Actor griffin dunne biography
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Griffin Dunne
American actor and director (born )
Thomas Griffin Dunne (; born June 8, ) is an American actor, director and producer. He is known for portraying Jack Goodman in An American Werewolf in London () and Paul Hackett in After Hours (), for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
Early life
[edit]Thomas Griffin Dunne was born on June 8, , in New York City. He is the oldest child of Ellen Beatriz (née Griffin) and Dominick Dunne. His father was born and raised in an Irish Catholic family, while his maternal grandfather was Irish-American and his maternal grandmother was from Sonora, Mexico.[2][3] He is the older brother of Alexander and Dominique Dunne. His mother founded the victims' rights organization Justice for Homicide Victims after Dominique's murder in His father was a journalist, producer, writer, and actor.[4][5] He is also a nephew of writers John
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Griffin Dunne was born on June 8, in New York City, the oldest child of Dominick Dunne, a producer, actor, and writer, and Ellen Beatriz (Griffin) Dunne, an activist. His sister was actress Dominique Dunne. He grew up mainly in Los Angeles, California and attended school in Colorado before moving back to New York in the late s. As an actor, Dunne has the distinction of having starred in two s cult favorites. First came the John Landis monster movie An American varulv in London (), then the Martin Scorsese black comedy After Hours (). After Hours is also among the movies that Dunne has produced with partner Amy Robinson through their company Double Play Productions. Other Double Play productions include Running on Empty (), White Palace () and Once Around (). Dunne has continued to appear on both sides of the camera, taking supporting roles as an actor in films like My Girl () and inom Like It Like That (). He made his directorial debut with a short bio, Duke of Groove (), which wa
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Griffin Dunne Biography ()
Born June 8, , in New York, NY; son of Dominick (a writer, producer, andactor) and Ellen (maiden name, Griffin) Dunne; brother of Dominique Dunne (anactress); married Carey Lowell (an actress), December 9, (divorced, ); children: Hannah.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor, producer, director
- Birth Details
- June 8,
- New York, New York, United States
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Stage Appearances
- Marie and Bruce, New York Shakespeare Festival, New York City,
- Coming Attractions, Playwrights' Horizons Theatre, New York City,
- Hooters, Hudson Guild Theatre, New York City,
- Martin Mirkheim, Search and Destroy, Circle in the Square, New York City,
- Also appeared in Album and The Hotel Play.
- Film Appearances
- Herbie Johnson, The Other Side of the Mountain (also known as AWindow to the Sky), Universal,
- Dr. Mark, Chilly Scenes of Winter (also known as Head over Heels), United Artists,
- Jack Goodman, An Americ