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|actor = [[Zachary Gordon]] (2010-2012)<br>[[Jason Drucker]] (2017-present)
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{{Quote|I'll be famous one day, but for now, I'm stuck in middle school with a bunch of morons.|Greg Heffley, on back cover of ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid''}}
{{Quote|I'll be famous one day, but for now, I'm stuck in middle school with a bunch of morons.|Greg Heffley, on back cover of ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid''}}
'''Gregory "Greg" Heffley''' is an American middle school student and the main protagonist of the ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series)|Diary of a Wimpy Kid]]'' series. He is believed to be loosely based on Jeff Kinney when he was in middle school. Greg is very concerned about his popularity level and how he looks in public. He absolutely loves video games, comics, and slacking off, taking after his older brother, [[Rodrick Heffley]]. He takes up a lot of traits from Rodrick (such as selfishness, laziness, etc.). He also has an interest in cartooning and making comics. He was played by [[Zachary Gordon]] in the live-action movies ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film)|Diary of a Wimpy Kid]]'', ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (film)|Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules]]'', and ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (film)|Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days]].'' Greg is portrayed by [[Jason Drucker]] in the 2017 live-action film, ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (film)|Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul]]''.
'''Gregory "Greg" Heffley''' is the main protagonist and antihero of the ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series)|Diary of a Wimpy Kid]]'' series. He is the middle child of the [[Heffley family]], and his older brother is [[Rodrick Heffley|Rodrick]] while his younger brother is [[Manny Heffley]]. Greg's best friend is [[Rowley Jefferson]], who has a contrasting personality contrasts with Greg's.
 
Greg was portrayed by [[Zachary Gordon]] in the first three live action films. In the fourth movie, ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (film)|Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul]]'', Greg was played by [[Jason Drucker]].


== Personality ==
== Personality ==
Greg is lazy, petty, narcissistic, sociopathic, egotistical, eccentric, egocentric, usually backstabbing, and sometimes even selfish and dishonest, and apparently lacks talent. He hardly has any skills aside from video games and possibly singing. However, despite all this, Greg still has had his kind and caring moments, just not that often. He hates taking the blame for anything, and would much rather not take all the credit. Greg explains and narrates throughout the series that he has no strong talents, other than video games and comics. As such, he spends most of his time on them, which deters him away from schoolwork and chores. For a time, he harbored a hope of drawing for the school newspaper, but his comic was bowdlerized by the editor (Mr. Ira) and Rowley’s comic, which was also Greg's idea, was better liked by the people at his school. He hardly shows any other talents. However, Greg is probably good at singing, due to the fact that when he was auditioning for the school play, the drama teacher told him he had a nice soprano (high male) voice and is also good at sewing, but he complains that these talents do not make him stand out. 
Greg is very self-conscious, due to often being concerned about his popularity level and public image. His main hobbies include playing video games (namely "[[Twisted Wizard]]"), cartooning, and writing comics. Throughout the books, Greg has said that his only talents consists of his interests. He spends most of his time on his hobbies, which deters him away from essential tasks such as schoolwork and chores. Greg has other talents that he does not acknowledge, possibly because he is unaware of them—in the first movie, when Greg was auditioning for the school play, the drama teacher told him that he had a nice soprano voice and is good at sewing.


Greg almost always tries to find a scapegoat to put the blame on for his behavior, but he is oblivious to the fact that nobody forced or influenced him, other than probably his older brother, [[Rodrick Heffley|Rodrick]], to act in this manner. Very few times has Greg actually admitted to being "wrong" in a decision he made and took responsibility for it. It should also be noted that while Greg is arguably a watered down version of Rodrick, he does not have any productive interests and could actually be considered more hurtful than Rodrick psychologically.
Greg is usually very selfish and sometimes lazy, much of which is shown from his frequent manipulation of Rowley. He sometimes makes Rowley do his chores, such as homework, or give him a piggyback ride. Greg often causes trouble and plots mischievous schemes, with Rowley being involved in many of them. Several of Greg's schemes have backfired. Whenever Greg does something wrong, he tries to blame another person. Rowley's parents, mostly his [[Robert Jefferson|father]], see Greg as a bad influence on Rowley because of his behavior and tendency to get himself and Rowley into trouble.


