- Ethan states that his favorite movie is Once Upon a Time in America with The Godfather parts one and two close behind that.
- Ethan's favorite musician is David Bowie.
- Ethan has been in 4 Kevin Smith films: Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Clerks 2, and he was the voice of Noman the Golgothan in Dogma.
- Ethan says his favorite book is A Confederacy of Dunces.
- Both him and his wife Brandy Lewis are members of the Church of Scientology.
- He met fellow My Name Is Earl star Jason Lee through Giovanni Ribisi who has also appeared in My Name Is Earl.
- Ethan dropped out of acting class at 17 but left with the ambition to become an actor.
- When Ethan was 16 , he was encouraged by friend and now fellow actor Giovanni Ribisi to take an acting class.
- Ethan appeared in the Butterfly Effect as a character named "Thumper".
- Ethan's first major role was as Willam Black in Mallrats.
- His Father, Bill Suplee, went on to play the role of Willie, the one eyed mail man in Ethan Suplee's Sitcom Ny Name is Earl
- Ethan has lived in Los Angeles most of his life.
- Ethan's family moved to Los Angeles, California when he was just 1 year old.
- His parents are Debbie and Bill Suplee.
- Ethan made a bet with director Kevin Smith that he'd lose more weight than him in 10 years after the filming of making Mallrats. Ethan won the bet.
- Ethan had the role of Vince in the 2006 movie, "Art School Confidential."
- He is 6' 2" (1.88 m) Tall.
- His nickname is Sups.
- He has also recently starting taking Muay Thai kickboxing classes three times a week.
Muay Thai is a form of martial arts boxing using full contact sparring, kicks, punches, kick blocks and shadow boxing learned under professional instruction.
- In his spare time, Ethan enjoys reading, cooking and playing chess.
- Often cast by writer/director Kevin Smith.
- His fiancée, Brandy Lewis gave birth to their first child, a daughter named: Francis Clementine Suplee on 23 June 2005. The baby was born in Los Angeles.
- Lost over 100 pounds from his once-nearly 400 pound frame by 2005 due to a sugar-free diet.
- Ethan Suplee has been in three movies with Seann William Scott, Mr. Woodcock, Evolution and Road Trip.
- Ethan Suplee has been in two movies with Denzel Washington, John Q and Remember the Titans.
- Ethan: I was born in Manhattan on West 12th. My parents were kind of hippies and they did a home birth.
- Ethan: I was in school for about a year and the acting teacher did not promote me, so I finally stopped going to the acting class.
- Ethan: I've lived a lot in the last 12 years or however long its been since Boy Meets World. I have a lot more to draw upon in playing Randy than I did playing Frankie. Although, I did have a lot of fun playing that role.
- Ethan: I never killed anybody or anything, but I certainly had my nightmarish adolescence.
- Ethan: I definitely don't want to achieve some kind of rock star status.
- Ethan: I don't need to be on the number one show. Number 25 is fine.
- Ethan: I have kids and I want to have a long life and there are certain things that are conducive to that and certain things that aren't. I've opted for the road of happiness and long life.
- Ethan: As far as big egos, there are definitely guys out there that just think God only knows what about themselves.
