Nicholas Grodin Biography – Nick Grodin Wiki
Nicholas Grodin also referred to as Nick Grodin is an American actor, known for The Ex (2006) and Margaret (2011). He is also popular for being the son of the later and comedian Charles Grodin and his second wife writer Elissa Durwood. Charles was an American actor, comedian, author, and television talk show host who started 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) and Warren Beatty’s Heaven Can Wait (1978).
Charles became a familiar face as a supporting actor in many Hollywood comedies of the era, including Real Life, Seems Like Old Times, The Great Muppet Caper, Ishtar, and Dave. Grodin co-starred in the action-comedy Midnight Run and in the family film Beethoven. 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 several autobiographies, and 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).
Charles 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.
Nicholas Grodin Age
His original name is Nicholas Theodore Grodin and he was born in the 1980s.
Nicholas Grodin Wife
He has been married to his wife Aubrey Andersen since August 16, 2014.
Nicholas Grodin Parents
His parents are the late actor Charles Grodin, and Elissa Durwood Grodin. His mother was his father’s second wife after his divorce from his first wife Julie Ferguson. Elissa is a writer and was married to Charles in 1983 until May 18, 2021, when he passed on. Charles died from bone marrow cancer at his home in Wilton, Connecticut, on May 18, 2021. He was 86.
Nicholas Grodin Siblings
He is the half-brother of comedian Marion Grodin.
