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Charles Grodin
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1935-04-21,Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Charles Sidney Grodin (April 21, 1935 – May 18, 2021) was an American actor, comedian, author, and television talk show host. Grodin began his acting career in the 1960s appearing in TV serials including The Virginian. After a small part in Rosemary's Baby in 1968, he played the lead in Elaine May's The Heartbreak Kid (1972) and supporting roles in Mike Nichols's Catch-22 (1970), the 1976 remake of King Kong, and Warren Beatty's Heaven Can Wait (1978). Known for his deadpan delivery and often cast as a put-upon straight man, Grodin became familiar as a supporting actor in many Hollywood comedies of the era, including Real Life (1979), Seems Like Old Times (1980), The Great Muppet Caper (1981), Ishtar (1987), Dave (1993), and Clifford (1994). Grodin co-starred in the action comedy Midnight Run (1988) and in the family film Beethoven (1992). He made frequent appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and Late Night with David Letterman. In the mid-1990s, Grodin retired from acting and wrote autobiographies; he became a talk show host on CNBC and in 2000 a political commentator for 60 Minutes II. He returned to acting with a handful of roles in the mid-2010s, including in Louis C.K.'s FX show Louie and Noah Baumbach's film While We're Young (2014). Grodin won several awards, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special in 1978 for the Paul Simon Special alongside Chevy Chase, Lorne Michaels, Paul Simon, and Lily Tomlin. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for The Heartbreak Kid in 1972. He won Best Actor at the 1988 Valladolid International Film Festival for Midnight Run, and the American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his performance in Dave in 1993. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Grodin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Rosemary's Baby

7.829

Rosemary's Baby
1968-06-12

6.224

King Kong
1976-09-08

4.9

Clifford
1994-04-01

So I Married an Axe Murderer

6.1

So I Married an Axe Murderer
1993-07-30

Beethoven's 2nd

5.511

Beethoven's 2nd
1993-12-14

Taking Care of Business

6.236

Taking Care of Business
1990-08-16

You Can't Hurry Love

4.6

You Can't Hurry Love
1988-01-20

The Woman in Red

6.2

The Woman in Red
1984-08-15

6.653

Dave
1993-05-07

5.81

Beethoven
1992-04-03

5.4

The Couch Trip
1988-01-15

Heaven Can Wait

6.6

Heaven Can Wait
1978-06-28

7.2

Midnight Run
1988-07-20

6.604

Real Life
1979-03-02

The Incredible Shrinking Woman

5.2

The Incredible Shrinking Woman
1981-01-30

6.3

The Lonely Guy
1984-01-27

4.5

Ishtar
1987-05-15

5.2

The Ex
2006-12-01

Seems Like Old Times

6.2

Seems Like Old Times
1980-12-19

The Heartbreak Kid

6.6

The Heartbreak Kid
1972-12-17

5.7

11 Harrowhouse
1974-09-26

The Great Muppet Caper

6.8

The Great Muppet Caper
1981-06-26

It Runs in the Family

5.3

It Runs in the Family
1994-09-23

Movers & Shakers

3.9

Movers & Shakers
1985-05-03

5

Sunburn
1979-08-10

The Meanest Men in the West

4.1

The Meanest Men in the West
1978-05-04

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

7.5

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012-02-04

Brazzaville Teen-Ager

5.7

Brazzaville Teen-Ager
2013-04-13

5.8

It's My Turn
1980-10-24

5.1

The Humbling
2014-12-31

The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank

0

The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank
1978-10-25

4

Char·ac·ter
2012-11-30

Waiting for Ishtar

0

Waiting for Ishtar
2017-12-14

It Happened One Christmas

3.2

It Happened One Christmas
1977-12-11

3.4

Last Resort
1986-03-31

King Kong! The Living Legend

0

King Kong! The Living Legend
1986-06-01

3.7

Thieves
1977-02-11

The Paul Simon Special

0

The Paul Simon Special
1977-12-08

While We're Young

5.989

While We're Young
2015-04-03

The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s

0

The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s
2002-10-13

The Harmony Game

7.5

The Harmony Game
2011-02-11

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

7.033

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954-12-23

6.674

Catch-22
1970-06-24

Sex and the College Girl

4

Sex and the College Girl
1964-09-03

5.7

The Comedian
2016-12-09

Paul Simon and Friends: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song

6.2

Paul Simon and Friends: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
2007-06-27

An Imperfect Murder

3.7

An Imperfect Murder
2017-09-03

Just Me and You

5

Just Me and You
1978-05-22

Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America

0

Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America
1969-11-30

Heart and Souls

6.894

Heart and Souls
1993-08-13

The Muppets at Walt Disney World

6.4

The Muppets at Walt Disney World
1990-05-06

The World of Jim Henson

7.3

The World of Jim Henson
1994-11-23

0

Charley's Aunt
1983-02-06

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

7

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994-05-18

Night of 100 Stars

6

Night of 100 Stars
1982-03-08

5.4

The F.B.I.
1965-09-19

6.4

The Daily Show
1996-07-22

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

5.2

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988-09-05

Laverne & Shirley

7.2

Laverne & Shirley
1976-01-27

The Young Marrieds

3

The Young Marrieds
1964-10-05

7

Felony Squad
1966-09-12

6.429

The Virginian
1962-09-19

My Mother the Car

3.6

My Mother the Car
1965-09-14

6

The Big Valley
1965-09-15

Judd for the Defense

7.5

Judd for the Defense
1967-09-08

The Charles Grodin Show

0

The Charles Grodin Show
1995-01-09

6.2

The Defenders
1961-09-16

6

Shane
1966-09-10

Saturday Night Live

7

Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

7.9

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999-09-20

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.4

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01

6.4

Fresno
1986-11-16

6.5

Madoff
2016-02-03

The Michael J. Fox Show

5.791

The Michael J. Fox Show
2013-09-26

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

10

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992-04-21

The Guns of Will Sonnett

5.7

The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967-09-08

The Great American Dream Machine

0

The Great American Dream Machine
1971-01-06

5.667

Captain Nice
1967-01-09

Great Performances

4.9

Great Performances
1971-01-28