Although he's considered a "wimp", he has a problematic behavior in many cases, and he often puts himself and his family into trouble. Typically he is looking to find a scapegoat to blame, and only in very rare occasions does he admits being "wrong", but he also seems to care for others and, as such, is willing to give himself to people he loves, especially Rodrick. The parents of his best friend, Rowley, believe Greg is a bad influence on their son (mainly Rowley's dad) because he sometimes gets bad grades in school, does not focus on his studies like he's supposed to, and barely listens to his parents.
At school, Greg receives bad grades, gets bullied, deals with the hardships of middle school, and is always trying to earn popularity points in order to gain attention and respect (though his plans to do so often result in either his own popularity dropping, or unintentionally boosting Rowley's popularity). At home, Greg has a mixed relationship with his family, especially with his younger brother Manny, who is overly pampered and protected by his parents (particularly his mother Susan). His mother tries to devise ways for Greg and his older brother Rodrick to get along but which never work out. Greg's father, Frank, is annoyed by Greg's antics and laziness and tries to make him more active. Greg has a love/hate relationship with his older brother, Rodrick. Greg is often tormented and bullied by Rodrick and is also the victim of his pranks yet they do care for each other deep down. In addition, he has inherited many of Rodrick's traits (such as laziness, large ego, disdain for sports, being a trickster, etc.). In fact, many of Greg's teachers dislike him because they originally had Rodrick as a student even though Greg's classroom behavior does not mirror Rodrick's.


Greg wants to be famous when he grows up and imagines it many times. He is very petty in order to win.
A notable trait of Greg that becomes more apparent as the novels go on is his lack of logical and critical thinking. A lot of his actions are shown to have no thought or consideration prior to being acted out, and usually end in disastrous repercussions. This is shown in when he delays his family by drying his sock after stepping in a slush puddle while heading to an airport, and later burning the sock while attempting to dry it. Greg also has been shown to display constant forgetfulness as well as no linear thinking. A good example of this is when he constantly has to remind himself to put his socks before his shoes after a string of incidents involving him doing the opposite act.


Greg always has an exaggerated thought, being confident of being rich and famous. He also kind of bullies and use Rowley much more than needed, as he often thinks of hurting him and makes him do a lot of his work, like giving him piggy-rides, looking out for dog-poop, and completing Greg's English work since Greg is not good at writing in cursive, though Greg believes that he is doing it for a good cause. Although Greg is shown not to be hostile towards Rowley, in Rowley's diary, [[Diary of an Awesome, Friendly Kid (The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book)|Diary of an Awesome, Friendly Kid]], Greg can be seen shouting at Rowley for trying out his retainer.
Greg is also noted for having many attractions to girls, most notably [[Holly Hills]]. He fell in love with Holly ever since he met her at the seventh graders' roller rink ([[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (film)|''Rodrick Rules'' film]]). In the ''Dog Days'' film, after [[Heather Hills|Heather]]'s Sweet 16 party, Holly took Greg's hand, suggesting that she liked him. In the books, Greg lost interest in Holly after she mistook him for [[Fregley]].


He also had a huge crush on Holly Hills, when she turned up at the seventh graders' roller rink ([[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (film)|''Rodrick Rules'' film]]). Holly Hills was a new seventh grader at [[Westmore Middle School]] whom he fell deeply in love with. In the film adaptations of ''Rodrick Rules'' and [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (film)|''Dog Days'']], he put in so much effort to win Holly all to himself, which was what Rodrick was reading out loud from Greg's diary in the film ''Rodrick Rules''. After Holly's sister [[Heather Hills]]' Sweet Sixteen party in the film ''Dog Days'', Holly took Greg's hand, indicating she liked him back and she thinks he is really amusing. However, in the books, Greg lost interest in Holly after she mistook him for [[Fregley]].
Despite his many flaws and the situations they have landed him in, Greg can be caring, intelligent, courageous, compassionate and thoughtful, and has done a number of good deeds to prove this, such as deceiving his classmates that he threw the cheese away (to save Rowley's reputation), helping Rodrick complete his science project, etc. Greg also showed unusual maturity when he chose to conceal his late Meemaw's diamond ring that he found in an Easter egg, not wanting to see his family fight over it because it had not been willed to anyone. In ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball]]'', Greg is shown to care about Rowley because he cried when they had to say goodbye.


