Arye Gross

Arye Gross (born March 17, 1960) is an American actor who has starred in many films and on television; he has played many nerds in films. His best-known film role is in the 1985 comedy film Just One of the Guys as a nerd named Willie. He also starred in the 1987 movie House II: The Second Story, the 1993 comedy movie Hexed, the 2000 action film Gone in Sixty Seconds and the 2002 science fiction film Minority Report.

Biography

Gross was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Sheri and Joseph Gross, who was an aerospace engineer and later worked in business.

Gross's best known TV role was on the ABC series Ellen as Adam Green, from 1994–1995. Gross also starred in the short-lived series Citizen Baines with James Cromwell. Arye has made numerous guest appearances on a wide variety of TV shows, appearing on shows ranging from Diff'rent Strokes to Knight Rider, Six Feet Under, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Arye Gross also played the adult voice of the character Kevin Arnold on the pilot episode of The Wonder Years when it first aired after Super Bowl XXII. However, the narration was re-recorded using Daniel Stern's voice for the pilot when it subsequently re-aired, and Stern remained the narrator through the entire run of the series.

Filmography

• Miss Lonelyhearts (1983)
• Exterminator 2 (1984)
• Just One of the Guys (1985)
• Soul Man (1986)
• House II: The Second Story (1987)
• Tequila Sunrise (1988)
• The Experts (1988)
• The Couch Trip (1988)
• Coupe de Ville (1990)
• For the Boys (1991)
• Boris and Natasha: The Movie (1992)
• Hexed (1993)
• Two Over Easy (1994)
• Mother Night (1996)
• Tinseltown (1997)
• Spoiler (1998)
• Arthur's Quest (1999)
• Seven Girlfriends (1999)
• Big Eden (2000)
• Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
• Minority Report (2002)
• Wildfire (2005–2006)

TV guest appearances

• Burn Notice playing an assasin in episode 9 Hard Bargain.
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation playing Paul Winston in episode 405 "Feeling the Heat" (2003)
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent playing Hubert Skoller in episode 420 "No Exit" (2005)
• Grey's Anatomy playing Adam Morris in episode 305 "Oh, the Guilt" (2006)
• The Riches playing Pete Mintzy in episode 111 "It's a Wonderful Lie" (2007)
• Law & Order: SVU playing Saul Picard.

Radio appearances

• Return of the Jedi Radio adaptation as the voice of Lando Calrissian (1996)

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