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Griffin Dunne

Griffin Dunne

Acting
1981 — present · 20 films
Born
8 June 1955 · age 70
From
New York City, New York, USA

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.

Career Signature

How Griffin Dunne’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.

bittersweet
crowd-pleaser
heavy emotional
urban alienation
3am loneliness

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every acted-in film.

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Filmography

Caught Stealing

2025

Tumbledown

2016

Touched with Fire

2016

Rob the Mob

2014

Dallas Buyers Club

2013

Last Night

2010

The Great Buck Howard

2008

Snow Angels

2007

Game 6

2006

40 Days and 40 Nights

2002

Cheats

2002

I Like It Like That

1994

Straight Talk

1992

Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even

1992

My Girl

1991

The Big Blue

1988

Who's That Girl

1987

After Hours

1985

Johnny Dangerously

1984

An American Werewolf in London

1981