Adrian Grenier

The program determined that his ancestor Diego de Montoya (born in Texcoco, New Spain in 1596) was the leader of an encomienda, a protectorate of Puebloan peoples in Pueblo San Pedro in New Mexico.

He shares this ancestor with author and commentator Linda Chavez, making them ninth cousins.

Adrian Sean Grenier (born July 10, 1976) is an American actor, producer, director, and musician.

In 1997, Grenier left Bard to embark on a film career.

He has appeared in films such as Drive Me Crazy (1999), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Trash Fire (2016), and Marauders (2016).

In 2021, he acted in the Netflix series Clickbait.

Grenier was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the son of Karesse Grenier and John Dunbar.

His parents were never married.

He was raised by his mother in New York City.

His mother was born in New Mexico to a family of mostly Mexican, Spanish, and some French descent.

He made his film debut in the independent drama Arresting Gena, then in 1999 played opposite Melissa Joan Hart in Drive Me Crazy and in 2001 starred in James Toback's Harvard Man.

As a vehicle for Grenier to transition between acting, directing, and producing, with some partners, he started Reckless Productions in 2001.

The company focused on producing socially-minded films.

One of its first, Shot in the Dark, chronicled Grenier's journey to reconnect with his estranged father, Dunbar, with whom his mother broke up when he was still a baby.

Grenier and Dunbar remained estranged for 18 years until he began work on the documentary in an attempt to forge a relationship with him.

The two eventually reunited and continue to remain in contact.

This was Grenier's directorial debut and the film premiered at the 2002 Tribeca Film Festival.

He is best known for his portrayal of Vincent Chase in the television series Entourage (2004–2011).

In 2004, Grenier played Vincent Chase in the HBO series Entourage, gaining his most substantial notability and success.

The series followed the triumphs and trials in the life of Chase, as the movie star character and his friends lived the good life in Los Angeles.

It ran for eight seasons, from 2004 to 2011, and was nominated for numerous Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series.

In 2006, he played Nate Cooper, the boyfriend of Andrea Sachs (Anne Hathaway) in The Devil Wears Prada.

HBO distributed the documentary and it premiered on the channel on June 3, 2007.

On June 2, 2008, Grenier premiered a new television series, Alter Eco, for which he was the producer.

The show aired on the Discovery communications channel Planet Green and featured Grenier and a team of green experts showing changes that can be made to live a more eco-friendly and sustainable lifestyle.

On September 27, 2010, HBO premiered Teenage Paparazzo, a documentary directed by Grenier and produced by Bert Marcus.

It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

A DNA test on a 2012 episode of the series Finding Your Roots showed Grenier to have approximately 8% Native American ancestry and that his direct matrilineal line is Native American.

In 2013, he starred in the post-apocalyptic film Goodbye World alongside Gaby Hoffmann.

It premiered at the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival where it received good reviews.

The film made its cinematic release in the United States on April 4, 2014.

Filming began in January 2014 and the film was released in June 2015.

Grenier stepped back in front of the camera in 2015 to reprise his role of Vincent Chase in the Entourage film adaptation.

As of 2016, Grenier self-identifies as "part Apache Indian."

Grenier graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and attended Bard College in New York.

Adrian Grenier and Jordan Roemmele officially became husband and wife after getting married in a romantic ceremony beside their loved ones in Morocco.

In 2016, Grenier shot the heist movie Marauders.

The film would make it to Netflix's U.S. platform's top two in December 2020.

Grenier also starred in the 2021 8-episode American-Australian drama/thriller miniseries, Clickbait, on Netflix, where he played Nick Brewer.

He is a campus advisor for Academy for Global Citizenship in Chicago, Illinois.