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Griffin O'Neal

Griffin O'Neal (Griffin Patrick O'Neal), American actor born 1964 in Los Angeles, son of Ryan O'Neal and Joanna Moore, brother of Tatum; starred in The Escape Artist (1982), April Fool's Day and The Wraith (1986); acquitted of manslaughter in the 1986 Gian-Carlo Coppola boating death.

Griffith (グリフィス) (Berserk)

Griffith (グリフィス) is the charismatic leader of the Band of the Hawk in Kentaro Miura's manga Berserk, Guts's friend and later betrayer at the Eclipse, reborn as ruler of Falconia.

Grifter (character)

Grifter (Cole Cash) is a WildStorm, later DC Comics antihero created by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi, debuting in WildC.A.T.S. #1 (August 1992); a con man and ex-Team 7 soldier with Gen-factor telepathy and telekinesis.

Grigori Rasputin in popular culture

Grigori Rasputin in popular culture: the Siberian mystic and favorite of Nicholas II as villain and meme in film (about 30 treatments since 1917), the 1932 MGM lawsuit behind the fictitious-persons disclaimer, Hammer's 1966 Mad Monk, Klimov's Agony, and Boney M's 1978 hit.

Grihapravesh (গৃহপ্রবেশ) (2025 film)

Grihapravesh (গৃহপ্রবেশ) is a 2025 Bengali drama directed by Indraadip Dasgupta, starring Subhashree Ganguly, Kaushik Ganguly, and Jeetu Kamal. Released 13 June 2025, a Rituparno Ghosh tribute about a wife in a North Calcutta Rajbari whose homestay guest reveals he was her vanished husband's lover.

Grim & Evil

Grim & Evil (Grim and Evil) is a 2001 American Cartoon Network animated anthology by Maxwell Atoms pairing Billy & Mandy and Evil Con Carne, won via the 2000 Big Pick with 57% of the vote, split into two series in 2003.

Grimlock

Grimlock (钢锁) is the Dinobot Commander of the Autobots in Transformers, a robotic Tyrannosaurus rex introduced in 1985, known for maximum strength, low cartoon intelligence, and a stint as Marvel comic Autobot leader.

Grimm (TV series)

Grimm (NBC, 2011-2017) is an American supernatural police procedural created by Stephen Carpenter, Jim Kouf, and David Greenwalt, starring David Giuntoli as Portland detective Nick Burkhardt, a Grimm descendant who sees Wesen creatures; filmed in Portland, six seasons, Metascore 58.

Grimm season 4

Grimm season 4: fourth season of NBC's fantasy procedural, 22 episodes airing October 24, 2014 to May 15, 2015. Nick loses his Grimm powers, Juliette becomes a Hexenbiest, and Trubel kills her in the finale "Cry Havoc".

Grimsby (film)

Grimsby, retitled The Brothers Grimsby in North America, is a 2016 action comedy directed by Louis Leterrier, written by and starring Sacha Baron Cohen as hooligan Nobby alongside Mark Strong's MI6 agent brother; it grossed about $28 million and scored 37% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Grindhouse

Grindhouse: American inner-city theaters running continuous double and triple bills of low-budget exploitation films under the early-1920s grind policy; term later expanded to the films, a 2007 Tarantino-Rodriguez double feature, and a retro aesthetic.

Grindhouse (film)

Grindhouse (2007) is a Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino double feature pairing Planet Terror and Death Proof with fake trailers, recreating 1970s grindhouse exploitation cinema; a critical success but box office flop that spawned Machete, Thanksgiving, and Hobo with a Shotgun.

Gringo (2018 film)

Gringo (2018) is a dark comedy crime film directed by Nash Edgerton, starring David Oyelowo as Harold Soyinka, with Charlize Theron, Joel Edgerton, Amanda Seyfried, Thandie Newton, and Sharlto Copley. Released March 9, 2018 by STX, it grossed about $11 million worldwide and scored 39% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Griselda

Griselda (2024) is a six-episode Netflix limited crime drama starring Sofía Vergara as cocaine trafficker Griselda Blanco, created by the Narcos team (Eric Newman, Andrés Baiz), with Emmy and Golden Globe nominations and a lawsuit from Blanco's son.

