He portrayed Tony Mink in the comedy Trust Me on TNT. ĭunne's TV appearances include Frasier (pilot episode 'The Good Son' as caller Russell, and in season 3 episode 11 'The Friend' as Bob), Saturday Night Live, Alias, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Episodes 5, 118, and 128). Vass, opposite Matthew McConaughey, in the Oscar-nominated 2013 film Dallas Buyers Club. He has since appeared on both film and television, starring in An American Werewolf in London (1981) as Jack Goodman, Johnny Dangerously (1984) as Tommy Kelly, After Hours (1985) as Paul Hackett, Who's That Girl (1987) as Loudon Trott opposite Madonna, My Girl (1991) as Jake Bixler, Quiz Show (1994) as the Geritol Account Executive, Game 6 (2005) as Elliott Litvak, and I Like It Like That (1994) as Stephen Price. Career Acting ĭunne began his professional acting career at age 19 with a small supporting role in The Other Side of the Mountain in 1975. He studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre under Sanford Meisner. Dunne was immediately expelled, and moved back to New York soon afterwards to pursue his acting interests. He was scheduled to perform in a school production of Othello when on the eve of a performance, a teacher found him smoking marijuana. Raised in Los Angeles, Dunne attended the Fay School in Southborough, Massachusetts and then went to Fountain Valley School in Colorado Springs, Colorado where he developed an interest in acting, appearing in many school plays. He is also a nephew of writers John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion. His father was a producer, writer, and actor. His mother founded the victims' rights organization Justice for Homicide Victims after Dominique's murder in 1982. He is the older brother of Alexander and Dominique Dunne. Dunne has Irish and Mexican ancestry, his father was born and raised in an Irish Catholic family with his maternal grandfather an Irish-American and his maternal grandmother a Mexican who was from Sonora, Mexico. Thomas Griffin Dunne was born in New York City, to Ellen Beatriz (née Griffin) and Dominick Dunne. 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. Dunne studied acting at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City. Thomas Griffin Dunne ( / ˈ d ʌ n/ born June 8, 1955) is an American actor, film producer, and film director.

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