== Appearance  ==
== Appearance  ==
[[File:Greg Heffley DoaWK film.jpg|thumb|Greg Heffley's appearance in the ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' film]]
[[File:Greg Heffley DoaWK film.jpg|thumb|Greg Heffley's appearance in the ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' film]]
Greg is usually depicted with black shorts, or black pants (sometimes black jeans, or, when he is fantasizing, a black tuxedo) and a white shirt. He is very skinny and does not seem to eat nor work out much. His father has tried to get him to work out and exercise, but he prefers playing video games. His nose is a simple oval but stops where the first eye is while his ears are circled. His head is a circle that stops around his left eye. He also appears to wear contact lenses, which he mentioned in [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw|The Last Straw]]. He wears his backup glasses when he runs out of them. Greg also has a retainer as mentioned in [[Diary of an Awesome, Friendly Kid]] and a headgear as shown in [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth|The Ugly Truth]]. He also wears white shoes or black sandals (as shown in "[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days|Dog Days]]")
In the books, Greg is usually wearing a white short and black pants. His nose is a simple oval but stops where the first eye is while his ears are circled. His head is a circle that stops around his left eye. He also appears to wear contact lenses, which he mentioned in [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw|The Last Straw]]. He wears his backup glasses when he runs out of them. Greg also has a retainer as mentioned in [[Diary of an Awesome, Friendly Kid]] and a headgear as shown in [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth|The Ugly Truth]]. He also wears white shoes or black sandals (as shown in "[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days|Dog Days]]")


In the movie, he has brown hair and pale white skin. Like in the book, he's visually skinny and slightly shorter than Rowley.
In the movie, he has brown hair and pale white skin. Like in the books, Greg is skinny and slightly shorter than Rowley.


== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==

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"I'll be famous one day, but for now, I'm stuck in middle school with a bunch of morons."
—Greg Heffley, on back cover of Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Gregory "Greg" Heffley is the main protagonist and antihero of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. He is the middle child of the Heffley family, and his older brother is Rodrick while his younger brother is Manny Heffley. Greg's best friend is Rowley Jefferson, who has a contrasting personality contrasts with Greg's.

Greg was portrayed by Zachary Gordon in the first three live action films. In the fourth movie, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul, Greg was played by Jason Drucker.

Personality

Greg is very self-conscious, due to often being concerned about his popularity level and public image. His main hobbies include playing video games (namely "Twisted Wizard"), cartooning, and writing comics. Throughout the books, Greg has said that his only talents consists of his interests. He spends most of his time on his hobbies, which deters him away from essential tasks such as schoolwork and chores. Greg has other talents that he does not acknowledge, possibly because he is unaware of them—in the first movie, when Greg was auditioning for the school play, the drama teacher told him that he had a nice soprano voice and is good at sewing.

Greg is usually very selfish and sometimes lazy, much of which is shown from his frequent manipulation of Rowley. He sometimes makes Rowley do his chores, such as homework, or give him a piggyback ride. Greg often causes trouble and plots mischievous schemes, with Rowley being involved in many of them. Several of Greg's schemes have backfired. Whenever Greg does something wrong, he tries to blame another person. Rowley's parents, mostly his father, see Greg as a bad influence on Rowley because of his behavior and tendency to get himself and Rowley into trouble.

At school, Greg receives bad grades, gets bullied, deals with the hardships of middle school, and is always trying to earn popularity points in order to gain attention and respect (though his plans to do so often result in either his own popularity dropping, or unintentionally boosting Rowley's popularity). At home, Greg has a mixed relationship with his family, especially with his younger brother Manny, who is overly pampered and protected by his parents (particularly his mother Susan). His mother tries to devise ways for Greg and his older brother Rodrick to get along but which never work out. Greg's father, Frank, is annoyed by Greg's antics and laziness and tries to make him more active. Greg has a love/hate relationship with his older brother, Rodrick. Greg is often tormented and bullied by Rodrick and is also the victim of his pranks yet they do care for each other deep down. In addition, he has inherited many of Rodrick's traits (such as laziness, large ego, disdain for sports, being a trickster, etc.). In fact, many of Greg's teachers dislike him because they originally had Rodrick as a student even though Greg's classroom behavior does not mirror Rodrick's.

A notable trait of Greg that becomes more apparent as the novels go on is his lack of logical and critical thinking. A lot of his actions are shown to have no thought or consideration prior to being acted out, and usually end in disastrous repercussions. This is shown in when he delays his family by drying his sock after stepping in a slush puddle while heading to an airport, and later burning the sock while attempting to dry it. Greg also has been shown to display constant forgetfulness as well as no linear thinking. A good example of this is when he constantly has to remind himself to put his socks before his shoes after a string of incidents involving him doing the opposite act.

