Griffin Gluck

Griffin Alexander Gluck (born August 24, 2000) is an American actor. On television, he is notable for his starring role as Charlie in Red Band Society and main role as Mason Warner on Private Practice and as Danny Gannon in Back in the Game. In film, he has portrayed Rafe Khatchadorian in the film Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life. 2Life and career 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 partly raised in Kobe, Japan. Griffin's paternal grandparents were Sumi (Hiramoto), who was of Japanese descent, and Jay Gluck, an archaeologist, historian, and Japanophile, who was of Jewish heritage. 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. 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, for which he received a Young Artist Award nominatio