Biography

Hailed by Vulture's Sara Holdren as "fantastically malleable... reminiscent of a young Alan Rickman," Greg Cuellar [kway-yar] is a Drama Desk Award-winning actor based in Los Angeles and New York, working in classical theatre, new work development, and film/TV.

Cuellar originated Riley in the world premiere of Initiative at The Public Theater-Else Went's five-hour epic developed over six years. The ensemble received a 2026 Drama Desk Special Award and a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Ensemble, and was ranked #5 on Vulture's Best Theater of 2025 list. Helen Shaw called Cuellar "a great chaos onstage."

On screen, he guest-starred on New Amsterdam (NBC). Audio work includes Ferdinand in the Signal Award-winning The Tempest for Next Chapter Podcasts opposite Jay O. Sanders.

Additional Off-Broadway work includes Classic Stage Company, Page 73, and New Light Theater Project, including the LAMBDA finalist I Wanna Fuck Like Romeo and Juliet. Regional credits include the Guthrie Theater, George Street Playhouse, St. Louis Shakespeare Festival, and Berkshire Theatre Group.

Originally from St. Louis, Cuellar earned his MFA in Acting from Columbia University as a Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Arts Award recipient and Bob Hope Fellow.

Offstage, he has worked in casting and production for HBO, Amazon, The CW, and The New York Times, and has evaluated new work for The Public Theater's Emerging Writers Group, the City of West Hollywood, and PlayGround-LA.

Of Lipan Apache descent.
- IMDb mini biography by: Greg Cuellar