Griffin Newman
Biography
Griffin Newman is an American actor and comedian who was born in New York City, grew up in Greenwich Village, and started performing stand-up as a child before leaving the California Institute of the Arts after seven months to work in comedy. His first major screen part came in The Treatment in 2006, and he drew positive notices as one of the friends in the 2010 teen film Beware the Gonzo. Television work followed, including a role as Russ in the miniseries Political Animals, and then the lead as Arthur Everest in Amazon's reboot of The Tick, which ran from 2016 to 2019 and earned him critical praise. He has voiced Orko in Masters of the Universe: Revelation, the Netflix animated series, appeared in A Rainy Day in New York (2019) and Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List (2015), and cohosts the film podcast Blank Check alongside critic David Sims.
37years old
Turns 38 on February 19in 101 days
- Born New York City
- Star sign: PiscesFirst day of the sign, on the Aquarius cusp
- Griffin Claude Beresford Dauphin Newman (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 13 years2013 to 2026
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A role that slipped away
Newman was cast as Seymour in John Mulaney's NBC sitcom Mulaney, but the network passed on the pilot and Fox later picked it up with the role cut from the script.
A change of course
Newman started college at California Institute of the Arts in 2007 intending to become a filmmaker, then dropped out after seven months to pursue comedy and acting.
First role
In the mockumentary The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan, Newman played a character called Teenage Fan, which marked his first time appearing onscreen. Most of that role ended up cut from the film.
Behind the camera
Newman and critic David Sims began The Phantom Podcast in March 2015, analyzing The Phantom Menace as if it were the only Star Wars film, before retitling it Blank Check with Griffin & David.
Griffin Newman movies on Netflix
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The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Griffin Newman made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Steve Coogan's page
James Marsden's page
Jude Law's page
Maya Rudolph's page
Alan Tudyk's page
All films by Woody Allen
All films by Adam Shankman
Kristin HanggiDirector, 1 film, 2015
All films by Kristin Hanggi
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