Charles Sidney Grodin 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 s ... upporting 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.
Fresno
as Cane Kensington
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Nov 16, 1986
Madoff
as Carl Shapiro
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Feb 03, 2016
Shane
as Jed
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 10, 1966
The F.B.I.
as Carl Platt
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1965
The Virginian
as Arnie Doud
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1962
The Big Valley
as Mark Dunigan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1965
The Defenders
as Thomas Martin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1961
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Brett Forrester
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1999
The Michael J. Fox Show
as Steve Henry
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 2013
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
as Narrator (Voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 21, 1992
The Guns of Will Sonnett
as Bells Pickering
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1967
Captain Nice
as News Vendor
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 09, 1967
Great Performances
as Jake
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 28, 1971
The Young Marrieds
as Matt Crane Stevens
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1964
The Great American Dream Machine
as Himself
Episodes: 34
First Aired: Jan 06, 1971
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Oct 01, 1962
The Daily Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 22, 1996
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 05, 1988
Laverne & Shirley
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 27, 1976
Felony Squad
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1966
My Mother the Car
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1965
Judd for the Defense
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1967
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 11, 1975
The Charles Grodin Show
Episodes: 0
First Aired: Jan 09, 1995
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