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Clark Gregg

Acting

Born April 2, 1962 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Also known as Robert Clark Gregg · Robert Clark Gregg Jr.

Biography

Robert Clark Gregg Jr. (born April 2, 1962) is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. He is best known for portraying Phil Coulson in films and television series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from 2008 to 2021. Gregg also voiced Coulson in the animated television series Ultimate Spider-Man (2012–2017) and the video games Lego Marvel Super Heroes (2013), Marvel Heroes (2013), and Lego Marvel's Avengers (2016). Gregg is also known for his role as FBI Special Agent Mike Casper on the NBC political drama series The West Wing (2001–2004) and as Richard, the ex-husband of Christine Campbell, in the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006–2010). He wrote the horror film What Lies Beneath (2000) and wrote and directed the black comedy Choke (2008) and the comedy-drama Trust Me (2013). He appeared in the films The Adventures of Sebastian Cole (1998), One Hour Photo (2002), We Were Soldiers (2002), In Good Company (2004), When a Stranger Calls (2006), 500 Days of Summer (2009), Much Ado About Nothing (2012), The To Do List (2013), Labour Day (2013), Live by Night (2016), and Being the Ricardos (2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article Clark Gregg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Saturn AwardBest Supporting Actor · 2013
  • Florida Film Critics Circle AwardBest Cast · 2000
  • National Board of Review AwardBest Cast · 2000
  • Online Film Critics Society AwardBest Cast · 2000
  • Florida Film Critics Circle AwardBest Cast · 2000 · nominated
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  • Independent Spirit AwardBest Supporting Male · 2000 · nominated
  • National Board of Review AwardBest Cast · 2000 · nominated
  • Online Film Critics Society AwardBest Cast · 2000 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

A Woman Named Jackie

1991as Ken O'Donnell

Criminal Minds

2005as Ray Madison

The West Wing

1999as Michael Casper

The Shield

2002as William Faulks

The Usual Suspects

1995as Dr. Walters

What If...?

2021as Agent Coulson (voice)

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

2020as Self - Actor, "The Avengers"

The Avengers

2012as Agent Phil Coulson

Ultimate Spider-Man

2012as Phil Coulson (voice)

Iron Man

2008as Agent Coulson

Magnolia

1999as WDKK Floor Director

The Practice

1997as Bob McGrath

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

2013as Phil Coulson

Marvel Studios: Legends

2021as Phil Coulson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Snowpiercer

2020as Admiral Anton Milius

BattleBots

2015as Judge

Sex and the City

1998as Harris Bragen

Good Night, and Good Luck

2025as Don Hollenbeck

Murderbot

2025as Lieutenant

Will Trent

2023as Arthur Highsmith

500 Days of Summer

2009as Vance

CSI: NY

2004as Allen McShane

Sports Night

1998

Law & Order

1990as Patrick Dunne

Painkiller

2023as Arthur Sackler

Moxie

2021as John

My Sister's Keeper

2002as Harvey

Touched by an Angel

1994as Don Dudley

Labor Day

2013as Gerald

The New Adventures of Old Christine

2006as Richard Campbell

We Were Soldiers

2002as Capt. Tom Metsker

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

2001as Supernerd

The Commish

1991

Zero Day

2025as Robert Lyndon

The Conners

2018as Ron

Thelma

2024as Alan

Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

2014as Self

Marvel One-Shot: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer

2011as Agent Phil Coulson

Iron Man 2

2010as Agent Coulson

Will & Grace

1998as Cam

The Anthrax Attacks

2022as Dr. Bruce Ivins

Captain Marvel

2019as Agent Coulson

Marvel: 75 Years, from Pulp to Pop!

2014as Self

Much Ado About Nothing

2012as Leonato

Thor

2011as Agent Coulson

11:14

2003as Officer Hannagan

The Spanish Prisoner

1997as FBI Sniper

Marvel's Captain America: 75 Heroic Years

2016as Self

One Hour Photo

2002as Paul Outerbridge

Clear and Present Danger

1994as Staff Sergeant