Griffin Dunne was an Academy Award nominee as the director of the Oscar-nominated live-action short film Duke of Groove, which marked a breakout role for its lead actor Tobey Maguire and which also starred Kate Capshaw and Uma Thurman.
His feature credits as a director have included the hit Practical Magic, which teamed Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman; Addicted to Love, starring Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick; Fierce People, starring Anton Yelchin and Diane Lane; The Accidental Husband, starring Uma Thurman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Colin Firth; and the acclaimed mockumentary [Lisa Picard is] Famous.
As an actor, Mr. Dunne is best known for his starring roles in two unforgettable dark comedies, John Landis' An American Werewolf in London and Martin Scorsese's After Hours. He was a Golden Globe Award nominee for his performance in the latter, and was an Independent Spirit Award nominee in his capacity as a producer of the film.
Among the other movies that he has produced are such acclaimed films as John Sayles' Baby It's You, starring Rosanna Arquette and Vincent Spano; Joan Micklin Silver's Chilly Scenes of Winter, starring John Heard; Michael Hoffman's Game 6, starring Michael Keaton and Robert Downey Jr.; Luis Mandoki's White Palace, starring Susan Sarandon and James Spader; Lasse Hallström's Once Around, starring Richard Dreyfuss and Holly Hunter; and Sidney Lumet's Running on Empty, which was scripted by Academy Award nominee Naomi Foner and starred Academy Award nominee River Phoenix.
Mr. Dunne's many other films as actor have included Robert Redford's Quiz Show; James Foley's Who's That Girl, opposite Madonna; Luc Besson's The Big Blue; Amy Heckerling's Johnny Dangerously; and Guillaume Canet's Blood Ties, with Clive Owen, Marion Cotillard, and Billy Crudup.
Television audiences have seen him in guest appearances on, among other shows, Frasier, for which he received an Emmy Award nomination; Girls; Damages; and, in a recurring role, House of Lies.
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