Greg Kriek
Date of birth: 1991-11-05
Place of birth: Cape Town, South Africa
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
Official 2024 Primetime Emmy® Shortlisted Actor Greg Kriek was an official contender for the 2024 Primetime Emmy® Awards in the race for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series/Movie for his compelling performance opposite Kevin Hart in DIE HART 2: DIE HARTER. He found himself in competition with some of the industry's elite, including Barry Keoghan, Robert Downey Jr., Callum Turner, and Taylor Kitsch. With over 95 international screen credits, Greg has emerged as one of South Africa's most globally recognized actors and producers living and working in Hollywood today. He is widely acclaimed for his versatility and transformative performances, especially in award-winning projects. Greg is officially South Africa's most internationally credited actor in his category. His recent highlights include starring as Dr. Tony Sinclair in the Emmy® winning film The Serengeti Rules and his powerful turn as Karl Stromberg in the four-time Emmy-nominated series Die Hart 2: Die Harter alongside Kevin Hart, John Cena, and Nathalie Emmanuel. Greg's work in 2023 earned him Best Supporting Actor of the Year at the Oscar-qualifying Los Angeles Annual Film Awards for his standout role in the Holocaust drama TRUST opposite Emily Bader. He is also part of the global REBEL MOON franchise from Zack Snyder, playing Marcus opposite a star-studded cast, including Sir Anthony Hopkins, Charlie Hunnam, and Djimon Hounsou. Additional highlights include working on FLY ME TO THE MOON under the direction of Greg Berlanti, alongside Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, and Woody Harrelson. Having trained with some of the industry's most revered acting coaches and institutions, such as Larry Moss, Anthony Meindl Studios, The Second City, and Ivana Chubbuck, Greg has honed a craft that speaks across genres and borders. Looking ahead, 2025 promises to be another banner year, with over seven major releases, including a major role in a top-secret Amazon limited series, a new western feature with Hollywood legends Harvey Keitel and Dermot Mulroney, and main ensemble roles in BROKEN THINGS and FACE. He is also set to lead two Hollywood features filming in Iceland and Cambodia in early 2025. Greg's star has risen internationally since his major role opposite Megan Fox in Lionsgate's action thriller ROGUE. Throughout his career, he has shared the screen with iconic actors such as Morgan Freeman, Dylan O'Brien, Billy Zane, Rutger Hauer, Walton Goggins, Olga Kurylenko, Barry Pepper, and Lindsay Wagner. In addition to starring in Netflix's BLACK MIRROR (Season 5) with Miley Cyrus, Greg played a key role as Dietrich Case in Universal Studios' INSIDE MAN 2. His extensive international work includes FOX's DEEP STATE (Season 2), TREMORS: A Cold Day in Hell* as "Dutch", MAZE RUNNER: THE DEATH CURE, and SAMSON. Greg has also been a standout in South African cinema, with lead roles in BORN TO WIN (as seen on Netflix), "N MAN SOOS MY PA, THE RECCE (earning him Best Actor in a Feature Film in 2019), and many more. As one of South Africa's finest exports to Hollywood, Greg continues to break boundaries, delivering performances that resonate with audiences worldwide.
Movie Credits
Condor's Nest
2023-01-27
American war veteran Will Spalding has tracked the sadistic Nazi Colonel who executed his bomber cre
Colonials
2024-02-22
On his mission from Mars, a space colonist’s ship is attacked by a Moon-based civilization and crash
Love at First Lie
2023-06-25
Kate Burns is looking for the perfect match online when she swipes and meets Walker Stevenson, a wea
Haven
Half-sisters Blake and Lennon destroy themselves as they try to understand the cause of their mother
Homestead
2023-03-03
A family of homesteaders taken captive by a gang of outlaws. Their survival comes to rest in the han
Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire
2023-12-15
When the ruthless forces of the Motherworld threaten a quiet farming village on a distant moon, a my
Dickweed
2024-03-09
Two people got kidnapped. One man lost his dick. No-one got any money. This heist-gone-horribly-wron
Down Below
2024-10-01
On the 20th anniversary of the gruesome Christmas Eve murders at St. Agnes church, a demonic preache
Zum Teufel mit der Wahrheit!
