Gregg Binkley
Gregg Binkley (born March 20, 1963) is an American actor. He is known for playing Kenny James on My Name is Earl (2005–2009), Barney on Raising Hope (2010–2014), Harold in Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation (1992), and Dan, the Del Taco spokesperson. Binkley also runs his own business where he hosts acting workshops and classes.
Gregg Binkley
- Name
- Gregg Binkley
- Born
- 20 March 1963
- Birthplace
- Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Spouse
- Tokiko Ohniwa (m. 2003)
- Awards
- Member of the WRHS Hall of Fame
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• Name — Gregg Binkley • Born — 20 March 1963 • Birthplace — Topeka, Kansas, U.S. • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — (1988–present) • Spouse — Tokiko Ohniwa (m. 2003) • Children — 3 • Awards — Member of the WRHS Hall of Fame
Early life and career
Early life and career
Binkley grew up in Topeka, Kansas, and graduated from Washburn Rural High School where he served as the class president of 1981. Upon moving to California, he was a contestant on Classic Concentration in May 1988. He is known for his roles as Kenny James on My Name Is Earl and as Dan, the Del Taco spokesperson. He has also had guest spots on Gilmore Girls, Malcolm in the Middle, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Yes, Dear, The Drew Carey Show, Full House, Family Matters and Wizards of Waverly Place. Binkley once held a job making celebrity impersonation phone calls, posing as Don Knotts' character Barney Fife. Binkley also did this impersonation in Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Three's Company. In January 2024, Binkley published a book on acting called Get Your Act Together.
Personal life
Personal life
He met his wife, Tokiko Ohniwa, in an acting class. They were married on May 31, 2003, and have three children. Gregg is the brother of retired news anchor Mike Binkley.
Television
Television
• Year(s) — Title — Role(s) — Notes • 1988 — Head of the Class — Nerd — S3E5 "Let's Rap" • 1988–1990 — Out of This World — Elroy Tanner; Barney — S2E10 "Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind"; S3E23 "My Mother the Con" • 1989 — Murder, She Wrote — Copy Boy — S6E3 "The Grand Old Lady" • 1990–1991 — Into the Night Starring Rick Dees — Self; Barney Fife Jr. — 4 episodes • 1991 — Civil Wars — Mark — S1E4 "A Long, Fat Frontal Presentation" • 1992 — Quantum Leap — Deputy — S4E17 "Roberto! - January 27, 1982" • Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation — Harold Skolnick — TV movie • ABC Saturday Morning Preview Special — Thing — Television special • 1993 — Full House — Security Guard — S7E9 "The Day of the Rhino" • 1994 — Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love — Harold — TV movie • Coach — Production Assistant — S7E10 "Working Girl" • 1995 — A Whole New Ballgame — S1E1 "Opening Day"; S1E3 "You Are What You Date" • 1996 — Pistol Pete — Townperson #2 — TV movie • Night Stand with Dick Dietrick — Rod Weiner — S1E46 "Mail Order Brides" • 1997 — Family Matters — Lionel — S8E14 "Revenge of the Nerd" • Team Knight Rider — Mike the Co-Pilot — S1E4 "K.R.O." • The Drew Carey Show — James — S3E10 "That Thing You Don't" • 1999 — Working — Larry — S2E15 "The Other Executive" • The Hughleys — Mr. Parker — S2E6 "The Curse of the Coyote Man" • Grown Ups — Clark — S1E9 "Vegas, a Place in the Sun" • 2000 — 18 Wheels of Justice — S1E10 "Games of Chance" • The Michael Richards Show — Dale — S1E6 "It's Only Personal" • 2001 — Sabrina the Teenage Witch — Staff Member #1 — S6E7 "Hex, Lies, and No Video Tape" • 2001–2005 — Yes, Dear — Man; Mr. Berkowitz — S1E17 "Doctor, Doctor"; S5E11 "Broken by the Mold" • 2003 — Malcolm in the Middle — Randy — S4E13 "Stereo Store" • Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Three's Company — Don Knotts — TV movie • 2005–2009 — My Name Is Earl — Kenny James — 18 episodes • 2006 — Gilmore Girls — Officer Ruskin — S6E22 "Partings" • 2008 — CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Street Person #3 — S9E3 "Art Imitates Life" (uncredited) • 2009 — The Bold and the Beautiful — Court Clerk — Episode #5645 • Wizards of Waverly Place — Randy — S3E6 "Doll House" • 2010–2014 — Raising Hope — Barney — Main role; 71 episodes • 2011 — Pacino & Pacino Talent Agency — Bobby Deerfield — S1E2 "Bobby Deerfield" • ACME Saturday Night — Guest Host — S3E14 "Gregg Binkley" • 2013 — Going to Bed with Terri Ivens — Self (Guest) — S1E3 "Gregg Binkley" • 2014 — The Millers — Waiter — S1E23 "Mother's Day" • Perception — Theodore Ludlow — S3E5 "Eternity" • The Legend of Korra — Kong — S3E10 "Long Live the Queen". Credited as Greg Binkley (sic) • 2014–2017 — Kirby Buckets — Science Teacher; Mr. Jenkins — 16 episodes • 2015 — Transparent — Mateo — S2E3 "New World Coming" • 2016–2017 — Dads in Parks — Self — 7 episodes • 2017 — Stuck in the Middle — Chester Torvilleton — S2E1 "Stuck in the Waterpark" • Hitting the Breaks — Bernie Beirness — 10 episodes • Life After First Failure — Bart — S1E1 "Pilot, Pt. 1" • Malibu Dan the Family Man — Chuck From Accounting — S1E2 "Karl Is Dead"; S1E5 "Babysitting Breakdown" • 2020 — Finding Love in Quarantine — Security Guard; Detective Rogers — 7 episodes • Distance Makes the HeART Grow Fonder — Self — S1E7 "Conversation with Raising Hope Actor Gregg Binkley" • 2020–2021 — Diary of a Future President — Dr. Cooper — 7 episodes • 2021 — United States of Al — Tom — S1E1 "Pilot" • Brooklyn Nine-Nine — Lyndon Boyle — S8E7 "Game of Boyles" • 2022 — Roar — Clark — S1E7 "The Woman Who Returned Her Husband" • NCIS: Los Angeles — Navy Lt. Commander Gary Hudson — S13E18 "Hard for the Money" • NCIS — Bob Stivers — S20E8 "Turkey Trot" • The Sex Lives of College Girls — Roy — S2E4 "Will You Be My Girlfriend?" • 2023 — Young Sheldon — Eric — S6E19 "A New Weather Girl and a Stay-at-Home Coddler" • 2025 — The Young & the Restless — Elliot Matthison — Episode #13,102
Video games
Video games
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2011 — Resistance 3 — Stanley; Starving Man (voice)
Life and career
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1963
Gregg Binkley was born in 1963.
Films
• Year — Film — Role — Director — Notes • 1989 — C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D. — Teen — David Irving • How I Got into College — Egghead — Savage Steve Holland • 1995 — Dracula: Dead and Loving It — Woodbridge — Mel Brooks • 1998 — Running Woman — Lab Technician — Rachel Samuels • 1999 — The Moment After — Dr. Jason Hersch — Wes Llewellyn — Credited as Gregg Alex • Family Tree — Bill Belko — Duane Clark • Galaxy Quest — Fan #3 — Dean Parisot • 2001 — The Man Who Wasn't There — New Man — Joel and Ethan Coen • Elvis Took a Bullet — Dr. Jeff Wilkes — Jerry Eeten • 2006 — Hidden Secrets — Harold Mirfin — Carey Scott • 2007 — The Infamous Buddy Blade — Buddy Blade — Wes Llewellyn — Short film • 2008 — Changeling — Jury Foreman — Clint Eastwood • 2009 — State of Play — Ferris — Kevin Macdonald • Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel — Emcee — Betty Thomas • 2010 — Mob Rules — Charlie — Keith Parmer • Holyman Undercover — Gregg — David A. R. White • It's a Horrible Life — George — Gregg Binkley • 2013 — Escape from Planet Earth — Ralph (voice) — Cal Brunker — Uncredited • 2015 — Too Hip for the Room — Commercial Auditioner — Kelly Monteith and Oktay Ortabasi • 2016 — Café Society — Mike — Woody Allen • 2021 — Finding Love in Quarantine: The Movie — Detective Rogers — Matt Shapira • 2025 — Recall — John — Vyky Saiz — Short film • Honey Don't! — Horrified Bartender — Ethan Coen
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