Griffin Gluck

Gluck was born in Los Angeles. His father, Cellin Gluck, is a film director and producer, and his mother, Karin Beck, was a production assistant and line producer. Griffin's father was born in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, to American parents, and was raised partly in Kobe, Japan.[1][2][3][4] Griffin's paternal grandparents were Sumi (Hiramoto), a Japanese American,[5] and Jay Gluck, a Jewish American archaeologist, historian, and Japanophile.[1][6] Gluck attended Bard College in New York state for one semester before dropping out, where he studied film and photography.[7][8]

Gluck started acting when he went with his older sister, Caroline, to a summer children's showcase of Guys and Dolls at the Palisades Playhouse.[9] His first major role was as a three-year-old in a short film, Time Out, co-produced by his father and directed by Robbie Chafitz.

His big break came in 2011, when he played Michael in the film Just Go with It,[10] for which he received a Young Artist Award nomination. He was later cast as Mason Warner on Private Practice, and was then upped to series regular on the show.[11] After the series was cancelled, he joined a TV pilot called Back in the Game from 20th Century Fox TV.[12] It was picked to series.[13] The show was canceled in November 2013 [14]

In 2014, Gluck co-starred as Charlie on the Fox series Red Band Society, in which his character, who is in a coma, is the narrator of the show.[15] In March 2015, he was cast in an NBC pilot, Cuckoo, which was not picked for series.[16]

Gluck had his first film lead role playing Rafe Khatchadorian in the 2016 movie Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life, based on the hit novel by James Patterson.

Gluck was nominated in the "Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor" category for his work in Just Go with It at the 33rd Young Artist Awards.[21]

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