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{{short description|American actor and director (born 1955)}}{{Multiple issues|{{Lead too short|date=September 2017}}{{BLP sources|date=March 2013}}}}{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2013}}

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| birth_place = New York City, U.S.Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre>The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the TheatreActordirector}}| years_active = 1975–present| children = Hannah DunneDominick DunneEllen Griffin Dunne>Ellen Griffin

• {{marriage|Carey Lowell|1989|1995|end=div.}}
• {{marriage|Anna Bingemann|2009}}

}}Dominique Dunne (sister)John Gregory Dunne (uncle)Joan Didion (aunt)HTTPS://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/2017/10/24/MOVIES/JOAN-DIDION-DOCUMENTARY-THE-CENTER-WILL-NOT-HOLD.HTMLFIRST=RACHELDATE=OCTOBER 24, 2017THE NEW YORK TIMES>PAGE=1, }}Thomas Griffin Dunne ({{IPAc-en |'|d|ʌ|n}}; born June 8, 1955) is an American actor, film producer, and film director. Dunne studied acting at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City. He is known for portraying Jack Goodman in An American Werewolf in London (1981) and Paul Hackett in After Hours (1985), for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.

Early life

Thomas Griffin Dunne was born 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.NEWS, 1997-01-13, Paid Notice: Deaths DUNNE, ELLEN GRIFFIN, en-US, The New York Times,weblink 2022-04-28, 0362-4331, WEB, 2009-08-28, Celebrity Author And Hartford Native Dominick Dunne Dies At Age 83 -- Courant.com,weblink 2022-04-28,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090828032219weblink">weblink 28 August 2009, dead, 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 1982. His father was a producer, writer, and actor.NEWS,weblink Paid Notice: Deaths DUNNE, ELLEN GRIFFIN, November 3, 1997, The New York Times, WEB,weblink Griffin Dunne Biography (1955-), Filmreference.com, He is also a nephew of writers John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion. Raised in Los Angeles, Dunne attended the Fay School in Southborough, Massachusetts and Fountain Valley School in Colorado Springs, where he developed an interest in acting, appearing in many school plays. He was scheduled to perform in a school production of Othello when, on the eve of a performance, a teacher found him smoking marijuana. Dunne was subsequently expelled, and moved back to New York to pursue his acting interests.NEWS,weblink He's Adding Director to His List of Credits, Jean, Nathan, May 18, 1997, The New York Times, He studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre under Sanford Meisner.WEB, A conversation with Griffin Dunne,weblink April 18, 2021, Little White Lies, WEB,weblink April 18, 2021, neighborhoodplayhouse.org, Alumni,

Career

Acting

Dunne began his professional acting career at age 19 with a small supporting role in The Other Side of the Mountain in 1975. He has since appeared on both film and television, starring in An American Werewolf in London (1981) as Jack Goodman, Johnny Dangerously (1984) as Tommy Kelly, After Hours (1985) as Paul Hackett, Who's That Girl (1987) as Loudon Trott opposite Madonna, My Girl (1991) as Jake Bixler, Quiz Show (1994) as the Geritol Account Executive, Game 6 (2005) as Elliott Litvak, and I Like It Like That (1994) as Stephen Price. Dunne also played Dr. Vass, opposite Matthew McConaughey, in the Oscar-winning 2013 film Dallas Buyers Club.WEB,weblink Radish, Christian, Griffin Dunne Talks Directing a Segment in Comedy Anthology MOVIE 43, Matthew McConaughey's Weight Loss in DALLAS BUYER'S CLUB, and More, January 20, 2013, Collider (website), Collider, 2021-02-05, Dunne's TV appearances include Frasier (pilot episode "The Good Son" as caller Russell, and in season 3 episode 11 "The Friend" as Bob), Saturday Night Live, Alias, and (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) (Episodes (Jones (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)|5), 118, and (Players (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)|128)). He portrayed Tony Mink in the comedy Trust Me on TNT. In 2012, Dunne guest-starred as management consultant Marco Pelios in seven episodes of the premiere season of the Showtime TV series House of Lies.In 2018 he joined the cast of This is Us where he starred as Nicky Pearson, Jack Pearson's brother until the series concluded in 2022.

