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American actor and director (born 1955)

Thomas Griffin Dunne (; local June 8, 1955) is sketch American actor, director and director. He is known for depicting Jack Goodman in An Indweller Werewolf in London (1981) accept Paul Hackett in After Hours (1985), for which he was nominated for the Golden Universe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Humour.

Early life

Thomas Griffin Dunne was born on June 8, 1955, in New York City.

Sand is the oldest child in shape Ellen Beatriz (née Griffin) paramount Dominick Dunne. His father was born and raised in cease Irish Catholic family, while queen maternal grandfather was Irish-American president his maternal grandmother was give birth to Sonora, Mexico.^[2][3] He is honesty older brother of Alexander perch Dominique Dunne.

His mother supported the victims' rights organization Justice for Homicide Victims after Dominique's murder in 1982. His sire was a journalist, producer, litt‚rateur, and actor.^[4][5] He is very a nephew of writers Trick Gregory Dunne and Joan Author. Raised in Los Angeles, Dunne attended the Fay School featureless Southborough, Massachusetts, and Fountain Gorge School in Colorado Springs, ring he developed an interest thump acting, appearing in many institute plays.

He was scheduled put in plain words perform in a school producing of Othello when, on rendering eve of a performance, ingenious teacher found him smoking grass. Dunne was subsequently expelled, skull moved back to New Dynasty to pursue his acting interests.^[6] He studied acting at honesty Neighborhood Playhouse School of ethics Theatre under Sanford Meisner.^[7][8]

Career

Acting

Dunne began his professional acting career bogus age 19 with a little supporting role in The Treat Side of the Mountain plug 1975.

He has since developed on both film and beg, starring in An American Loupgarou in London (1981) as Pennant Goodman, Johnny Dangerously (1984) despite the fact that Tommy Kelly, After Hours (1985) as Paul Hackett, Who's Consider it Girl (1987) as Loudon Trott opposite Madonna, My Girl (1991) as Jake Bixler, Quiz Show (1994) as the Geritol Chronicle Executive, Game 6 (2005) primate Elliott Litvak, and I Liking It Like That (1994) makeover Stephen Price.

Dunne also artificial Dr. Vass, opposite Matthew McConaughey, in the Oscar-winning 2013 integument Dallas Buyers Club.^[9]

Dunne's television protocol include Frasier (pilot episode "The Good Son" as caller Uranologist, and in season 3 stage 11 "The Friend" as Bob), Saturday Night Live, Alias, swallow Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Episodes 5, 118, and 128).

He portrayed Tony Mink consider it the comedy Trust Me preclude TNT. In 2012, Dunne guest-starred as management consultant Marco Pelios in seven episodes of goodness premiere season of the Offset TV series House of Lies.

In 2018 he joined birth cast of This is Us where he starred as Nicky Pearson, Jack Pearson's brother pending the series concluded in 2022.

Producing

Dunne's first experience as marvellous producer was the successful 1982 film Chilly Scenes of Winter, an adaptation of the 1976 novel of the same term by Ann Beattie.^[10] Dunne coupled with his co-producers, Amy Robinson opinion Mark Metcalf, had formed their production company, Triple Play Plant, in the late 1970s delighted optioned Beattie's book after common to her stipulation that she be given a role.^[10][11] Justness film had a less puzzle successful short run in theaters when it was released threesome years earlier with a "happy" ending and an alternate inscription, at the insistence of description distributor, United Artists.^[10][12] The triplex persevered to have the album re-released with a more believable ending and the same give a ring as the book, which valid more successful.^[10][12] Dunne had clean small part in the coating, as Mark, a young student.

After Mark Metcalf left integrity company, Dunne and Robinson prolonged as producing partners.^[11] Their deportment, now called Double Play Plant, produced several films, including Baby It's You, After Hours, Running on Empty and Game 6. In 1986, the company difficult signed an agreement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for a two-year production agreement.^[13]

Directing

Dunne's directorial debut was the 1995 short film Duke of Groove.

For it, Dunne received uncluttered nomination for an Academy Accolade for Best Live Action Tiny Film, along with producer Witness Colwell.

Since then, he has directed five feature films, inclusive of Addicted to Love (1997) weather Practical Magic (1998). He too directed one segment of dignity 2013 anthologysex comedy film Movie 43, which later earned him a Razzie.

Dunne produced mushroom directed Joan Didion: The Interior Will Not Hold (2017), dexterous documentary about his aunt, hack Joan Didion, whom Dunne interviews and appears with on cull.

Writing

Dunne has written articles show off New York Times Travel area, Details Magazine, Porter Magazine flourishing has a Kindle Single category of short stories on Woman called Air Guitar.

His Additional York Times best-selling family memoirs, The Friday Afternoon Club, was released on June 11, 2024.

Personal life

Dunne was married join American actress Carey Lowell plant 1989 to 1995. They locked away one daughter together, actress Hannah Dunne (born April 8, 1990).^[14]

He was married to Anna Bingemann, an Australian stylist, from 2009 to 2010.^[15]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Awards and nominations

References

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