Cast
Charles Grodin
Acting
Cast
Charles Grodin
Known for
Acting
Born
1935-04-21
From
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
2021-05-18
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.
★7.8
MOVIE1968
Rosemary's Baby
as Dr. Hill
★6.7
MOVIE1970
Catch-22
as Captain Aarfy Aardvark
★7.1
MOVIE1954
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
as Drummer Boy (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1992
Beethoven
as George Newton
★7.0
MOVIE1993
Heart and Souls
as Harrison Winslow
★6.3
MOVIE1984
The Woman in Red
as Buddy
★6.3
MOVIE1976
King Kong
as Fred S. Wilson
★7.2
MOVIE1988
Midnight Run
as Jonathan Mardukas aka “The Duke”
★9.0
MOVIE1989
Cranium Command
as Left Brain (voice)
★6.0
MOVIE2015
While We're Young
as Leslie Breitbart
★5.6
MOVIE1993
Beethoven's 2nd
as George Newton
★7.6
MOVIE2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
★6.9
MOVIE1981
The Great Muppet Caper
as Nicky Holiday
★6.3
MOVIE1990
Taking Care of Business
as Spencer Barnes
★6.6
MOVIE1993
Dave
as Murray Blum
★6.1
MOVIE1993
So I Married an Axe Murderer
as Commandeered Car Driver
★7.4
MOVIE1994
The World of Jim Henson
as Nicky Holiday (archive footage)
★6.2
MOVIE1984
The Lonely Guy
as Warren
★6.6
MOVIE1978
Heaven Can Wait
as Tony Abbott
★5.1
MOVIE2014
The Humbling
as Jerry
★6.3
MOVIE1980
Seems Like Old Times
as Ira Parks
★5.8
MOVIE1982
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
★5.7
MOVIE2016
The Comedian
as Dick D'Angelo
★4.4
MOVIE1977
Thieves
as Martin Cramer
★5.3
MOVIE2006
The Ex
as Bob Kowalski
★4.8
MOVIE1988
You Can't Hurry Love
as Mr. Glerman
★5.5
MOVIE1988
The Couch Trip
as George Matlin
★3.4
MOVIE2017
An Imperfect Murder
as Arthur
★5.4
MOVIE1981
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
as Vance Kramer
★5.1
MOVIE1994
Clifford
as Martin Daniels
★6.6
MOVIE1972
The Heartbreak Kid
as Lenny Cantrow
★4.6
MOVIE1987
Ishtar
as Jim Harrison
MOVIE1983
Charley's Aunt
as Lord Fancourt Babberly
★3.6
MOVIE1986
Last Resort
as George Lollar
★5.4
MOVIE1994
It Runs in the Family
as Mr. Parker (The Old Man)
★4.0
MOVIE2012
Char·ac·ter
as Self
★3.9
MOVIE1985
Movers & Shakers
as Herb Derman
★6.0
MOVIE1964
Sex and the College Girl
as Bob
★8.3
MOVIE1977
The Paul Simon Special
as Self
★4.4
MOVIE1978
The Meanest Men in the West
as Arnie Doud, Harge Gang
MOVIE1969
Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America
as Self
MOVIE2025
Charles Grodin: Rebel With a Cause
★7.4
MOVIE2011
The Harmony Game
as Self
★5.7
MOVIE2013
Brazzaville Teen-Ager
as Father
★7.0
MOVIE1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Chaz
★5.8
MOVIE1980
It's My Turn
as Homer
★5.8
MOVIE1974
11 Harrowhouse
as Howard R. Chesser
★5.0
MOVIE1979
Sunburn
as Jake
★6.6
MOVIE1979
Real Life
as Warren Yeager
★4.6
MOVIE1977
It Happened One Christmas
as Joseph
MOVIE2002
The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s
as Self (archive footage)
★6.6
MOVIE1990
The Muppets at Walt Disney World
as Quentin Fitzwaller
MOVIE1986
King Kong! The Living Legend
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1978
The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank
as Jim Benson
★7.0
MOVIE1978
Just Me and You
as Michael Lindsay
★6.2
MOVIE2007
Paul Simon and Friends | The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
as Self
MOVIE2017
Waiting for Ishtar
as Self