Producing

Dunne's first experience as a producer was the successful 1982 film, Chilly Scenes of Winter, an adaptation of the 1976 novel of the same name by Ann Beattie.NEWS,weblink Atlas, James, 1982-10-10, How 'Chilly Scenes' Was Rescued, New York Times Books section, Dunne and his co-producers, Amy Robinson and Mark Metcalf, had formed their production company, Triple Play Productions, in the late 1970s and optioned Beattie's book after agreeing to her stipulation that she be given a role.WEB,weblink AFTER HOURS takeover edition, Malooley, Jake, 16 August 2023, Expanding Dan Substack, 29 September 2023, The film had a less than successful short run in theaters when it was released three years earlier with a "happy" ending and an alternate title, at the insistence of the distributor, United Artists.WEB, Episode 310: Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979),weblink The Projection Booth, February 4, 2023, The trio persevered to have the film re-released with a more realistic ending and the same title as the book, which proved more successful. Dunne had a small part in the film, as Mark, a young doctor. After Mark Metcalf left the company, Dunne and Robinson continued as producing partners. Their company, now called Double Play Productions, produced several films, including Baby It's You, After Hours, Running on Empty and Game 6. In 1986, the company had signed an agreement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for a two-year production agreement.NEWS, 1986-03-05, Dunne & Robinson Ink 2-Year Pact With MGM, 6, Variety (magazine), Variety,

Directing

Dunne's directorial debut was the 1995 short film Duke of Groove. For it, Dunne received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, along with producer Thom Colwell.Since then, he has directed five feature films, including Addicted to Love (1997) and Practical Magic (1998). He also directed one segment of the 2012 anthology film Movie 43. Dunne produced and directed (Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold) (2017), a documentary about his aunt, author Joan Didion, whom Dunne interviews and appears with on screen.

Personal life

Dunne was married to American actress Carey Lowell from 1989 to 1995. They had one daughter together, actress Hannah Dunne.He married Anna Bingemann, an Australian stylist, in July 2009.WEB,weblink Done and Dunne! Interior Designer Woos New York Royalty with Soho Loft, The New York Observer, June 15, 2010,