2015-05-19
Kathrin is almost 40 and the mother of two teenagers. Since breaking up with her ex, who wants to sn
Mooi River
2015-02-06
Another first for South Africa's fast growing film industry - A multiple story line ensemble romanti
Blood and Glory
2016-04-01
Set in 1901, this period epic follows Willem Morkel, a Boer family man whose wife and son are murder
Born to Win
2014-08-14
A broken man with a painful past struggles with questions of faith when a family tragedy brings him
’n Man Soos My Pa
2015-11-20
Juan returns to Cape Town with his family from their life in England when he discovers his mother is
Spelonk
2024-09-01
Meet Dante, a bounty hunter marked for death by his former allies at the Cape Military Frontier, car
Bokser
2012-04-08
The films was inspired by true events. Przemyslaw Saleta, World's Kickboxing Champion and European C
Trust
2024-02-07
A young girl has to outsmart a Nazi Lieutenant, who wiles her with sweet talk and chocolate into rev
Momentum
2015-10-15
When Alex, an infiltration expert with a secret past, accidentally reveals her identity during what
Bypass
2017-05-12
A surgeon gets involved with the illegal organ trade when her son needs a transplant.
Half Girlfriend
2017-05-18
A boy meets a girl named Riya and falls in love. After struggling to convince her to be his girlfrie
The Recce
2018-09-28
After the South African Defense Force wrongfully declares young Recce Henk Viljoen dead behind enemy
Van der Merwe
2017-07-28
Van der Merwe, a bumbling farmer from a traditional Afrikaans family, struggles to keep his family t
Tess
2016-06-05
When sex worker Tess falls pregnant, she has to fight to keep her past from swallowing her whole.
Samson
2018-02-16
After losing the love of his life to a cruel Philistine prince, a young Hebrew with Supernatural str
Last Ones Out
2016-06-16
An American man awakes in a hospital just to learn about the zombie apocalypse.
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
2018-01-10
Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save the
Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell
2018-05-01
Burt Gummer and Travis Welker find themselves in a fight for survival after investigating deadly gia
Lake Placid: Legacy
2018-05-28
A group of young explorers discover a secret area hidden from all maps and GPS devices. When they re
Deep End
2018-10-14
Sunitha aspires for what is not expected of her. She has to dig deep with a new resolve and confiden
The Serengeti Rules
2018-04-21
Exploring some of the most remote and spectacular places on Earth, five pioneering scie
Inside Man: Most Wanted
2019-09-24
An NYPD hostage negotiator teams up with a federal agent to rescue dozens of tourists held hostage d
Kleiner Junge, großer Freund
2017-10-15
Rogue
2020-08-20
Battle-hardened O’Hara leads a lively mercenary team of soldiers on a daring mission: rescue hostage
One Nation
The United States is the only populated country left on Earth after a worldwide nuclear war (that it
The Holy Heist
2020-09-01
Three rugged country brothers, with an aversion for the law, break out the big guns to protect those
The Other Side
2021-03-20
A young woman and her pursuer are transported into an alternate dimension that challenges their view
The Stranger
A Western set during the Boer War in South Africa.
Zion's Ransom
2022-08-12
Two issues threaten a mother and her son: One, she has Alzheimer's and, two, he's not her son.
Laws of Man
2025-01-10
A pair of U.S. marshals search for a wanted murderer in Nevada at the height of the Cold War and enc
Exhale
A Native American actress with respiratory issues psychologically unravels as an airborne virus sieg
Real, True 100 Percent Love
After her boyfriend mysteriously vanishes, Elli DeCosta’s personal heartbreak escalates into an inte
Fly Me to the Moon
2024-07-10
Sparks fly in all directions as marketing maven Kelly Jones, brought in to fix NASA's public image,
Metamorphosis
2023-09-13
A young woman is looking for love and fulfillment in all the wrong places. As the forces of darkness