" or something.
There was just phenomenal press. And it was canceled within two weeks.
