Clark Gregg
Clark Gregg
Robert Clark Gregg, known professionally as Clark Gregg, is an American actor, screenwriter and director. He has played Phil Coulson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Thor, The Avengers, and the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. He also voices the character on the animated television series Ultimate Spider-Man and in the video games Lego Marvel Super Heroes, Lego Marvel Avengers and Marvel Heroes...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth2 April 1962
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
Sometimes you can do Shakespeare and you're still not an actor.
All the PG-13 superhero movies are depriving me of the gore that I need.
I was really sad after 'The Avengers' when I realized I was not going to have a part in 'Thor 2' or 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier.' But I'm not arguing with my fantastic plane and my really cool car.
I like anything Jennifer Lawrence is in. She's so beautiful.
The technology actually seemed to come at just the right time to make the Hulk - Mark Ruffalo was really able to play both characters.
When I moved out to Los Angeles to get some film and television work, and couldn't get any... I became a little isolated, a little terrified, and it's a good place to get writing, because you're so bored. So I wrote a few screenplays, and people notice those.
Sometimes being an actor is being a song in someone else's mixtape, so I really understand why more and more actors are making films of their own.
I started out doing theater in New York. I used to go to Shakespeare in the Park a lot.
The thing is, I love a great death scene - no good actor doesn't. Sorry, any actor, I should say.
When there wasn't a lot of work, I wrote a screenplay, 'What Lies Beneath,' which got noticed and got me more acting jobs. As I got more jobs, I was able to make my own films. That ethos of making my own work has provided me with a lot of opportunities.
'The Avengers' is exciting on the level 'The Matrix' or 'Indiana Jones' was when I was kid. I think it will be timeless.
There's something about the superheroes and the idea behind their relationship with humans, whether it's a metaphor for the better part of ourselves, or the more flawed part of ourselves. So it seems to really be our own pop-culture version of Greek mythology.
New York is the perfect place for a film festival because there's already so much energy and life here, and New Yorkers love movies.
When I got the episode where Spider-Man meets Aunt May (voiced by Misty Lee), it was another one of those things where I was like, "I can't believe I have a scene with Aunt May. That's just amazing to me." And they drew her a lot younger and hotter then the Aunt May that I remember.