Zach Grenier


Zach Grenier is an American film, television and stage actor.

Life and career

Grenier's mother, who was a Polish radio announcer, met his father when he was working as a sound engineer at WBNX in the Bronx in the late 1930s.
He was a regular cast member on from 1997 to 1998.
He appeared in the first season of the television show 24 as Carl Webb, played Andy Cramed, the gambler who brought the plague to town, on Deadwood, and appeared in several episodes of Law & Order. On film he played Edward Norton's boss in Fight Club and Mel Nicolai in Zodiac, both David Fincher films. He appeared in the 1988 movie Talk Radio 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 Tommy Boy. He appeared in Donnie Brasco as a marriage therapist. He played a role of Professor Cardiff in a 2006 horror film Pulse.
In 2009, he appeared on Broadway opposite Jane Fonda in 33 Variations, earning him a Tony Award 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

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988KennyJesse
1988Working GirlJesse
1989See No Evil, Hear No EvilJerk
1990A Shock to the SystemExecutive #2
1991Problem Child 2Voytek
1991DeliriousMickey
1991LiebestraumBarnard Ralston IV
1993The ContendersTransgender
1993CliffhangerDavis
1993The Man Without a FaceDr. Lionel Talbot, Psychiatrist
1995Tommy BoyTed Reilly
1995Cafe SocietyMilton Macka
1995DrunksAl
1995RecklessAnchor Person Trish
1995The Stars Fell on HenriettaLarry Ligstow
1996TwisterEddie
1996Mother NightJoseph Goebbels
1996Maximum RiskIvan Dzasokhov
1997Donnie BrascoDr. Berger
1997White LiesTerry Seabrooks
1997Under The BridgeJohn
1999Ride With the DevilMr. Evans
1999Fight ClubRichard Chesler
2000ShaftHarrison Loeb
2000Chasing SleepGeoffrey
2001SwordfishAssistant Director Bill Joy
2006PulseProfessor CardiffAmerican remake of the 2001 film with same name
2006Rescue DawnSquad Leader
2007ZodiacMel Nicolai
2007Mr. Sherman/Rafke
2008The Loss of a Teardrop DiamondMr. Fenstermaker
2009EarthworkMayor
2011J. EdgarJohn Condon
2014RoboCopSenator Hubert Dreyfus
2014Free the NippleJim Black
2015Manhattan RomanceTrevor
2017Crown HeightsDetective Cassel