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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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6As 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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8Newman 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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10His 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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