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Lee Arenberg

Biography

Lee Arenberg is an American actor, born in Palo Alto, who trained in theater at UCLA and made his first professional stage appearance in 1986 at the Mark Taper Forum in Ghetto, directed by Gordon Davidson. Soon afterward he was hired for three movies, including Tapeheads (1988) with Tim Robbins and John Cusack. His television work began in 1987 with Perfect Strangers and grew to include episodes of Seinfeld, Tales from the Crypt, Arli$$, Friends, Scrubs, and four Star Trek series. In Dungeons & Dragons (2000) he portrayed the dwarf Elwood Gutworthy. His portrayal of Pintel in the Pirates of the Caribbean films earned him wide recognition. He also played the role of Grumpy on the ABC series Once Upon a Time.

64years old

Turns 65 on July 18in 288 days

  • Born Palo Alto
  • Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22

Movie Career

Films
15
Career span
25 years1987 to 2012

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  1. First role

    In 1986 Arenberg got his first professional job at the Mark Taper Forum, in the play Ghetto, which Gordon Davidson directed. Weeks later he was cast in three films, among them Tapeheads as Norton.

  2. Early training

    Arenberg went to Santa Monica High School alongside Sean Penn, Robert Downey Jr. and Emilio Estevez. With Estevez he co-wrote a play, and Penn directed it.

Lee Arenberg movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl2003 Action, Adventure, Fantasyas Pintel

    IMDb rating 8.11.3M votes

  2. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest2006 Action, Adventure, Fantasyas Pintel

    IMDb rating 7.4837K votes

  3. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End2007as Pintel

    IMDb rating 7.2753K votes

  4. Dungeons & Dragons2000as Elwood Gutworthy

    IMDb rating 3.738K votes

  5. Brain Dead1990as Sacks

    IMDb rating 5.86.5K votes

  6. Freaked1993as The Eternal Flame

    IMDb rating 6.49.6K votes

  7. Cross My Heart1987as Parking Attendant

    IMDb rating 5.71.4K votes

Most often with

Gore Verbinski directed three of these films. Eight actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Lee Arenberg's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$2.7 billion

6 of the 15 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 15 films: 6 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.

  • 6Worldwide figure
  • 4US gross only
  • 1Never in cinemas
  • 4Figure not found

Highest grossing

The six biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    $1.1B39.4% of the total
  2. 2
    $962M35.6% of the total
  3. 3
    $655M24.2% of the total
  4. 4
    Dungeons & Dragons2000as Elwood Gutworthy
    $15M0.6% of the total
  5. 5
    Warriors of Virtue1997as Mantose
    $6.5M0.2% of the total
  6. 6
    Freaked1993as The Eternal Flame
    $29K0.0% of the total