Filmography

Film{| classwikitable

"!rowspan=2 style="width:33px;"|Year!rowspan="2|Title!colspan="5|Credited as!width=65|Director!width=65|Producer!width=65|Actor!Role!Notes|1975|The Other Side of the Mountain!!!{{Yes}}|Herbie Johnson||1979Chilly Scenes of Winter (film)>Chilly Scenes of Winter!!{{Yes}}!{{Yes}}|Dr. Mark|1981|An American Werewolf in London!!!{{Yes}}|Jack Goodman|The Fan (1981 film)>The Fan!!!{{Yes}}|Production Assistant| 1983Baby It's You (film)>Baby It's You!!{{Yes}}!||Cold Feet (1983 film)>Cold Feet!!!{{Yes}}|Tom Christo|| 1984|Johnny Dangerously!!!{{Yes}}|Tommy Kelly|1985After Hours (film)>After Hours!!{{Yes}}!{{Yes}}|Paul Hackett||Almost You!!!{{Yes}}|Alex Boyer|1987|Amazon Women on the Moon!!!{{Yes}}|Doctor|Segment: "Hospital"Who's That Girl (1987 film)>Who's That Girl!!!{{Yes}}|Loudon Trott|1988|The Big Blue!!!{{Yes}}|Duffy||Me and Him!!!{{Yes}}|Bert|Running on Empty (1988 film)>Running on Empty!!{{Yes}}!|||1990White Palace (film)>White Palace!!{{Yes}}!||1991My Girl (film)>My Girl!!!{{Yes}}|Mr. Jake Bixler||Once Around!!{{Yes}}!{{Yes}}|Rob|1992|Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even!!!{{Yes}}|David||Straight Talk!!!{{Yes}}|Alan Riegert|1993|Naked in New York!!!{{Yes}}|Auditioner||The Pickle!!!{{Yes}}|Planet Cleveland Man|Uncredited1994I Like It Like That (film)>I Like It Like That!!!{{Yes}}|Stephen Price|Quiz Show (film)>Quiz Show!!!{{Yes}}|Geritol Account Executive||1995Search and Destroy (1995 film)>Search and Destroy!!!{{Yes}}|Martin Mirkheim|1996|Duke of Groove!{{Yes}}!!||Short film|Joe's Apartment!!{{Yes}}!|||1997Addicted to Love (film)>Addicted to Love!{{Yes}}!!|||1998|Practical Magic!{{Yes}}!!|||2000|Lisa Picard Is Famous!{{Yes}}!!{{Yes}}|Andrew|2001|Piñero!!!{{Yes}}|Agent||Sam the Man!!!{{Yes}}|Man in Bathroom|2002|40 Days and 40 Nights!!!{{Yes}}|Jerry Anderson|Cheats (film)>Cheats!!!{{Yes}}|Mr. Davis||2003Stuck on You (film)>Stuck on You!!!{{Yes}}|Himself|2005Fierce People (film)>Fierce People!{{Yes}}!{{Yes}}!|||Game 6!!{{Yes}}!{{Yes}}|Elliott Litvak|2006Bondage (2006 film)>Bondage!!!{{Yes}}|Dr. Simon||Your Product Here!{{Yes}}!!||Short film|2007Snow Angels (film)>Snow Angels!!!{{Yes}}|Don Parkinson|2008|The Accidental Husband!{{Yes}}!!|||The Great Buck Howard!!!{{Yes}}|Jonathan Finerman||2009Shrink (film)>Shrink!!!{{Yes}}||Uncredited|2010Last Night (2010 film)>Last Night!!!{{Yes}}|Truman||2012The Discoverers (film)>The Discoverers!!!{{Yes}}|Lewis Birch|2013|Broken City!!!{{Yes}}|Sam Lancaster|Blood Ties (2013 film)>Blood Ties!!!{{Yes}}|McNally||Movie 43!{{Yes}}!!||Segment: "Veronica"|Dallas Buyers Club!!!{{yes}}|Dr. Vass|2014|Rob the Mob!!!{{yes}}|Dave Lovell||Fugly!!!!{{Yes}}|Jefferey|2015Touched with Fire (film)>Touched with Fire!!!{{yes}}| George|Tumbledown (film)>Tumbledown!!!{{yes}}|Upton|Consumed (film)>Consumed!!!{{yes}}|Peter|| 2016|My Dead Boyfriend!!!{{yes}}|Joey Lucas / Nick McCrawley|2017War Machine (film)>War Machine!!!{{yes}}|Ray Canucci||(Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold)!{{yes}}!{{yes}}!||2018|Ocean's 8!!!{{yes}}|Parole Board Officer|Alright Now (film)>Alright Now!!!{{yes}}|Joanne's Dad||2019Bittersweet Symphony (film)>Bittersweet Symphony!!!{{yes}}|Griffin|2021(With/In>With/In: Volume 2)!{{yes}}!!{{yes}}||Segment: "One Night Stand"|The French Dispatch!!!{{yes}}|Legal Advisor||2023|Ex-Husbands!!{{yes|Executive}}!{{yes}}|Peter Pearce||2024Junction (2024 film)>Junction!!!{{yes}}|Lawrence|">

Television{| class"wikitable sortable"

