The incredible physical change of actor Ethan Suplee: unrecognizable 25 years after 'American History X'

Ethan Suplee, an actor known for his roles in Titans, they made history, American History X, and series like My Name is Earl, has changed a lot since he got his first leading role. Since the 90s, the actor has appeared in multiple productions, but a few years ago, he started being talked about for a different reason that has little to do with his work.

After a long time, Suplee decided to start his own podcast, where he began to discuss how he had experienced his physical and mental transformation, sharing how he has changed not only his appearance, but also his relationship with food.

This is American Glutton, a production where he talks about the cultural relationship that people have with food and also about the process he started to lose weight and lead a healthier life.

In an interview from a few years ago, Suplee recalled that he was only five years old when he discovered that people tend to worry about their bodies and that they also tend to judge them constantly.

He recounted that it was when he had gone to visit his grandparents, and when he arrived, "they wondered: 'What the hell happened to this kid?'". The actor pointed out that at that time, he didn't even have severe overweight, he just had chubby cheeks.

He also spoke on another occasion about how overweight can condition how certain people perceive you. “It wasn't until I gained weight again that people started saying: ‘God… you seem much more interesting like this’”, Suplee expressed. “I think they literally said: ‘You are much more interesting now’”, he added, recalling that at that moment he also came to see it that way.

However, there was a specific event that served as a turning point for him to change. Specifically, it was starting to date Brandy Lewis, whom he married in 2006. She was the one who encouraged him. “I get excited talking about it,” Suplee said. “There was never a moment, not once, where [Lewis] suggested I lose weight... It was just that with all the love she was giving me, I felt I had reached the right mental state to do it”.

Ethan Suplee's trajectory

Ethan Suplee has been a television and film actor since the 90s. We have seen him in movies like Mallrats by Kevin Smith - where Shannen Doherty also appeared -, or in the ABC series Boy Meets World.

He has taken part in films like The Butterfly Effect (2004), Titans: They Made History (2000), John Q (2002), and Chasing Amy (1997), although perhaps his most iconic project is American History X (1998).

*This article has been automatically translated using artificial intelligence