Grant Heslov (born May 15, 1963) is an American actor and Academy Award-nominated film producer and screenwriter. His acting credits include films like True Lies, Dante's Peak, Enemy of the State, The Scorpion King and Good Night, and Good Luck. and several credits in TV series (Family Ties, L.A. Law, Matlock, Sleeper Cell).
He was the Academy Award-nominated producer and screenwriter of Good Night, and Good Luck. Together with George Clooney, he was also nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Heslov also appears in the film as Don Hewitt, the director of the TV series See It Now, around which the movie is centered. On August 2006, he and George Clooney started a movie company: Smoke House.
Heslov was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Southern California (USC) along with friend Tate Donovan, and was a member of Phi Kappa Psi.
Directed the short film Waiting for Woody (1998) about a Woody Allen fan. In 2006, Grant was competing for an Oscar in the same category as Woody Allen.
Often works with George Clooney.
He and George Clooney founded the production company Smoke House after Clooney's production company Section Eight closed down.
