1935-04-21 ( 89 years old ) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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Movies
Charles Grodin: Rebel With a Cause
2025-03-02
Waiting for Ishtar
2017-12-14
An Imperfect Murder
2017-09-03
The Comedian
2016-12-09
While We're Young
2015-04-03
The Humbling
2014-12-31
Brazzaville Teen-Ager
2013-04-13
Char·ac·ter
2012-11-30
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012-02-04
The Harmony Game
2011-02-11
The Ex
2006-12-01
The World of Jim Henson
1994-11-23
It Runs in the Family
1994-09-23
Clifford
1994-04-01
Beethoven's 2nd
1993-12-14
Heart and Souls
1993-08-13
So I Married an Axe Murderer
1993-07-30
Dave
1993-05-07
Beethoven
1992-04-03
Taking Care of Business
1990-08-16
The Muppets at Walt Disney World
1990-05-06
Midnight Run
1988-07-20
You Can't Hurry Love
1988-01-20
The Couch Trip
1988-01-15
Ishtar
1987-05-15
King Kong! The Living Legend
1986-06-01
Last Resort
1986-03-31
Movers & Shakers
1985-05-03
The Woman in Red
1984-08-15
The Lonely Guy
1984-01-27
Charley's Aunt
1983-02-06
Night of 100 Stars
1982-03-08
The Great Muppet Caper
1981-06-26
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
1981-01-30
Seems Like Old Times
1980-12-19
It's My Turn
1980-10-24
Sunburn
1979-08-10
Real Life
1979-03-02
Heaven Can Wait
1978-06-28
Just Me and You
1978-05-22
The Meanest Men in the West
1978-05-04
It Happened One Christmas
1977-12-11
The Paul Simon Special
1977-12-08
Thieves
1977-02-11
King Kong
1976-09-08
11 Harrowhouse
1974-09-26
The Heartbreak Kid
1972-12-17
Catch-22
1970-06-24
Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America
1969-11-30
Rosemary's Baby
1968-06-12
Sex and the College Girl
1964-09-03
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954-12-23
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