!Year!Title!Role!Notes|1986Amazing Stories (1985 TV series)>Amazing Stories|Dick|Episode: "Secret Cinema"|1986Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985 TV series)>Alfred Hitchcock Presents|Knoll|Episode: "The Jar"|1986|Saturday Night Live|Frankie Toussaint|Episode: "William Shatner/Lone Justice"; uncredited|1989|Trying Times|David|Episode: "Hunger Chic"|1990Secret Weapon (film)>Secret Weapon|Mordechai Vanunu|Television film|1992Screenplay (TV series)>Screenplay|Michael Tyne|Episode: "Buying a Landslide"|1993|Hotel Room|Robert|Episode: "Getting Rid of Robert"|1993|L.A. Law|Gerard Samuels|Episode: "F.O.B."|1993|Frasier|Russell (voice)The Good Son (Frasier)>The Good Son"|1995|The Android Affair|Teach / William|Television film|1996|Frasier|Bob Reynolds|Episode: "The Friend"|2001Blonde (2001 film)>BlondeArthur Miller>The Playwright|2 episodes|2001–07|(Law & Order: Criminal Intent)|Henry Talbott|Episode: "Jones"|2002|(Warning: Parental Advisory)|Frank Zappa|Television film|2002|A Nero Wolfe Mystery|Nicolas Losseff|2 episodes|2002|What Leonard Comes Home To|Leonard|Television short|2004Alias (TV series)>Alias|Leonid Lisenker|2 episodes|2006|3 lbs|Dr. Jerry Cole|2 episodes|2006–07|(Law & Order: Criminal Intent)|Seamus Flaherty|2 episodes|2009Trust Me (American TV series)>Trust Me|Tony Mink|13 episodes|2009Leverage (American TV series)>Leverage|Marcus Starke|Episode: "The Two Live Crew Job"|2010|How to Make It in America|Fresconi|Episode: "Crisp"|2010White Collar (TV series)>White Collar|Wesley Kent|Episode: "Company Man"|2010|The Good Wife|Judge Jared Quinn|Episode: "Cleaning House"; also director|2011Damages (TV series)>Damages|Dean Gullickson|3 episodes|2012–14|House of Lies|Marco Pelios|8 episodes|2013Girls (TV series)>Girls|Thomas - John's Father|Episode: "It's a Shame About Ray"|2013|The League|Burt|Episode: "The Von Nowzick Wedding"|2014|Red Band Society|Ruben Garcia|3 episodes; also director|2015Manhattan (TV series)>Manhattan|Woodrow Lorentzen|4 episodes|2015–16Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (TV series)>Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll|Music Therapist|2 episodes|2016|(Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)|Benno Gilbert|Episode: "Fashionable Crimes"|2016–17I Love Dick (TV series)>I Love Dick|Sylvère|8 episodes|2018Imposters (TV series)>Imposters|Herman|2 episodes|2018Succession (TV series)>Succession|Dr. Alon ParfitAusterlitz (Succession)>Austerlitz"|2018|The Romanoffs|Frank Shefflied|Episode: "Panorama"|2018–22|This Is Us|Nicky Pearson|28 episodes|2019Better Things (TV series)>Better Things|Durham|Episode: "The Unknown"|2019–21Goliath (TV series)>Goliath|Gene Bennett|7 episodes|2021Search Party (TV series)>Search Party|Richard Wreck|2 episodes|2021|(The L Word: Generation Q)|Isaac Zakarian|2 episodes|2023Billions (TV series)>Billions|George Pike IV a.k.a. Fourth|Guest star|2024|The Girls on the Bus|Bruce Turner|Recurring role

Awards and nominations{| classwikitable

!Year!Title!Association!Category!Result!Ref|1986After Hours|Golden Globe AwardGolden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy>Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical|{{Nominated}}HTTPS://WWW.IMDB.COM/NAME/NM0001162/AWARDS>TITLE=GRIFFIN DUNNEACCESSDATE=2018-09-16, |1986Independent Spirit Awards>Independent Spirit AwardIndependent Spirit Award for Best Film>Best Feature (shared with Robert F. Colesberry & Amy Robinson)|{{Won}}|1994|Love Matters|CableACE AwardCableACE Award>Actor in a Movie or Miniseries|{{Nominated}}|1996|Duke of GrooveAcademy Awards>Academy AwardAcademy Award for Best Live Action Short Film>Best Short Film – Live Action (shared with Thom Colwell)|{{Nominated}}|1996|Frasier|Primetime Emmy AwardPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series>Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series|{{Nominated}}|2000|Lisa Picard Is Famous|Cannes Film FestivalUn Certain Regard>Un Certain Regard Award|{{Nominated}}|2000|{{N/A}}Deep Ellum, Dallas>Deep Ellum Film FestivalDeep Ellum, Dallas>Pioneer Filmmaker Award|{{Won}}|2013The Discoverers|Sarasota Film FestivalSarasota Film Festival>Achievement in Acting|{{Won}}|2013Sedona Film Festival>Sedona International Film FestivalSedona Film Festival>Outstanding Actor|{{Won}}|2014|Movie 43Golden Raspberry Awards>Golden Raspberry AwardGolden Raspberry Award for Worst Director>Worst Director|{{Won}}

References

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