Ethan Peck

Ethan Gregory Peck (born March 2, 1986) is an American actor.

He is the grandson of actor Gregory Peck and Greta Kukkonen, the elder Peck's first wife.

He later appeared in the 1999 movie Passport to Paris starring Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen, and was Mary-Kate's first on-screen kiss.

Peck co-starred with Adam Rothenberg and Mariah Carey in the 2008 film Tennessee, followed by a co-starring role opposite Peter Coyote and Bebe Neuwirth in the film Adopt a Sailor.

He won the award for "Best Actor" at the 2009 Sonoma International Film Festival for his portrayal of "Sailor".

From 2009 to 2010, he starred on the television series 10 Things I Hate About You on ABC Family.

He was also featured in Coming Home to Hollywood, a short film about the brand's 100th anniversary.

In 2012, Peck played Prince Maxon for the pilot adaptation of the popular book The Selection, but was later replaced by newcomer Michael Malarkey.

Neither the first nor second pilot was picked up to go to series.

In 2015, Peck became a spokesperson for fashion brand Salvatore Ferragamo and appeared in a number of print editorials representing the Italian brand.

In 2016, Peck starred in The Curse of Sleeping Beauty and Tell Me How I Die.

In 2017, Peck was cast in the comedy film The Honor List, alongside Meghan Rienks, Sasha Pieterse, Arden Cho and Karrueche Tran.

It was released in 2018.

Peck portrayed Spock in the second season of Star Trek: Discovery.

In 2019, he played a young Spock in Star Trek: Discovery, a role he has reprised for the television series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022–present).

Peck had many television appearances as a young actor, including a younger Michael Kelso (played by Ashton Kutcher) in That '70s Show.

In his first film role at age 9, he co-starred in the made-for-TV film Marshal Law as the son of Jimmy Smits' character.

In May 2020 it was announced that he would reprise the role in a spin-off, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Peck is the son of Stephen Peck — a former actor, documentary filmmaker, and Vietnam veteran who is president and CEO of U.S. Veterans Initiative — and abstract artist Francine Matarazzo.

He is the grandson of actor Gregory Peck and his first wife, Finnish-born Greta Kukkonen.

Peck attended private schools Campbell Hall and Harvard-Westlake in Studio City.

He excelled in athletics and learned to play classical cello.

He has a half-sister from his mother's second marriage, Marisa Matarazzo, who is a novelist and creative writing professor at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles.

After high school, Peck attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, where he participated in the Experimental Theater Wing for three years before leaving to pursue his acting career.