Name
Greg Sestero
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1978-07-15 (48 years old)
Place of Birth
Walnut Creek, California, USA
Biography
Greg Sestero was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. With European parental influence, Greg speaks both French and English. He traveled extensively early on, and holds dual citizenship between France and the United States.
At 17 years old, Greg signed with a prominent San Francisco talent agency. The same year, he left for Milan and Paris to work for designers such as Giorgio Armani and Gian Franco Ferre. Greg returned focused on acting. He began studies at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. He landed his first role at age 18, on the CBS hit show Nash Bridges (1996). This followed with a role in the Golden Globe nominated film, Patch Adams (1998) starring fellow San Francisco native, Robin Williams. Soon thereafter, Greg was signed by well-known Hollywood agent, Iris Burton, which prompted his move to Los Angeles.
Sestero starred in the notorious The Room (2003), which gained an international cult following as the best worst movie ever made.
in 2013, Sestero wrote a book entitled The Disaster Artist, chronicling his experience making the film and working with its enigmatic director Tommy Wiseau. The book went on to become a critically acclaimed bestseller. In February 2014, the book was optioned to made into a feature film by Hollywood superstars James Franco and Seth Rogen.
Known For
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An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, th...
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The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best ...
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Andre Toulon, living a peaceful life as a puppeteer in pre-WWI Paris, encounters the reneg...
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While sorting through their late friend's belongings, two women discover VHS tapes showing...
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In the wake of two back-to-back mass murders on Chico's frat row, loner Brent Chirino must...
- 2009 The Brotherhood V: Alumni
- 2022 Infrared as Geoff
- 1999 Retro Puppetmaster as Andre Toulon
- 2025 The Room: A Tribute as Chris-R
- 2022 Best F(r)iends: Less is More as Jon Kortina
- 2003 The Room as Mark
- Soon Forbidden Sky
- 2020 Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp as Self
- 2023 The Founder Effect as Decklan Bakker
- 2009 Alien Presence as Ash
- 1999 EDtv as Roach
- 1998 Patch Adams as Jaime
- 2006 Accepted as Frat guy (uncredited)
- 2016 VHS Massacre: Cult Films and the Decline of Physical Media as Self
- 2015 Dude Bro Party Massacre III as Derek
- 2022 The Christmas Tapes as Geoff/The Owner’s Manual
- 2024 Bampire as Park Ranger
- 2025 Point as (voice)
- 2017 The Disaster Artist as Casting Agent (uncredited)
- 2016 Livers of Darkness: Making "Dude Bro Party Massacre III" as Self
- 1997 Gattaca as Gattacan Citizen (uncredited)
- 2019 SpaceWorld: "A Good Lesson" as Drogol
- 2020 The Wrong Wedding Planner as Mr. Hanson
- 2020 Cyst as Bill
- 2005 Behind the Scenes of "The Room" as Self
- 2020 The Caring Only Cry at Night as Rick Edwards, Motivational Speaker
- 2021 Miracle Valley as David
- 2003 Puppet Master: The Legacy as Young Andre Toulon (Archive Footage)
- 2017 Best F(r)iends: Volume 1 as Jon Kortina
- 2018 Best F(r)iends: Volume 2 as Jon Kortina
- 2018 Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster as Self
- 2022 Puppet Master: Doktor Death as André Toulon (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2025 Conjuring Tapes as Greg
- 2009 The Pit and the Pendulum as The Ex
- 2024 The Film Café as Himself
- 2026 First Feature as Himself
- 2024 On the Edge of Freedom as Liam
- 2023 Big Shark as Georgie I
- 2018 Four in a Blanket ( 4 episodes ) as Coach Sooie (Voice)
- 2020 The Haunting of Bly Manor ( 2 episodes ) as Fiancé
