About
David Letterman
Overview
David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American former television talk show host, comedian, writer, and producer. He hosted a late night television talk show for 33 years, beginning with the February 1, 1982, debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC, and ending with the May 20, 2015, broadcast of the Late Show with David Letterman on CBS. In total, Letterman hosted 6,028 episodes of Late Night and Late Show.
Known for
Acting |
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| 2025 | This Is the Tom Green Documentary | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 2024 | The Easy Kind | Actor | David Letterman | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution | Actor | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 2024 | Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes | Actor | Self - TV Host (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 2024 | My Next Guest with David Letterman and John Mulaney | Actor | Self - Host | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Albert Brooks: Defending My Life | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Late Night Nightmare | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Pamela, A Love Story | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 62 Fair |
| 2023 | The Many Faces of Jim Carey | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 2022 | My Next Guest with David Letterman and Volodymyr Zelenskyy | Actor | Self - Host | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Show Business Is My Life (But I Can't Prove It) | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2022 | That’s My Time with David Letterman | Actor | Self - Host | 68 Fair |
| 2022 | Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2022 | We Feed People | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2021 | The Super Bob Einstein Movie | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2021 | 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2021 | Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2021 | Controlling Britney Spears | Actor | Self (archive Audio) | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Zappa | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
| 2020 | Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2020 | The Comedy Store | Actor | Self | 70 Good |
| 2020 | Uncle Tom | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2020 | My Darling Vivian | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2019 | My Next Guest with David Letterman and Shah Rukh Khan | Actor | Self - Host | 58 Average |
| 2019 | APEX: The Secret Race Across America | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Between Two Ferns: The Movie | Actor | David Letterman | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Mike Wallace Is Here | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2019 | This Is Farrah Fawcett | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Julia Louis-Dreyfus: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2018 | Whitney | Actor | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 62 Fair |
| 2018 | Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Actor | Self - TV Host (archive footage) | 69 Fair |
| 2018 | Bathtubs Over Broadway | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Andre the Giant | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 62 Fair |
| 2018 | Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind | Actor | Self | 65 Fair |
| 2018 | My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman | Actor | Self - Host | 70 Good |
| 2017 | David Letterman: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond | Actor | Self | 68 Fair |
| 2017 | Get Me Roger Stone | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 61 Fair |
| 2017 | Mike and the Mad Dog | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2017 | Pearl Jam: Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2016 | Bill Murray: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2016 | Supersonic | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 63 Fair |
| 2015 | The Making of Trump | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 2015 | Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration | Actor | Self / Audition Tape (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2015 | David Letterman: A Life on Television | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
| 2014 | An Open Secret | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
| 2014 | Led Zeppelin Played Here | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Life Itself | Actor | Self - TV Host (archive footage) | 65 Fair |
| 2014 | Don Rickles: One Night Only | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Mad As Hell | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2014 | The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Steve Martin: The Television Stuff | Actor | 60 Fair |
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| 2012 | Me @ the Zoo | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 2012 | Johnny Carson: King of Late Night | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Corman's World | Actor | Self - TV Host (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
| 2011 | Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
| 2011 | The Undefeated | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 2010 | I'm Still Here | Actor | David Letterman | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2005 | Earth to America | Actor | Self (archived footage) | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Warren Zevon: The Letterman Show Collection | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2003 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2002 | The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2002 | NBC 75th Anniversary Special | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 1999 | Pete Townshend - Letterman Compilation 1985-1999 | Actor | self | N/A N/A |
| 1999 | Man on the Moon | Actor | Self (uncredited) | 69 Fair |
| 1998 | Totally Bill Hicks | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Jackie Chan: My Story | Actor | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Sonny & Me: Cher Remembers | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 1997 | Private Parts | Actor | David Letterman | 61 Fair |
| 1996 | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | Actor | Mötley Crüe Roadie (voice) | 63 Fair |
| 1996 | Eddie | Actor | David Letterman (uncredited) | 57 Average |
| 1995 | National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins | Actor | Self (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1995 | A Night to Die For | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1994 | Bill Hicks: It's Just a Ride | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
| 1994 | Cabin Boy | Actor | Old Salt In Fishing Village | 57 Average |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman | Actor | Self - Host | 64 Fair |
| 1989 | I'm from Hollywood | Actor | Himself (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1987 | Action Family | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1986 | The Jay Leno Special | Actor | self | N/A N/A |
| 1984 | Steve Martin: Homage to Steve | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 1982 | Late Night with David Letterman | Actor | Self - Host | 64 Fair |
| 1980 | The David Letterman Show | Actor | Host | 69 Fair |
| 1979 | Fast Friends | Actor | Matt Morgan | N/A N/A |
| 1978 | Peeping Times | Actor | Dan Cochran | N/A N/A |
| 1977 | The Starland Vocal Band Show | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| Biography: David Letterman | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
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Writing |
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| 2024 | Stupid Pet Tricks | Writing | Original Concept | N/A N/A |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman | Writing | Writer | 64 Fair |
| 1982 | Late Night with David Letterman | Writing | Writer | 64 Fair |
Production |
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| 2024 | Stupid Pet Tricks | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
| 2018 | Bathtubs Over Broadway | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
| 2007 | The Knights of Prosperity | Production | Producer | 69 Fair |
| 2006 | Strangers with Candy | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Ed | Production | Executive Producer | 72 Good |
| 1999 | Strangers with Candy | Production | Executive Producer | 72 Good |
| 1996 | Everybody Loves Raymond | Production | Executive Producer | 67 Fair |
| 1995 | The Drew Carey Show | Production | Producer | 66 Fair |
| 1995 | The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder | Production | Producer | 69 Fair |
| 1994 | The High Life | Production | Executive Producer | 68 Fair |
| 1982 | Late Night with David Letterman | Production | Executive Producer | 64 Fair |
| 1980 | The David Letterman Show | Production | Producer | 69 Fair |
Crew |
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| 1998 | Jackie Chan: My Story | Crew | Thanks | 59 Average |