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4 | '''Griffin Claude Beresford Dauphin Newman''' (born February 19, 1989 in New York City, New York) is an American actor, comedian, and podcast host. |
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6 | As an actor, Newman is best known for his role as Arthur Everest on Creator/{{Amazon}}'s [[Series/TheTick2016 streaming adaptation]] of ''ComicBook/TheTick'', opposite Creator/PeterSerafinowicz's Tick. Prior to his casting on that series, Newman had considered quitting acting altogether, having acted for years without much success. Around the same time as ''Tick,'' Newman appeared in Creator/{{HBO}}'s ''Series/{{Vinyl}}'' and Creator/{{TBS}}' ''Series/SearchParty'' in recurring roles. |
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8 | Newman is also noted for his movie podcast ''Podcast/BlankCheckWithGriffinAndDavid'', where he analyzes directors and their respective filmographies with close friend and film critic David Sims. |
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10 | His brother James is also an actor, who starred Creator/{{MTV}}'s remake of the British teen drama ''Series/{{Skins}}'' as the American counterpart of Creator/NicholasHoult's character Tony, while his sister Romilly is a chef and food aficionado who once appeared on ''Series/{{Chopped}} Junior''. |
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13 | !! Selected filmography: |
14 | * ''Series/{{Gravity}}'' (2010) as Jack |
15 | * ''Series/PoliticalAnimals'' (2012) as Russ |
16 | * ''Film/DraftDay'' (2014) as Rick the Intern |
17 | * ''Podcast/BlankCheckWithGriffinAndDavid'' (2015 -- present) |
18 | * ''Series/{{Vinyl}}'' (2016) as Casper |
19 | * ''Series/SearchParty'' (2016, 2021) as Gavin Rolf |
20 | * ''Series/{{The Tick|2016}}'' (2017 -- 2019) as Arthur Everest |
21 | * ''Film/ARainyDayInNewYork'' (2019) as Josh |
22 | * ''WesternAnimation/MastersOfTheUniverseRevelation'' (2021) as Orko |
23 | * ''Film/{{Disenchanted|2022}}'' (2022) as Pip |
24 | * ''Anime/ScottPilgrimTakesOff'' (2023) as Straight Wallace |
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