Grizabella

Grizabella, the Glamour Cat, is the shunned outcast feline of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, based on an unpublished T. S. Eliot poem, who sings Memory and ascends to the Heaviside Layer; created by Elaine Paige in 1981, played on Broadway by Tony winner Betty Buckley and, in 2026, by Chasity Moore and three UK tour actresses.

Grizzly Man

Grizzly Man is Werner Herzog's 2005 documentary about Timothy Treadwell, who lived 13 summers among Alaskan grizzlies before being killed in 2003; built from his 100+ hours of footage.

Grizzly Night

Grizzly Night is a 2026 American survival thriller directed by Burke Doeren, starring Charles Esten, Oded Fehr, and Brec Bassinger, dramatizing the August 12, 1967 dual fatal grizzly attacks in Montana's Glacier National Park; released digitally January 30, 2026 by Saban Films.

Grogu

Grogu, nicknamed Baby Yoda, is a Force-sensitive member of Yoda's species and Din Djarin's foundling in The Mandalorian; his name was revealed in Chapter 13, and he headlined the 2026 film The Mandalorian and Grogu.

Groot

Groot is Marvel Comics' tree-like Guardian of the Galaxy, a flora colossus from Planet X who says only "I am Groot". Debuting in Tales to Astonish #13 (1959), reinvented as a hero in 2007, voiced by Vin Diesel in the MCU.

Gross Anatomy (film)

Gross Anatomy is a 1989 American comedy-drama film directed by Thom Eberhardt and released by Touchstone Pictures, starring Matthew Modine as a first-year medical student in the demanding dissection course.

Grosse Pointe Blank

Grosse Pointe Blank is a 1997 American black comedy directed by George Armitage, starring John Cusack as a hit man attending his high school reunion.

Grosse Pointe Garden Society

Grosse Pointe Garden Society, NBC dark comedy-drama by Jenna Bans and Bill Krebs (Good Girls creators), premiered February 23, 2025; stars Fumero, King, Rappaport, Robb as garden club members covering up a murder; canceled after one season.

Grotesco criollo

Grotesco criollo, also called grotesco argentino, is an Argentine theater genre arising in 1920s and 1930s Buenos Aires, created by Armando Discépolo with works like Mateo and Stéfano.

Grotesqqque

Grotesqqque (グロテスク, Gurotesuku) is a 2026 Japanese anime anthology film written and directed by Atsushi Nishigori, produced by CloverWorks, with three segments ÆLIENS, 4649GIRL, and NOCTURNE: NUIT GROTESQUE, 104 minutes, released in Japan November 6, 2026.

Grotesque (2009 film)

Grotesque (グロテスク) is a 2009 Japanese splatter horror film by Kōji Shiraishi about a couple, Kazuo and Aki, kidnapped and tortured by a doctor; the BBFC refused it an 18 certificate, banning it in the UK.

Grotesque theatre

Grotesque theatre (teatro del grottesco) is an Italian dramatic movement of the 1910s and 1920s, named after Luigi Chiarelli's comedy La maschera e il volto.

Grotesquerie (TV series)

Grotesquerie: 10-episode 2024 FX horror drama by Ryan Murphy, Jon Robin Baitz, and Joe Baken; Detective Lois Tryon (Niecy Nash-Betts) and nun Sister Megan investigate ritual murders; ended after one season with a cliffhanger, no Season 2.

Groucho Marx

Groucho Marx (Julius Henry Marx, 1890–1977), American comedian, front man of the Marx Brothers in vaudeville, Broadway, and film, later host of You Bet Your Life on radio and TV.

Ground Floor

Ground Floor is a 2013-2015 American TBS sitcom created by Bill Lawrence and Greg Malins, starring Skylar Astin, Briga Heelan, and John C. McGinley in an upstairs-downstairs workplace romance; two seasons, 20 episodes, cancelled in 2015.

Ground Up

Ground Up is a six-part Australian ABC comedy (2026) created by Gary McCaffrie, starring Sam Pang as AFL administrator Hugh Shen establishing Tasmania's first AFL team and its taxpayer-funded stadium, directed by Wayne Hope for Gristmill.