Griffin Newman
He is known for starring as Arthur Everest in the Amazon Studios television series The Tick (2016–2019), as the voice of Orko in the Netflix animated series Masters of the Universe: Revelation (2021, 2024), cohosting the film podcast Blank Check with Griffin & David alongside critic David Sims,[3] and for acting as cohost and sidekick Watto on The George Lucas Talk Show (2020–present).
"[15] Over the next few years, Newman guest starred in a number of television shows, including Blue Bloods,[16] Big Lake, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, as well as appearing in sketches for Funny or Die.
[17] He played the role of Russ in the television mini-series Political Animals for the USA Network, and was listed by Just for Laughs as one of the 2012 New Faces of Comedy: Characters.
[22] Later that year, Newman became a correspondent for Nikki & Sara Live,[23] and began making regular appearances on The Chris Gethard Show.
[24] In 2014, Newman appeared in the film Draft Day as Rick the Intern alongside Kevin Costner,[25] and later that year announced he had become a part of a Maude Team at UCB.
[26] He went on to have supporting roles in other feature films including Fort Tilden,[27] Free The Nipple, and Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List.
[32] The podcast involves Sims, Newman, and sometimes a guest, discussing filmographies of directors who have had massive success early on in their career which has enabled them to be given free rein to make large scale passion projects.
[33] In 2016 Newman had a supporting role in the HBO series Vinyl, and guest starred in the sitcoms Search Party and Difficult People.
Later that year, it was announced Newman would be playing Arthur Everest in Amazon Video's new reboot of The Tick alongside Peter Serafinowicz in the titular role.
In October 2017, Newman made a statement via his Twitter expressing his regret at taking the role in the film, due to the allegations of sexual abuse against Allen.
[43] Newman regularly appears as part of Connor Ratliff's The George Lucas Talk Show at UCB, as Watto.