Greg is also noted for having many attractions to girls, most notably Holly Hills. He fell in love with Holly ever since he met her at the seventh graders' roller rink (Rodrick Rules film). In the Dog Days film, after Heather's Sweet 16 party, Holly took Greg's hand, suggesting that she liked him. In the books, Greg lost interest in Holly after she mistook him for Fregley.

Despite his many flaws and the situations they have landed him in, Greg can be caring, intelligent, courageous, compassionate and thoughtful, and has done a number of good deeds to prove this, such as deceiving his classmates that he threw the cheese away (to save Rowley's reputation), helping Rodrick complete his science project, etc. Greg also showed unusual maturity when he chose to conceal his late Meemaw's diamond ring that he found in an Easter egg, not wanting to see his family fight over it because it had not been willed to anyone. In Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball, Greg is shown to care about Rowley because he cried when they had to say goodbye.

Appearance 

Greg Heffley's appearance in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid film

In the books, Greg is usually wearing a white short and black pants. His nose is a simple oval but stops where the first eye is while his ears are circled. His head is a circle that stops around his left eye. He also appears to wear contact lenses, which he mentioned in The Last Straw. He wears his backup glasses when he runs out of them. Greg also has a retainer as mentioned in Diary of an Awesome, Friendly Kid and a headgear as shown in The Ugly Truth. He also wears white shoes or black sandals (as shown in "Dog Days")

In the movie, he has brown hair and pale white skin. Like in the books, Greg is skinny and slightly shorter than Rowley.

Trivia

  • Greg likes soap operas, as shown in Dog Days.
  • Greg is younger than Rowley, as his birthday takes place during the summer, while Rowley's takes place during the first semester of the school year.
    • Greg's was born on February 19 in the online version. He has the same birthday as Jeff Kinney, the author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
    • Greg was born in June (Dog Days) and Rowley was born in October (Rodrick Rules).
    • If calculated well enough, Greg is revealed to be born on June 18.
  • Greg's birthday is in June in the book and movie series while it is in February according to the online version.
  • Greg was born premature, as stated in The Third Wheel.
  • Greg was only five pounds seven ounces at birth with an average being 7.5 pounds, though newborns may vary from 5.5-10 pounds, this may be as he was born 3 weeks premature, even though most children born up to one month premature are of normal weight.
  • It is revealed in The Last Straw that Greg swears a lot, often swearing at school and even swearing in front of his toddler brother, Manny and also using "made-up" swears like "Raspberry Plastic Tickle Bear!", etc.
  • In the second film when Greg finds out Manny put a cookie in his gaming console, you can see that it is an Xbox 360 Slim. In Dog Days, there are multiple times when you can see Greg playing a PlayStation Portable and an unidentified home-console.
    • Greg is shown to be playing with a controller almost similar to the Nintendo 64 controller.
  • Greg is the least popular kid in school in the first film after he got beaten up by Patty in Wrestling Class, and in "The Wizard of Oz" play.
  • Greg is right-handed, as revealed in the eleventh book.
  • Greg owns a Ladybug in the Dog Days book and in the Dog Days film and later mentioned in the book. Hard Luck later temporarily owning her mother's Cell Phone. In the Long Haul film, it shows Greg owning an iPhone. In the book The Getaway, Greg is shown to own an iPod. It is unexplained how he received it.
  • In the Rodrick Rules film, it is showed that Greg has a YouTube Channel named "amazingGregheffley".
  • Greg's favorite color is blue.
  • Greg's favorite animal is a dog.
  • In Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway Greg is shown to have arachnophobia, a fear of spiders.
  • In the book "Dog Days", Greg's phone number is revealed as 555-2941.
  • In the books "Dog Days" and The Ugly Truth, Greg's address is revealed as 12 Surrey Street.

Relationships

See Greg's Relationships

Gallery

Main article: Gallery:Greg Heffley
  • Diary Of Wimpy Kid The Third Wheel ''Greg''.jpg

  • Greg as an unborn baby, listening to music

  • Greg's at his 6th birthday party

  • Greg, Rowley, and Abigail in their Midnight in Paris photo.

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  • Greg in his room.

  • Greg on Wimpy Boardwalk.

  • Greg Heffley in a familiar pose

  • Greg and Rowley in the snow.

  • Greg as a newborn baby

  • Greg in the shower

  • Greg in Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal

References

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