Early life

Dunne was born Thomas Griffin Dunne in New York City, the son of Ellen Beatriz (née Griffin) and Dominick Dunne. He is the older brother of Alexander and Dominique Dunne. His mother founded the victims' rights organization Justice for Homicide Victims after Dominique's murder in 1982. His father was a producer, writer, and actor. He is also the nephew of John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion.

Career

Acting

Dunne has acted in numerous films, TV movies and TV series, starting with The Other Side of the Mountain in 1975. Dunne starred in An American Werewolf in London (1981) as Jack Goodman, Johnny Dangerously (1984) as Tommy Kelly, After Hours (1985) as Paul Hackett, Who's That Girl (1987) as Loudon Trott, My Girl (1991) as Jake Bixler, Quiz Show (1994) as the Geritol Account Executive, Game 6 (2005) as Elliott Litvak and I Like It Like That (1994) as Stephen Price.

Dunne's TV appearances include Frasier, Saturday Night Live, Alias, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Episodes 5, 118, and 128). He portrayed Tony Mink in the comedy Trust Me on TNT. In 2012, Dunne guest-starred as management consultant Marco Pelios in seven episodes of the premiere season of the Showtime TV series House of Lies.

Producing

In 1995, Griffin Dunne was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for Duke of Groove, which he directed and co-wrote. He shared the nomination with producer Thom Colwell. Along with his producing partner, actress/producer Amy Robinson, he has produced several films including Baby It's You, After Hours, Running on Empty & Game 6 through their company, Double Play Productions.

Directing

Dunne's directorial debut was the 1995 short film Duke of Groove. Since then, he has directed five feature films, including Addicted to Love (1997) and Practical Magic (1998). He also directed one segment of the 2012 anthology film Movie 43.

Personal life

From 1989 to 1995, he was married to American actress Carey Lowell, with whom he has one daughter, actress Hannah Dunne.

In July 2009, he married his second wife, Anna Bingemann, an Australian stylist.

Filmography

Year	Film	Functioned as
		Director	Producer	Actor	Role
1975	The Other Side of the Mountain			Yes	Herbie Johnson
1979	Head Over Heels		Yes	Yes	Dr. Mark
1981	An American Werewolf in London			Yes	Jack Goodman
	The Fan			Yes	Production Assistant
1983	Baby It's You		Yes
	Cold Feet			Yes	Tom Christo
1984	Johnny Dangerously			Yes	Tommy Kelly
1985	After Hours		Yes	Yes	Paul Hackett
	Almost You			Yes	Alex Boyer
1987	Amazon Women on the Moon ("Hospital")			Yes	Doctor
	Who's That Girl			Yes	Louden Trott
1988	The Big Blue			Yes	Duffy
	Me and Him			Yes	Bert
	Running on Empty		Yes
1990	White Palace		Yes
	Secret Weapon			Yes
1991	My Girl			Yes	Mr. Jake Bixler
	Once Around		Yes	Yes	Rob
1992	Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even			Yes	David
	Straight Talk			Yes	Alan Riegert
1993	Naked in New York			Yes	Auditioner
	The Pickle			Yes	Planet Cleveland Man (uncredited)
1994	I Like It Like That			Yes	Stephen Price
	Quiz Show			Yes	Geritol Account Executive
1995	The Android Affair			Yes	Teach / William
	Search and Destroy			Yes	Martin Mirkheim
1996	Duke of Groove	Yes
	Joe's Apartment		Yes
1997	Addicted to Love	Yes
1998	Practical Magic	Yes
2000	Famous	Yes		Yes	Andrew
2001	Piñero			Yes	Agent
	Sam the Man			Yes	Man in Bathroom
2002	40 Days and 40 Nights			Yes	Jerry Anderson
	Cheats			Yes	Mr. Davis
	Warning: Parental Advisory			Yes	Frank Zappa
	What Leonard Comes Home To			Yes	Leonard
2003	Stuck on You			Yes	Himself
2005	Fierce People	Yes	Yes
	Game 6		Yes	Yes	Elliott Litvak
2006	The Bondage			Yes	Dr. Simon
	Your Product Here	Yes
2007	Snow Angels			Yes	Don Parkinson
2008	The Accidental Husband	Yes
	The Great Buck Howard			Yes	Jonathan Finerman
2009	Shrink			Yes	(uncredited)
2010	Last Night			Yes	Truman
2011	Fugly!			Yes	Jefferey
2012	The Discoverers			Yes	Lewis Birch
2013	Broken City			Yes	Sam Lancaster
	Blood Ties			Yes	McNally
	Movie 43	Yes
	Dallas Buyers Club			Yes	Dr. Vass
2014	Rob the Mob			Yes	Dave Lovell
	Mania Days			Yes	George
	Tumbledown			Yes

Charities

Griffin Dunne supports the following charitable cause: Teens.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]