Asher Grodman

Asher Chazen Grodman (born July 28, 1987) is an American actor, writer, director and producer best known for starring as Trevor in the CBS comedy series Ghosts for which he earned a Critics Choice Awards Nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy. As a director, his work has won awards from the Tribeca Festival and Cannes Lions.

Grodman was born in New York City. His father, Marc Grodman, a professor at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, is the founder of BioReference Labs, a biotech company and led several biotech companies including GeneDx and Genosity. Raised in Califon, New Jersey as "the one Jew in a very, very not Jewish community", Grodman attended Far Hills Country Day School and Newark Academy. He graduated from Columbia University in 2010 with a degree in film and English. He was a member of Columbia's varsity fencing team. Grodman also holds an MFA from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.

Grodman wrote, directed, and produced The Train, a short film starring Emmy Award-winning actor Eli Wallach. The film is based on the true story of a Holocaust survivor and won awards at the Cleveland International Film Festival, Sedona International Film Festival and Rhode Island International Film Festival. It premiered internationally at the Vancouver International Film Festival.

Grodman stars in the CBS series Ghosts, where he plays the character of Trevor Lefkowitz, a deceased Wall Street stockbroker and party-boy from the 1990s who spends eternity in a suit with out pants. Asher's performance earned him a 2025 Critics Choice Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy.

Grodman is an adjunct lecturer at Hunter College and he also taught acting to inmates in Rikers Island.

Since 1995, Grodman has been a fan of the Jacksonville Jaguars. He's a mainstay at their games. In 2023 he wrote, directed, produced and starred in “It Was Written: the Jacksonville Jaguars Schedule Release” video which was a mockumentary about the NFL being scripted. The film won awards at the Tribeca Film Festival, Cannes Lions, and the Webby Awards. Grodman is Jewish.