Personal Info
Birth date
1955-06-08 (70 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as
-Griffin Dunne
Biography
Thomas Griffin Dunne (born June 8, 1955) is an American actor, producer, and film director. 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.
Filmography
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7.936
Overview:
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.The Simpsons
8.016
Overview:
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.Only Murders in the Building
8.469
Overview:
Three strangers share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one.Law & Order: Criminal Intent
7.561
Overview:
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.The Good Wife
7.596
Overview:
Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail.The Kelly Clarkson Show
6.5
Overview:
Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and everyday people who are beacons of hope in their communities.Frasier
7.686
Overview:
After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.White Collar
8.249
Overview:
In exchange for his freedom, charming con artist Neal Caffrey provides his expertise to help straight-man FBI agent Peter Burke catch elusive white-collar criminals.Saturday Night Live
7
Overview:
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.Goliath
7.6
Overview:
Once a powerful lawyer, Billy McBride is now burned out and washed up, spending more time in a bar than a courtroom. When he reluctantly agrees to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against the biggest client of Cooperman & McBride, the massive law firm he helped create, Billy and his ragtag team uncover a vast and deadly conspiracy, pitting them all in a life or death trial against the ultimate Goliath.This Is Us
8.228
Overview:
Follows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of America in present and past times. As their paths cross and their life stories intertwine in curious ways, we find that several of them share the same birthday - and so much more than anyone would expect.Succession
8.272
Overview:
Follow the lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father begins to step back from the media and entertainment conglomerate they control.L.A. Law
7.069
Overview:
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.Caught Stealing
6.94
Overview:
Burned-out ex-baseball player Hank Thompson unexpectedly finds himself embroiled in a dangerous struggle for survival amidst the criminal underbelly of 1990s New York City, forced to navigate a treacherous underworld he never imagined.Leverage
7.586
Overview:
A five-person team comprised of a thief, a grifter, a hacker, and a retrieval specialist, led by former insurance investigator Nathan Ford, use their skills to fight corporate and governmental injustices inflicted on ordinary citizens.Amazing Stories
7.5
Overview:
A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.The League
7.4
Overview:
The League is an American sitcom and semi-improvised comedy about a about a fantasy football league and its members and their everyday lives.Intimate Portrait
4.5
Overview:
Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes interviews with each subject. Among the people profiled were Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood, Carly Simon, Jackie Kennedy, Katharine Hepburn, Carol Burnett, Tanya Tucker, and Marla Maples.Snow Angels
6.4
Overview:
Waitress Annie has separated from her suicidal alcoholic husband, Glenn. Glenn has become an evangelical Christian, but his erratic attempts at getting back into Annie's life have alarmed her. High school student Arthur works at Annie's restaurant, growing closer to a new kid in town, Lila, after class. When Glenn and Annie's daughter go missing, the whole town searches for her, as he increasingly spirals out of control.The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.176
Overview:
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The series is an updated re-imagining of the classic 1955 series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.Ocean's Eight
6.968
Overview:
Debbie Ocean, a criminal mastermind, gathers a crew of female thieves to pull off the heist of the century at New York's annual Met Gala.Manhattan
7.1
Overview:
Set against the backdrop of the greatest clandestine race against time in the history of science with the mission to build the world's first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Flawed scientists and their families attempt to co-exist in a world where secrets and lies infiltrate every aspect of their lives.Search Party
6.8
Overview:
A dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous mystery when a former college acquaintance suddenly disappears.Practical Magic
6.789
Overview:
Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallet growing suspicious, the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov -- and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end their family line.Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London'
7.2
Overview:
Host Paul Davis takes a trip through some of the iconic backdrops of John Landis' 1981 werewolf classic An American Werewolf In London. The original cast and crew tell the story of how the film was made over a quarter of a century ago featuring rare footage and never before seen photos.Dallas Buyers Club
7.9
Overview:
Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.The French Dispatch
7.025
Overview:
The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.Movie 43
4.627
Overview:
A series of interconnected short films are the backdrop for a maniac screenwriter who pitches insane storylines featuring some of Hollywood's biggest and brightest.House of Lies
6.6
Overview:
Charming, fast talking Marty Kaan and his crack team of management consultants know how to play the corporate game better than anyone, by using every dirty trick in the book to woo powerful CEOs and close huge deals. In the board rooms, barrooms, and bedrooms of the power elite, corruption is business as usual and everyone's out for themselves first. Nothing is sacred in this scathing, irreverent satire of corporate America today.Acting
TBAJoy Will Prevail as Louis Kahn
2025Caught Stealing as Paul
2025SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night (4 Episodes) as Self
2024Ex-Husbands as Peter Pearce
2024The Girls on the Bus (10 Episodes) as Unknown
2024Junction as Lawrence
2022With/In Volume 2 as Unknown
2021Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021The French Dispatch as Legal Advisor
2021Only Murders in the Building (2 Episodes) as Professor Milton Dudenoff
2021With/In Volume 2 as (segment "One Night Stand")
2020The Killers: Imploding the Mirage - Apple Music Film as Graham Moore
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show (1 Episode) as Self
2019Bittersweet Symphony as Griffin
2018The Romanoffs (1 Episode) as Frank Shefflied
2018Ocean's Eight as Parole Board Officer
2018Succession (1 Episode) as Alon Partif
2017Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold as Self
2017War Machine as Ray Canucci
2017Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds as Self
2016Search Party (2 Episodes) as Richard Wreck
2016My Dead Boyfriend as Joey Lucas / Nick McCrawley
2016Goliath (7 Episodes) as Gene Bennett
2016This Is Us (29 Episodes) as Nicky Pearson
2016I Love Dick (8 Episodes) as Sylvere
2016Tumbledown as Upton
2016Touched with Fire as George
2015Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll (1 Episode) as Music Therapist
2015Consumed as Peter
2014Fugly! as Jefferey
2014Red Band Society (3 Episodes) as Ruben Garcia
2014Manhattan (4 Episodes) as Woodrow Lorentzen
2014The Discoverers as Lewis Birch
2014Rob the Mob as Dave Lovell
2013Dallas Buyers Club as Dr. Vass
2013Blood Ties as McNally
2013Broken City as Sam Lancaster
2012House of Lies (5 Episodes) as Marco Pelios
2010Last Night as Truman
2009The League (1 Episode) as Burt
2009White Collar (1 Episode) as Wesley Kent
2009The Good Wife (1 Episode) as Judge Jared Quinn
2009Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London' as Self
2009Trust Me (13 Episodes) as Tony Mink
2008Celebrity: Dominick Dunne — A Journalist in the Age of Celebrity as Self
2008Leverage (1 Episode) as Marcus Starke
2008Dominick Dunne: After the Party as Self
2008The Great Buck Howard as Jonathan Finerman
2007Snow Angels as Don Parkinson
20063 LBS (2 Episodes) as Dr. Jerry Cole
2006The Bondage as Dr. Simon
2006Game 6 as Elliott Litvak
2005My Date with Drew as Self (uncredited)
2004Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours as Self - Co-Producer
2004Marie and Bruce as Bert
2003Stuck on You as Griffin Dunne
2002Cheats as Mr. Davis
2002Warning: Parental Advisory as Frank Zappa
200240 Days and 40 Nights as Jerry Anderson
2001Sounds from a Town I Love as Unknown
2001The Concert for New York City as Unknown
2001Alias (2 Episodes) as Leonid Lisenker
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2, 1 Episode) as Seamus Flaherty, Henry Talbott
2001Blonde (2 Episodes) as Playwright
2001Sam the Man as Man in Bathroom
2000Lisa Picard Is Famous as Andrew
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1 Episode) as Benno Gilbert
1999The Directors (1 Episode) as Self
1996E! True Hollywood Story (1 Episode) as Unknown
1995Search and Destroy as Martin Mirkheim
1995The Android Affair as Teach
1994I Like It Like That as Stephen Price
1994Quiz Show as Account Guy
1993Intimate Portrait (1 Episode) as Self
1993Partners as Dean Robinson
1993Naked in New York as Auditioner
1993Love Matters as Tom
1993Frasier (2 Episodes) as Bob
1993The Pickle as Planet Cleveland Man (uncredited)
1993Hotel Room (3 Episodes) as Robert
1992Buying a Landslide as Michael Tyne
1992Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even as David
1992Straight Talk as Alan Riegert
1991My Girl as Mr. Jake Bixler
1991Once Around as Rob
1990Secret Weapon as Mordechai Vanunu
1989The Simpsons (1 Episode) as Cockaroach Actor (voice)
1988Lip Service as Len Burdette
1988Me and Him as Bert Uttanzi
1988The Big Blue as Duffy
1987Amazon Women on the Moon as Doctor (segment "Hospital")
1987Sacrée Soirée (1 Episode) as Self
1987Who's That Girl as Loudon Trott
1986L.A. Law (1 Episode) as Gerard Samuels
1986From Here to Maternity as Stork Club Doctor
1985The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1 Episode) as Knoll
1985Amazing Stories (1 Episode) as Dick
1985After Hours as Paul Hackett
1985Almost You as Alex Boyer
1984Johnny Dangerously as Tommy
1984Cold Feet as Tom Christo
1983Joan Micklin Silver: Encounters with the New York Director as Self
1982The Wall as Mordecai Apt
1982Five Minutes For Fighting as Unknown
1981An American Werewolf in London as Jack Goodman
1981The Fan as Production Assistant
1979Chilly Scenes of Winter as Dr. Mark
1975The Other Side of the Mountain as Herbie Johnson
1975Saturday Night Live (1, 1 Episode) as Self - Host, Frankie Toussaint (uncredited)
Directing
2022With/In Volume 2 ... Director
2021With/In Volume 2 ... Director
2017Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold ... Director
2014Red Band Society (1 Episode) ... Director
2013Movie 43 ... Director
2009The Good Wife (2 Episodes) ... Director
2008The Accidental Husband ... Director
2006Fierce People ... Director
2006Your Product Here ... Director
2000Lisa Picard Is Famous ... Director
1998Practical Magic ... Director
1997Addicted to Love ... Director
1996Duke of Groove ... Director
Creator
2016I Love Dick ... Creator
Crew
2009The Cove ... Thanks
Production
2006Fierce People ... Producer
2006Game 6 ... Producer
1996Joe's Apartment ... Executive Producer
1991Once Around ... Producer
1990White Palace ... Producer
1988Running on Empty ... Producer
1985After Hours ... Producer
1983Baby It's You ... Producer
1979Chilly Scenes of Winter ... Producer