'This Is Us' Stroke Neighbor Gregory What to Know

Like His 'This Is Us' Character, Actor Timothy Omundson Is Also Recovering From a Stroke

Mar. 23 2021, Updated 12:02 p.m. ET

With the fall finale of This Is Us drawing near, we will't suppose of a better time to debrief on the slew of new characters we now have met over the process this present Season 4. 

In addition to Deja's new boyfriend Malik Hodges, and his parents Kelly and Darnell, we have now also met a veteran who's performed an intricate function in both Uncle Nicky and Kevin's trajectory.

But when it comes to the last of the Big Three, Kate, who's just lately given birth to baby Blake and is struggling in her marriage to Toby, has solid a friendship with her neighbor Gregory, who is improving from a stroke.

Keep reading for the whole lot you wish to have to know about Gregory and the actor who plays him.

Who is Kate's neighbor on This Is Us?

We first meet Gregory as Kate and Toby's extraordinarily unfriendly, if adverse, neighbor. He complains throughout his introductory episode about the truth that Toby has been parking at the sidewalk, which truly does not look like a large deal.

And despite Kate's absolute best makes an attempt at being neighborly and smoothing issues over, Gregory proves to be downright curmudgeonly — regardless that we be informed at the finish of the episode why precisely that is. 

The neighbor explains that he's recovering from a significant stroke and has had to relearn to stroll and talk.

Since he is been attempting to put in force a regimen for himself, Toby's unfortunate car placement if truth be told places a large impediment on is recovery. And in conventional This Is Us style, the neighbors identify an emotional connection because of it.

While Toby is out on the health club, pursuing health as his coping mechanism, lonely new mom Kate forges a friendship with Gregory, and the two start to move on day-to-day walks in combination. Gregory serves to help Kate respect the little issues in lifestyles round her, issues he almost lost due to his stroke, and aids her in placing her own life into standpoint.

Who performs Gregory and did the actor in point of fact have a stroke?

This Is Us is pretty inclusionary when it comes to casting, and this season, employed a visually impaired actor to play the grownup model of Toby and Kate's blind son. 

The effort may stem from the controversies surrounding Toby wearing a fat suit and prosthetics to play his obese character, however who's to say. 

In any case, Timothy Omundson, who brings Gregory to lifestyles on This Is Us, has in fact triumph over a stroke and lately celebrated his "second anniversary of Stroke Survival."

"Just over two years ago, a stroke almost killed me," Timothy shared on Twitter forward of his first This Is Us episode. "Tonight, I'm returning to Prime Time Network Television thanks to @Dan_Fogelman and the great people on @NBCThisIsUs. Hope you'll [tune] in." Timothy followed up the tweet with his favourite hashtag, "#SuckItStroke."

Before stealing our hearts as Kate and Toby's neighbor, Timothy used to be a familiar face from his roles as Sean Potter on Judging Amy, Eli on Xena: Warrior Princess, and Carlton Lassiter in Psych.

He'll be reprising his role as Carlton in the approaching Psych 2: Lassie Come Home after his stroke recovery prevented him from having a larger position right through the 2017 Psych film.

Watch Timothy in the function of Gregory when new episodes of This Is Us air Tuesdays at Nine p.m. on NBC.

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