Griffin Dunne

Biography

Thomas Griffin Dunne (born June 8, 1955) is an American actor, producer, and film director. He is known for portraying Jack Goodman in An American Werewolf in London (1981) and Paul Hackett in After Hours (1985), for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Simpsons

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

The Good Wife

Saturday Night Live

All Movies (75)

IX XI2026
Caught Stealing2025 · as Paul
Ex-Husbands2024 · as Peter Pearce
Junction2024 · as Lawrence
Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine2021 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun2021 · as Legal Advisor
With/In Volume 22021 · as (segment "One Night Stand")
The Killers: Imploding the Mirage - Apple Music Film2020 · as Graham Moore
Bittersweet Symphony2019 · as Griffin
Ocean's Eight2018 · as Parole Board Officer
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold2017 · as Self
War Machine2017 · as Ray Canucci
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds2017 · as Self
My Dead Boyfriend2016 · as Joey Lucas / Nick McCrawley
Tumbledown2016 · as Upton
Touched with Fire2016 · as George
Consumed2015 · as Peter
Fugly!2014 · as Jefferey
The Discoverers2014 · as Lewis Birch
Rob the Mob2014 · as Dave Lovell
Dallas Buyers Club2013 · as Dr. Vass
Blood Ties2013 · as McNally
Broken City2013 · as Sam Lancaster
Last Night2010 · as Truman
Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London'2009 · as Self
Celebrity: Dominick Dunne — A Journalist in the Age of Celebrity2008 · as Self
Dominick Dunne: After the Party2008 · as Self
The Great Buck Howard2008 · as Jonathan Finerman
Snow Angels2007 · as Don Parkinson
The Bondage2006 · as Dr. Simon
Game 62006 · as Elliott Litvak
My Date with Drew2005 · as Self (uncredited)
Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours2004 · as Self - Co-Producer
Marie and Bruce2004 · as Bert
Stuck on You2003 · as Griffin Dunne
Cheats2002 · as Mr. Davis
Warning: Parental Advisory2002 · as Frank Zappa
40 Days and 40 Nights2002 · as Jerry Anderson
Sounds from a Town I Love2001
The Concert for New York City2001
Sam the Man2001 · as Man in Bathroom
Lisa Picard Is Famous2000 · as Andrew
Search and Destroy1995 · as Martin Mirkheim
The Android Affair1995 · as Teach
I Like It Like That1994 · as Stephen Price
Quiz Show1994 · as Account Guy
Partners1993 · as Dean Robinson
Naked in New York1993 · as Auditioner
Love Matters1993 · as Tom
The Pickle1993 · as Planet Cleveland Man (uncredited)
Buying a Landslide1992 · as Michael Tyne
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even1992 · as David
Straight Talk1992 · as Alan Riegert
My Girl1991 · as Mr. Jake Bixler
Once Around1991 · as Rob
Secret Weapon1990 · as Mordechai Vanunu
Lip Service1988 · as Len Burdette
Me and Him1988 · as Bert Uttanzi
The Big Blue1988 · as Duffy
A Secret Thing1988
Amazon Women on the Moon1987 · as Doctor (segment "Hospital")
Who's That Girl1987 · as Loudon Trott
From Here to Maternity1986 · as Stork Club Doctor
After Hours1985 · as Paul Hackett
Almost You1985 · as Alex Boyer
Johnny Dangerously1984 · as Tommy
Cold Feet1984 · as Tom Christo
Joan Micklin Silver: Encounters with the New York Director1983 · as Self
The Wall1982 · as Mordecai Apt
Five Minutes For Fighting1982
An American Werewolf in London1981 · as Jack Goodman
The Fan1981 · as Production Assistant
Chilly Scenes of Winter1979 · as Dr. Mark
The Other Side of the Mountain1975 · as Herbie Johnson
Joy Will Prevail— · as Louis Kahn

All TV Shows (42)

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night2025 · as Self
The Girls on the Bus2024
Elsbeth2024 · as Elliott Pope
Only Murders in the Building2021 · as Professor Milton Dudenoff
The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
The Romanoffs2018 · as Frank Shefflied
Succession2018 · as Alon Partif
Search Party2016 · as Richard Wreck
Goliath2016 · as Gene Bennett
This Is Us2016 · as Nicky Pearson
I Love Dick2016 · as Sylvere
Billions2016 · as George Pike IV
Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll2015 · as Music Therapist
Red Band Society2014 · as Ruben Garcia
Manhattan2014 · as Woodrow Lorentzen
House of Lies2012 · as Marco Pelios
The League2009 · as Burt
White Collar2009 · as Wesley Kent
The Good Wife2009 · as Judge Jared Quinn
Trust Me2009 · as Tony Mink
Leverage2008 · as Marcus Starke
Damages2007 · as Dean Gullickson
3 lbs2006 · as Dr. Jerry Cole
Alias2001 · as Leonid Lisenker
Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Seamus Flaherty
Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Henry Talbott
Blonde2001 · as Playwright
A Nero Wolfe Mystery2001 · as Nicolas Losseff
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Benno Gilbert
The Directors1999 · as Self
E! True Hollywood Story1996
Intimate Portrait1993 · as Self
Frasier1993 · as Bob
Hotel Room1993 · as Robert
The Simpsons1989 · as Cockaroach Actor (voice)
Sacrée soirée1987 · as Self
L.A. Law1986 · as Gerard Samuels
ScreenPlay1986 · as Michael Tyne
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents1985 · as Knoll
Amazing Stories1985 · as Dick
Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live1975 · as Frankie Toussaint (uncredited)