- Sometimes credited as: Ethan Randall, Embry
- Won 6th place in a California gymnastics tournament at the age of 10 (you can see Ethan doing back flips in CAN'T HARDLY WAIT right after the scene where someone calls Mike Dexter a fag)
- Was home-schooled.
- Married actress Amelinda Smith in November 14, 1998.
- His wife, Amelinda, gave birth to their son, Cogeian coming from the Latin word cogeo meaning to think over while Ethan Embry's 1993 A FAR OFF PLACE was still airing. (December 10, 1999)
- Is the owner of many pets (in 1998 he had 5 cats and 8 dogs).
- Produced an unreleased movied called TAKEN with his WHITE SQUALL co-star and friend, Jeremy Sisto and a friend of Embry's was to direct it.
- CANT HARDLY WAIT opened the day before Ethan's 20th birthday
- At the age of 22, Ethan had already appeared in many TV and radio commercials, movies (including doing his own stunts in one), produced and directed a short film (at the age of 13), co-produced another film, married and become a father.
- Writes with his left hand, but plays his guitar with his right.
- Interested in photography.
- Last name was Randall, but he changed it to Embry because it was his grandfather's.
- Did his own stunts in WHITE SQUALL (1996).
- In between the films THAT THING YOU DO! and VEGAS VACATION (both filmed and completed in 1997) he only had two days off.
- Plays in a band, Southern Comfort Colonic, which is a mix of punk and hardcore speed metal.
- Appeared with Ed O'Neill in Dutch at the age of 13 and now plays his partner in Dragnet on the TV series.
- Plays the guitar.
- Jennifer Love Hewitt describes Ethan: He's like a kid who's had too much suger. He's hilarious!
- His career has been full of work. Before making it a serious career, he had appeared in over 100 television and radio commercials.
Quotes- "You can't think about things you want to change. Just be yourself."
- "...Everybody tries to be exactly the same. I think being an outsider is a good thing."
- "Real love is more than a physical feeling. If there's even the slightest doubt in your head about a guy, then forget about it. It's not real."
- "You just have to do your own thing, no matter what anyone says. It's your life."
Awards- Young Artist Awards: Best Young Actor Starring in a Motion Picture, DUTCH (1992)
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