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person_profile-Charles Grodin

Charles Grodin Died at age: 86

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Apr 21, 1935

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

May 18, 2021

Biography of

Charles Grodin

    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.

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Filmography of

Charles Grodin

Found 52 Movies in total

Waiting for Ishtar

Self ( Actor )

... 2017

An Imperfect Murder

Arthur ( Actor )

... 2017

The Comedian

Dick D'Angelo ( Actor )

... 2016

While We're Young

Leslie Breitbart ( Actor )

... 2015

The Humbling

Jerry ( Actor )

... 2014

Char·ac·ter

Self ( Actor )

... 2012

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2012

The Harmony Game

Self ( Actor )

... 2011

The Ex

Bob Kowalski ( Actor )

... 2006

The World of Jim Henson

Nicky Holiday (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1994

It Runs in the Family

Mr. Parker (The Old Man) ( Actor )

... 1994

Clifford

Martin Daniels ( Actor )

... 1994

Beethoven's 2nd

George Newton ( Actor )

... 1993

Heart and Souls

Harrison Winslow ( Actor )

... 1993

So I Married an Axe Murderer

Commandeered Driver ( Actor )

... 1993

Dave

Murray Blum ( Actor )

... 1993

Beethoven

George Newton ( Actor )

... 1992

Taking Care of Business

Spencer Barnes ( Actor )

... 1990

The Muppets at Walt Disney World

Quentin Fitzwaller ( Actor )

... 1990

Midnight Run

Jonathan Mardukas ( Actor )

... 1988

You Can't Hurry Love

Mr. Glerman ( Actor )

... 1988

The Couch Trip

George Matlin ( Actor )

... 1988

Ishtar

Jim Harrison ( Actor )

... 1987

Last Resort

George Lollar ( Actor )

... 1986

Movers & Shakers

Herb Derman ( Actor )

Writer

... 1985

The Woman in Red

Buddy ( Actor )

... 1984

The Lonely Guy

Warren ( Actor )

... 1984

Charley's Aunt

Lord Fancourt Babberly ( Actor )

... 1983

Night of 100 Stars

Self ( Actor )

... 1982

The Great Muppet Caper

Nicky Holiday ( Actor )

... 1981

The Incredible Shrinking Woman

Vance Kramer ( Actor )

... 1981

Seems Like Old Times

Ira Parks ( Actor )

... 1980

It's My Turn

Homer ( Actor )

... 1980

Sunburn

Jake ( Actor )

... 1979

Real Life

Warren Yeager ( Actor )

... 1979

Heaven Can Wait

Tony Abbott ( Actor )

... 1978

Just Me and You

Michael Lindsay ( Actor )

... 1978

The Meanest Men in the West

Arnie Doud, Harge Gang ( Actor )

... 1978

It Happened One Christmas

Joseph (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1977

The Paul Simon Special

Self ( Actor )

Writer

... 1977

Thieves

Martin Cramer ( Actor )

... 1977

King Kong

Fred S. Wilson ( Actor )

... 1976

11 Harrowhouse

Howard R. Chesser ( Actor )

Adaptation

... 1974

The Heartbreak Kid

Lenny Cantrow ( Actor )

... 1972

Catch-22

Captain Aarfy Aardvark ( Actor )

... 1970

... 1969

Rosemary's Baby

Dr. Hill ( Actor )

... 1968

... 1964

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Drummer Boy (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1954