Lee Arenberg (born July 18, 1962) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Pintel, one of Captain Barbossa's crew, in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. He also had a recurring role as the dwarf Grumpy in the television series Once Upon a Time. He attended UCLA as a theatre major.
Career
Arenberg attended Santa Monica High School with future "brat pack" actors Sean Penn, Robert Downey Jr. and Emilio Estevez, As he confirmed when speaking at the Farpoint Star Trek Convention in Timonium, Maryland, Arenberg's character Pintel did not return in the fourth Pirates film.
Arenberg's face as skeletal Pintel from Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, can be seen popping up in the treasure caves on Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island in Disneyland.
Filmography
Film
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! Year
! Film
! Role
! Director
! Notes
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| 1987
| Cross My Heart
| Parking Attendant
| Armyan Bernstein
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| 1988
| Tapeheads
| Norton
| Bill Fishman
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| 1989
| The Wizard
| Armageddon Registrar
| Todd Holland
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| 1990
| Brain Dead
| Sacks
| Adam Simon
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| 1990
| Class of 1999
| Marv the Technician
| Mark L. Lester
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| 1992
| Bob Roberts
| Religious Zealot
| Tim Robbins
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| 1993
| RoboCop 3
| Robber at donut shop
| Fred Dekker
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| 1993
| Freaked
| The Eternal Flame
| Alex Winter<br>Tom Stern
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| 1995
| Waterworld
| Djeng
| Kevin Reynolds
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| 1997
| Warriors of Virtue
| Mantose
| Ronny Yu
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| 2000
| Dungeons and Dragons
| Elwood
| Courtney Solomon
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| 2003
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
| rowspan="3" |Pintel
| rowspan="3" |Gore Verbinski
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| 2006
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
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| 2007
| Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
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| 2007
| Happily N'Ever After
| Additional Voices
| Paul J. Bolger
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| 2012
| Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy
| Billy Lee
| Harold Cronk
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| 2025
| Chain Reaction
| Frank
| Michel Biel
| Short
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| TBA
| Last Train to Fortune
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| Adam Rifkin
| Post-production
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! Year
! Film
! Director
! Notes
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| 2011
| In the Gray
| Rob Holloway
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|+ Writer
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! Year
! Film
! Role
! Director
! Notes
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| 2011
| In the Gray
| screenwriter
| Rob Holloway
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Television
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! Year !! Series !! Role !! Notes
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|1987 || Perfect Strangers || Leon || Episode: "Night School Confidential"
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|1988
|Sledge Hammer!
|Buzzy
|Episode: "Sledge, Rattle 'n' Roll"
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|1990 || Tales from the Crypt || Marty Slash || Episode: "For Cryin' Out Loud"
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|1990, 1992 || Night Court || Mr. Dijilly / Mr. Abraham || 2 episodes
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|1991-1992 || The Idiot Box || Various characters || 4 episodes
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|rowspan=2 |1992 || Live! From Death Row || Griffith || TV movie
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|Roseanne || The Ghost of Hallowe'en Past || Episode: "Halloween IV"
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|1992, 1997 ||Seinfeld ||Mike Moffitt || Episodes: "The Parking Space", "The Susie"
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|rowspan=3 |1993 ||Married... with Children ||Sal || Episode: "Luck of The Bundys"
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|Star Trek: The Next Generation || Prak || Episode: "Force of Nature"
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||Star Trek: Deep Space Nine || Gral|| Episode: "The Nagus"
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|1994 ||Star Trek: The Next Generation || Bok || Episode: "Bloodlines"
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|1995 ||Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman || Major Domo || Episode: "Tempus, Anyone?"
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| 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 ||Arli$$ || Various characters || 4 episodes
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|rowspan=2 |1998 ||The Mr. Potato Head Show || Bullyboy || Episode: "Equal Writes"
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|Friends || The Man || Episode: "The One with the Inappropriate Sister"
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|1999 ||Star Trek: Voyager || Pelk || Episode: "Juggernaut"
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|1999-2000 ||Action (TV series) || Bobby Gianopolis || Miscellaneous episodes
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|2000 ||Two Guys and a Girl || Mugger / Irene's Dad || Episode: "Once Again from the Beginning"
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|2000 ||Walker, Texas Ranger || Lester Squigman || Episode: "Faith"
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|2001 ||My Wife and Kids || Kevin Anderson || Episode: "Jay Gets Fired"
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|rowspan=2 |2003 ||Charmed || Unidentified Demon || Episode: "Oh My Goddess (Part 1)"
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|Scrubs || Dr. Moyer || Episode: "My Own American Girl"
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|2005 ||Star Trek: Enterprise ||Tellarite Ambassador Gral || 2 Episodes
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|2008 ||Pushing Daisies || Arnaud Bailey || Episode: "Circus, Circus"
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|2010 ||The Iceman Chronicles || Judge Buttonwillow McKittrick ||
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|rowspan=2 |2011 || The Cape || Razer's Driver || Episode: "Razer"
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|Good Luck Charlie || Nick, Skyler's Fake Dad || Episode: "Monkey Business"
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|2011–18|| Once Upon a Time || Grumpy/Dreamy/Leroy || 55 episodes
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|rowspan=2 |2013 ||Californication || Ken (Charlie's boss) || 3 episodes
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|Once Upon a Time in Wonderland || Leroy || Episode: "Down the Rabbit Hole"
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|2019 || American Gods || Alviss || Episode: "The Ways of the Dead"
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Video games
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! Year !! Series !! Role !! Notes
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|2013 || Disney Infinity || Pintel || Grouped under "Featuring the Voice Talents"
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