Succession Star Nicholas Braun Channels Cousin Greg in Late-Night DUI Drama

Max Sterling, 9/3/2025Nicholas Braun, known for his role as Cousin Greg in Succession, faces a DUI charge following a quirky Labor Day incident in New Hampshire. Ironically, the police station's camera malfunctioned during his brief jail stay. As his career momentum continues, all eyes are on Braun’s upcoming arraignment.

Braun — forever etched in pop culture consciousness as the bumbling-yet-shrewd Cousin Greg — found himself in a decidedly un-Hollywood situation last Friday night. Moultonborough police nabbed the 37-year-old actor around 11:15 PM for allegedly driving without headlights, which led to a DUI charge. The irony? This is exactly the kind of mishap that would've had Greg stammering explanations to Logan Roy.

Here's where things get particularly strange. During his brief stay at Carroll County jail (we're talking roughly an hour), the universe decided to throw in its own plot twist: the police station's camera system wasn't working. No mugshot. It's almost as if the ghost of Waystar Royco's tech department was watching over him.

The timing couldn't be more peculiar. Fresh off Succession's finale — which saw Greg land somewhat on his feet, in true Greg fashion — Braun had been making the rounds, including a rather telling appearance on Fallon earlier this year. "Fans are a little bit upset at how it ended with Greg," he'd mused, defending his character's ultimate fate with characteristic charm. "He did great, but some people are like, 'He should've gotten it all.'"

Speaking of bizarre timing, New Hampshire seems to have become a magnet for New York-adjacent traffic incidents. In what feels like a rejected storyline from a political satire, former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani managed to get into a fender-bender just 70 miles away in Manchester the very next day. You couldn't script this stuff — or maybe you could, but no one would believe it.

While Braun's team has maintained a strategic silence (a move that would've had Cousin Greg breaking out in nervous hives), the actor's career momentum shows no signs of slowing. He's set to appear alongside Keanu Reeves and Kirsten Dunst in Ruben Östlund's "The Entertainment System is Down" — a project that's generating considerable buzz as we head into 2025's packed release schedule.

The next chapter in this unexpected saga unfolds September 16th at Braun's arraignment. Until then, the entertainment industry watches with raised eyebrows and, perhaps, a touch of that same fascinated disbelief that made Cousin Greg's mishaps so compelling. After all, in both Hollywood and life, it's not about avoiding the stumbles — it's about how gracefully you recover from them.

Life has a funny way of imitating art — or in Nicholas Braun's case, perhaps art imitating life. The Succession star's recent Labor Day weekend escapade in New Hampshire reads like a deleted scene from the hit HBO series, minus the Roy family drama and with considerably less financial stake.Braun — forever etched in pop culture consciousness as the bumbling-yet-shrewd Cousin Greg — found himself in a decidedly un-Hollywood situation last Friday night. Moultonborough police nabbed the 37-year-old actor around 11:15 PM for allegedly driving without headlights, which led to a DUI charge. The irony? This is exactly the kind of mishap that would've had Greg stammering explanations to Logan Roy.Here's where things get particularly strange. During his brief stay at Carroll County jail (we're talking roughly an hour), the universe decided to throw in its own plot twist: the police station's camera system wasn't working. No mugshot. It's almost as if the ghost of Waystar Royco's tech department was watching over him.The timing couldn't be more peculiar. Fresh off Succession's finale — which saw Greg land somewhat on his feet, in true Greg fashion — Braun had been making the rounds, including a rather telling appearance on Fallon earlier this year. "Fans are a little bit upset at how it ended with Greg," he'd mused, defending his character's ultimate fate with characteristic charm. "He did great, but some people are like, 'He should've gotten it all.'"Speaking of bizarre timing, New Hampshire seems to have become a magnet for New York-adjacent traffic incidents. In what feels like a rejected storyline from a political satire, former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani managed to get into a fender-bender just 70 miles away in Manchester the very next day. You couldn't script this stuff — or maybe you could, but no one would believe it.While Braun's team has maintained a strategic silence (a move that would've had Cousin Greg breaking out in nervous hives), the actor's career momentum shows no signs of slowing. He's set to appear alongside Keanu Reeves and Kirsten Dunst in Ruben Östlund's "The Entertainment System is Down" — a project that's generating considerable buzz as we head into 2025's packed release schedule.The next chapter in this unexpected saga unfolds September 16th at Braun's arraignment. Until then, the entertainment industry watches with raised eyebrows and, perhaps, a touch of that same fascinated disbelief that made Cousin Greg's mishaps so compelling. After all, in both Hollywood and life, it's not about avoiding the stumbles — it's about how gracefully you recover from them.