Biography
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, Tommy Boy, and Twister and for his roles in television such as David Lee in The Good Wife and Andy Cramed in Deadwood.
Known For
Complete Filmography
She Said
2022
as Irwin Reiter
New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo ...
Off in the Far Away Somewhere: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Hawaii
2018
as Alfred Stieglitz
An original short film narrated by Academy Award-nominee Sigourney Weaver featuring excerpts from Georgia O’Keeffe’s personal letters to her husband w...
Crown Heights
2017
as Detective Cassel
When Colin Warner was wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving his innocence.
Manhattan Romance
2015
as Trevor
Danny, a commercial editor and documentary filmmaker attempts to finish his film, a study on relationship while navigating the relationships in his ow...
Free the Nipple
2014
as Jim Black
An army of passionate women launch a revolution to "Free the Nipple" and decriminalize the female body. Based on a true story, this mass movement of t...
Turks & Caicos
2014
as Dido Parsons
The second movie in David Hare's Johnny Worricker trilogy. Loose-limbed spy Johnny Worricker, last seen whistleblowing at MI5 in Page Eight, has a new...
RoboCop
2014
as Hubert Dreyfus
In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by t...
J. Edgar
2011
as John Condon
As the face of law enforcement in the United States for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind close...
Earthwork
2011
as The Mayor
In 1994, real-life crop artist Stan Herd traveled from Kansas to Manhattan's Upper West Side to create a massive environmental artwork on land owned b...
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
2008
as Mr. Fenstermaker
Tells the story of Fisher Willow, the disliked 1920s Memphis débutante daughter of a plantation owner with a distaste for narrow-minded people and a p...
Rescue Dawn
2007
as Squad Leader
A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2007
as James Sherman / Rafke
The Fantastic Four return to the big screen as a new and all powerful enemy threatens the Earth. The seemingly unstoppable 'Silver Surfer', but all is...
Zodiac
2007
as Mel Nicolai
The Zodiac murders cause the lives of Paul Avery, David Toschi and Robert Graysmith to intersect.
Pulse
2006
as Professor Cardiff
When the dead discover a means to contact the living through electronic devices, cellphones and computers become open gateways to monstrosities and de...
Swordfish
2001
as A.D. Joy
Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash ...
Chasing Sleep
2001
as Geoffrey
A college professor wakes up to find his wife has not returned home, then struggles to understand her disappearance.
The Whistle-Blower
2001
as Louis T. Weitzman
A bank employee, Laura Tracey, places herself and her family in mortal danger after reporting irregularities in the firm's overseas accounts to the Na...
Shaft
2000
as Harrison Loeb
New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail...
Ride with the Devil
1999
as Mr. Evans
Ride with the Devil follows four people who are fighting for truth and justice amidst the turmoil of the American Civil War. Director Ang Lee takes us...
Fight Club
1999
as Richard Chesler (Regional Manager)
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches o...
Cafe Society
1997
as Milton Macka
New York 1952. Mickey Jelke inherits a big sum of money and spends his nights in Manhattan, painting the city red. Night after night, he can be found ...
White Lies
1997
as Terry Seabrooks
A museum worker pretends to be an artist in order to impress women. When an attractive assistant director of a SoHo art gallery overhears him, she off...
Drunks
1997
as Al
At the beginning of a nightly Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, Jim seems particularly troubled. His sponsor encourages him to talk that night, the first ...
Donnie Brasco
1997
as Dr. Berger
An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
Mother Night
1996
as Joseph Goebbels
An American spy behind the lines during WWII serves as a Nazi propagandist, a role he cannot escape in his future life as he can never reveal his real...
Maximum Risk
1996
as Ivan Dzasokhov
Alain Moreau's investigation into the death of his identical twin brother leads him from the beauty of the south of France to the mean streets of New ...
Gang in Blue
1996
as Joe Beckstrem
A black police officer discovers a cell of white supremacist vigilantes within his department.
Twister
1996
as Eddie
An unprecedented series of violent tornadoes is sweeping across Oklahoma. Tornado chasers, headed by Dr. Jo Harding, attempt to release a groundbreaki...
Reckless
1995
as Anchor Person Re: Trish
On Christmas Eve, a relentlessly cheerful woman escapes from the killers hired by her husband, and embarks on a series of strange encounters.
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995
as Larry Ligstow (owner of Greek restaurant)
The setting is early America during the oil boom. An elderly, down on his luck 'oil man', Mr. Cox finds himself in the town of Henrietta. Using unconv...
Tommy Boy
1995
as Ted Reilly
To save the family business, two ne’er-do-well traveling salesmen hit the road with disastrously funny consequences.
Normandy: The Great Crusade
1994
as Robert Slaughter (voice)
Documentary on the World War II invasion of Normandy by the Allies on June 6, 1944 utilizing diaries, personal letters, home movies, snapshots, period...
The Man Without a Face
1993
as Dr. Lionel Talbot, Psychiatrist
Justin McLeod is a former teacher who lives as a recluse on the edge of town after his face is disfigured from an automobile accident ten years earlie...
Cliffhanger
1993
as Davis
A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to r...
Liebestraum
1991
as Barnard Ralston IV
A man returns to his hometown and a series of dark secrets are revealed.
Delirious
1991
as Mickey
A soap opera writer gets hit on the head and wakes up as a character in his own show.
Problem Child 2
1991
as Voytek
Junior and his father, Ben, move from Cold River to Mortville. Junior becomes threatened by Ben's desire to date again and find a new mother for Junio...
A Shock to the System
1990
as Executive #2
Madison Avenue executive Graham Marshall has paid his dues. A talented and devoted worker, he has suffered through mounting bills and a nagging wife w...
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
1989
as Jerk
A murder takes place in the shop of David Lyons, a deaf man who fails to hear the gunshot being fired. Outside, blind man Wally Karue hears the shot b...
Talk Radio
1988
as Sid Greenberg
A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.
Working Girl
1988
as Jim
Tess McGill is an ambitious secretary with a unique approach for climbing the ladder to success. When her classy, but villainous boss breaks a leg ski...
The Kid Brother
1987
as Jesse
Going through life without legs, 12-year-old Kenny is active and enthusiastic, resisting the pressure to wear prosthetic limbs. He also finds himself ...
Radio Days
1987
as Audience Member (uncredited)
The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944,...
These Little Ones Perish
N/A
The gripping story begins after a young altar boy's tragic death by suicide in a local church. Father Frye (Colin Bates) discovers the body, only to f...