Acting
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.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV
The Daily Show
1996 · TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · TV
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · TV
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV
Great Performances
1971 · TV
Late Night with David Letterman
1982 · TV
The Virginian
1962 · TV
American Playhouse
1982 · TV
The F.B.I.
1965 · TV
The Defenders
1961 · TV
The Big Valley
1965 · TV
Laverne & Shirley
1976 · TV
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967 · TV
The Young Marrieds
1964 · TV
Felony Squad
1966 · TV
Judd, for the Defense
1967 · TV
The Michael J. Fox Show
2013 · TV
Rosemary's Baby
1968 · Movie
Captain Nice
1967 · TV
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954 · Movie
Beethoven
1992 · Movie
Catch-22
1970 · Movie
The Great American Dream Machine
1971 · TV
Shane
1966 · TV
My Mother the Car
1965 · TV
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992 · TV
King Kong
1976 · Movie
Heart and Souls
1993 · Movie
The Woman in Red
1984 · Movie
Dave
1993 · Movie
Marty, Life Is Short
2026 · Movie
Midnight Run
1988 · Movie
Beethoven's 2nd
1993 · Movie
So I Married an Axe Murderer
1993 · Movie
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012 · Movie
Madoff
2016 · TV
Taking Care of Business
1990 · Movie
Fresno
1986 · TV
The Great Muppet Caper
1981 · Movie
While We're Young
2015 · Movie
The Ex
2006 · Movie
The Lonely Guy
1984 · Movie
The World of Jim Henson
1994 · Movie
Heaven Can Wait
1978 · Movie
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
1981 · Movie
Clifford
1994 · Movie
Seems Like Old Times
1980 · Movie
You Can't Hurry Love
1988 · Movie
The Couch Trip
1988 · Movie
The Humbling
2014 · Movie
The Comedian
2016 · Movie
Cranium Command
1989 · Movie
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Movie
Ishtar
1987 · Movie
Thieves
1977 · Movie
Real Life
1979 · Movie
The Heartbreak Kid
1972 · Movie
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994 · Movie
The Meanest Men in the West
1978 · Movie
An Imperfect Murder
2017 · Movie
Last Resort
1986 · Movie
Charley's Aunt
1983 · Movie
It Happened One Christmas
1977 · Movie
Brazzaville Teen-Ager
2013 · Movie
Sunburn
1979 · Movie
It Runs in the Family
1994 · Movie
Movers & Shakers
1985 · Movie
The Paul Simon Special
1977 · Movie
11 Harrowhouse
1974 · Movie
Sex and the College Girl
1964 · Movie
It's My Turn
1980 · Movie
The Muppets at Walt Disney World
1990 · Movie
The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank
1978 · Movie
The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s
2002 · Movie
Char·ac·ter
2012 · Movie
Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America
1969 · Movie
Charles Grodin: Rebel With a Cause
2025 · Movie
Just Me and You
1978 · Movie
Paul Simon and Friends | The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
2007 · Movie
Waiting for Ishtar
2017 · Movie
The Harmony Game
2011 · Movie
